June 5, 2025 • 16 mins
When the Borg assimilated El-Auria, Dr. Tolian Soran lost everything—his wife Leandra, their children, and his entire civilization. The once-gentle man who "wouldn't hurt a fly" became a hollow shell, adrift among the few survivors of his species. His life changed forever during a rescue mission in 2293 when the Enterprise-B, assisted by the legendary James T. Kirk, saved him from a mysterious spatial phenomenon called the Nexus. For a fleeting moment within this energy ribbon, Sorin experienced pure joy as he reunited with his loved ones in a realm where desires shaped reality.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
The late 21st century was easily the most tumultuous
time in Earth's history.
The human race teetered on theedge of extinction after the
worst conflict ever fought inits long and bloody existence.
It was also an era of Earth'sgreatest and most profound
change.
In fact, the future of theentire Alpha Quadrant was set in
motion on a chilly springevening in Bozeman, montana,
(00:35):
2063.
But despite what other culturesmay think of the Federation and
its attitudes, earth is not thecenter of the universe.
At nearly the same time as thefirst handshake in Vulcan
history, a child was born manythousands of light years away
who himself would shape the fateof millions of sentient beings.
Villain, murderer, tragedy.
(00:58):
Nothing about Dr Tolian Sorin'slife was black and white, and
by learning who he was and whathe did, we can all undoubtedly
be forced to ask ourselves whatwould we do for love Excess
Granted?
(01:18):
Earth may be a paradise today,but crime does still exist in
the universe.
Earth may be a paradise today,but crime does still exist in
the universe, some mundane, someon a galactic scale.
This is a journal of the mostmemorable, most important crimes
in the Milky Way and thecomplex beings who commit them.
I'm James Atos, director ofMemory Gamma.
(01:38):
Here at the Institute, wecatalog for posterity these
crimes and the eventssurrounding them.
On the cusp of the DeltaQuadrant, far beyond Federation
(01:59):
space, lies a quiet, uninhabitedworld, orbiting an average,
unremarkable star called El Aria.
To see it from orbit, one wouldnever assume it was the home of
a once-vibrant thriving societyof space-saring humanoids,
though one would be unwise toeven approach the planet, the
system, the sector, for a chanceof being assimilated by the
(02:19):
Borg.
Little is known today about theEl Arian peoples, other than
their reputation is empathetic,engaging and wise, the latter
possibly due to theircenturies-long lifespans.
They are often called erasivelisteners.
How they use what they hear,however, is a point of
contention.
Not much else is known aboutthem today, as I said, because
(02:42):
almost exactly a century afterthat fateful night on earth, the
board turned their cold gaze tothe peaceful system of El Aria.
Their great cities were wipedaway, as if scooped off the
surface by some cosmic hand.
Culture, society, art, all waslost to history as the El Arians
refused to bow to the Borgdemands of assimilation into
their collective, to bow to theBorg demands of assimilation
(03:06):
into their collective.
With their home gone, theElorians, those few who survived
, were forced to take to thestars.
In a mass exodus, the desperatewere huddled into rickety
freighters, transports,overcrowded shuttles, anything
that would scurry away from thesystem.
Due in part to the relentlessexpansion of the Borg and also
to the system's remote proximityto the great powers of the
Alpha and Beta Quadrants, thescattered refugee caravans would
(03:29):
spend years, even decades,searching for safe harbor, if
not a new home.
One such survivor, anaccomplished scientist named
Tolian Sorin, managed to escapethe horrors of the El-Orian
genocide, at least physically.
His wife Leandra and hischildren hadn't.
His family had perished at thehands of the Borg, a fate
(03:49):
arguably better thanassimilation, though that would
be a very little consolation.
The man once quoted as sayingthat he wouldn't hurt a fly, but
became a bitter, nihilisticshell of himself.
Dr Sorin had lost everythingbut his own life.
His story wasn't unique amongEl Aryans, far from it, but if
(04:12):
it weren't for an event thattook place 30 years later, his
name may have easily faded intoobscurity.
A footnote in the never-endingBook of Bored Terror In 2293,
two orphan-class Federationtransports were tapped to ferry
265, rescued El Arian refugeesto Earth.
The Robert Fox, named after thelegendary Federation negotiator,
(04:33):
and the SS LeCoultre were onlythree light-years from
delivering their desperatepassengers to salvation, but
would never arrive.
In a case of literalastronomical odds, the
transports were struck by amysterious and enigmatic spatial
phenomenon on its 39-year orbitthrough the Milky Way.
Referred to as the EnergyRibbon, the phenomenon left a
(04:56):
wake of enormous gravimetricdistortion, pulling both ships
deeper into the violent storm.
Though Earth is a bustling hubof starship traffic, at this
particular moment the onlyvessel close enough to mount any
semblance of a rescue was ashiny new ship with a storied
old name Enterprise, the thirdship to bear the name since the
(05:17):
foundation of the Federation.
The Enterprise B had very fewin the way of crew, equipment or
amenities.
That day.
Its flight was intended as theceremonial maiden voyage, a
gesture more than anything else,to pass the torch to a new but
untested crew.
Fortunately for the embattledrefugees, the new Enterprise
shared one thing with itspredecessors Captain James
(05:38):
Tiberius Kirk Kirk with CaptainMontgomery Scott, his former
chief engineer, and CommanderPoffel Chekhov, his former
tactical officer, convincedCaptain John Harriman and a
reluctant crew to spring intoaction.
Unbeknownst to the rescuers,the energy ribbon was far more
than it appeared to the eyes ora ship's sensors.
(05:59):
The anomaly, according to thefew that had encountered it and
lived was a doorway of sorts Notone that could be easily
accessed, mind you, butnevertheless the ribbon was a
bridge to a different realm ofexistence, an extra-dimensional
realm in which one's thoughtsand desires shaped the reality
around them, a sort ofexistential plane where time and
(06:20):
space had no meaning, allowingone to visit any time and any
place imaginable, and space hadno meaning allowing one to visit
any time and any placeimaginable.
Arriving too late to save theRobert Fox, the Enterprise moved
into transporter range in anattempt to beam aboard the crew
and passengers from theLeCoultre.
Captain Scott struggled tomaintain a transporter lock on
them, however, as their lifesigns were experiencing a state
(06:42):
of temporal flux phasing in andout of measurable space-time.
As the L'Kul began to fallapart, the transporter was
initiated, but the crew was onlyable to save 47 out of 150
people, including Dr Tully andSora.
Though Kirk and crew had pulledoff another minor miracle in
(07:02):
the rescue and a daring escape,hearts sank on both sides when
the reality of what justhappened had become clear.
The El Aryans had lost evenmore of their dwindling numbers
and the.
Enterprise, captain James T Kirkwas dead Before being rescued.
(07:24):
Elorians experienced a briefeuphoric moment inside the Nexus
, where all of their desiresbecame reality.
For Sorin, he was suddenly withhis wife and children again,
safe and happy, just as theywere before the Borg came To him
.
The rescue was unbearable hecould finally have everything he
(07:46):
always wanted, what he'd lost,only to lose it all over again.
Zorn became a man obsessed,dedicating himself to
discovering a way to safelyreturn to the Nexus.
A ship was too dangerous.
The odds that he could simplyfly into the energy ribbon and
survive before he entered werelow.
No, no, no.
He would have to do somethingfar more certain, and this time
he wouldn't let anyone stand inhis way.
It would be a full 75 years,however, before he finally had
(08:16):
the plan, the means and theopportunity.
Yet his steely, cynicaldetermination never faltered,
securing the nuclear inhibitorTrilithium from Lursa and Bor,
matriarchs of the great Klingonhouse, buras Zoran, posed as a
crew member aboard the ArmagosaSolar Observatory to secretly
enact his scheme.
Much to his chagrin, however,the Romulans from whom the
(08:39):
Trilithium had been stolenraided the observatory, killing
the rest of the crew.
This, of course, drew theattention of Starfleet, who
responded to the station'sdistress calls.
Perhaps an ironic twist of fate, the ship who investigated was
none other than the Enterprise.
Once again, tolien Sorin foundthe Enterprise to bribe him of
(09:01):
his one and only dream.
This time, it would bethen-Captain Jean-Luc Picard's
famed Enterprise D crew thatfoiled his plans.
Coming briefly, sorin managedto return to the observatory and
, after a tense firefight withthe Enterprise crew, launched
his modified solar probe, armedwith Trilithium, into the heart
of the Armagos's star, takingChief Engineer Geordi LaForge
(09:23):
hostage.
Sorin escaped with aid from theDuras sisters and the
Enterprise squeaked away justbefore the star went nova.
This, sadly, would only be onestage of his plan.
Sorin, once the proud familyman, tortures LaForge for all he
knows about Trilithium.
When satisfied, and afteradding a surveillance device to
LaForge's visual aid mechanism,the visor, the exhausted
(09:45):
engineer, is dismissingly beamedback to his ship in a so-called
prisoner exchange the forge forPicard.
The intrepid Enterprise crewuncovered Sorin's plot,
realizing that Sorin intended ondestroying the Viridian Star as
well, despite the fact that itwould annihilate every planet in
the system, including ViridianIV, which supported a humanoid
(10:06):
society of about 230 million.
While the Enterprise engagedSorin's Klingon accomplices,
captain Picard transported toViridian III to confront Sorin
at his secret launch site on theplanet's surface.
Picard, ever the accomplisheddiplomat, tried desperately to
appeal to Sorin's humanity, forlack of a better word.
(10:27):
But after a century, nothingwould shake his resolve.
Though Picard's efforts werevaliant, sorin would not be
denied by one man.
His missile launched unfetteredand the Viridian Star's fate
was sealed.
It had worked.
The destruction of the Starchanged the course of the energy
ribbon.
As it crackled through thesystem, viridian III was now in
(10:47):
its direct path, sweeping bothSoren and Picard into the Nexus.
In the skies above Viridian IV,the Enterprise defeated their
longtime foes, destroying theDuras's bird of prey, but at the
cost of their own legendaryship.
Side note, the Galaxy-classstarship was often touted as the
(11:10):
gold standard for Starfleetvessels, but looking back, it's
now pretty clear what a colossalpiece of junk the entire line
was.
Ask anybody who's tried toeject the warp core.
However, one of the betterfeatures of the ship was the
separating saucer section.
In case of emergency and thiswas certainly that.
In typical Galaxy-class fashion, the core breaches prematurely,
(11:32):
completely, destroying thedamaged star drive section of
the Enterprise itself, creatinga shockwave that disabled the
helm control and pushed thesaucer into the atmosphere of
Viridian IV On the bridge.
The Enterprise crew watched inhorror as they began to plummet
toward the surface of the planet.
The saucer skidded through thethick Viridian forests.
The Enterprise crew watched inhorror as they began to plummet
toward the surface of the planet.
The saucer skidded through thethick Viridian forests, cutting
(11:52):
a large swath of destruction inits path.
The crew would survive theharrowing crash.
Sadly, it was all for naught.
The shockwave from the stars'nova would overtake the planet,
wiping out 200 million lives.
To relive even a memory of hisfamily, soren would become a
mass murderer and never bat aneye.
(12:14):
Now you may ask yourself whyyou don't remember this dramatic
event.
Picard and the Enterprise crewhad a long and illustrious
career.
Perhaps you currently live onViridian IV?
Well, the Nexus has no regardfor classic temporal mechanics.
According to the officialreports of Captain Picard, the
legendary James Kirk was in factalive, drawn into the
(12:35):
mysterious realm during theincident aboard the Enterprise B
.
Picard speaks glowingly of Kirk, but it seems to imply a
reluctance on Kirk's part toleave his simulated paradise,
and I guess who could blame him?
Ultimately, though, kirk wouldtravel back to a point in linear
time before Sorin had launchedhis dreaded rocket.
Disclaimer.
(12:57):
Starfleet has rigid regulationsregarding time travel and do
not condone unauthorizedincursions into the timeline.
All Starfleet personnel arestrictly forbidden from directly
interfering with historicalevents and are required to
maintain the timeline andprevent history from being
altered.
However, discussions of eventsseen during time travel are only
(13:18):
restricted to events from thesubjective future of persons who
might be affected by thatknowledge.
That having been said, this isOld Hat for James Kirk.
The two Enterprise captainssucceeded in thwarting the
machinations of Tully and Soren,wiping clear his genocidal
crimes.
He would, however, be guilty ofat least one death.
During the fracas, sorendestroyed the structure
(13:40):
surrounding his launch platform,causing it to collapse and
killing once and for all James TKirk.
Once and for all, james T Kirk.
Perhaps fittingly, dr Sorin wasthen killed himself when his
own rocket exploded on theplatform, sabotaged by Captain
Picard.
You, when judging Tolian Sorin,you must first put yourself in
(14:21):
his place.
If you'd lost everything in theuniverse that made you whole,
watched the innocent die in vain, then touched paradise, a way
to live forever in a world setright, what would you do?
Though history frames Dr Sorinas a nihilist, torturer and
madman, somewhere there is aplace, a point in time where
(14:44):
he's remembered as a lovinghusband and father, and if a
place like the Nexus exists,proving the progression of time
is only perspective, thenperhaps both are true.
Perhaps the man with thecapacity of such love still and
will always exist.
To be continued, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
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(16:30):
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Live long and prosper.
The late 21st century was easily the most tumultuous
time in Earth's history.
The human race teetered on theedge of extinction after the
worst conflict ever fought inits long and bloody existence.
It was also an era of Earth'sgreatest and most profound
change.
In fact, the future of theentire Alpha Quadrant was set in
motion on a chilly springevening in Bozeman, montana,
(00:35):
2063.
But despite what other culturesmay think of the Federation and
its attitudes, earth is not thecenter of the universe.
At nearly the same time as thefirst handshake in Vulcan
history, a child was born manythousands of light years away
who himself would shape the fateof millions of sentient beings.
Villain, murderer, tragedy.
(00:58):
Nothing about Dr Tolian Sorin'slife was black and white, and
by learning who he was and whathe did, we can all undoubtedly
be forced to ask ourselves whatwould we do for love Excess
Granted?
(01:18):
Earth may be a paradise today,but crime does still exist in
the universe.
Earth may be a paradise today,but crime does still exist in
the universe, some mundane, someon a galactic scale.
This is a journal of the mostmemorable, most important crimes
in the Milky Way and thecomplex beings who commit them.
I'm James Atos, director ofMemory Gamma.
(01:38):
Here at the Institute, wecatalog for posterity these
crimes and the eventssurrounding them.
On the cusp of the DeltaQuadrant, far beyond Federation
(01:59):
space, lies a quiet, uninhabitedworld, orbiting an average,
unremarkable star called El Aria.
To see it from orbit, one wouldnever assume it was the home of
a once-vibrant thriving societyof space-saring humanoids,
though one would be unwise toeven approach the planet, the
system, the sector, for a chanceof being assimilated by the
(02:19):
Borg.
Little is known today about theEl Arian peoples, other than
their reputation is empathetic,engaging and wise, the latter
possibly due to theircenturies-long lifespans.
They are often called erasivelisteners.
How they use what they hear,however, is a point of
contention.
Not much else is known aboutthem today, as I said, because
(02:42):
almost exactly a century afterthat fateful night on earth, the
board turned their cold gaze tothe peaceful system of El Aria.
Their great cities were wipedaway, as if scooped off the
surface by some cosmic hand.
Culture, society, art, all waslost to history as the El Arians
refused to bow to the Borgdemands of assimilation into
their collective, to bow to theBorg demands of assimilation
(03:06):
into their collective.
With their home gone, theElorians, those few who survived
, were forced to take to thestars.
In a mass exodus, the desperatewere huddled into rickety
freighters, transports,overcrowded shuttles, anything
that would scurry away from thesystem.
Due in part to the relentlessexpansion of the Borg and also
to the system's remote proximityto the great powers of the
Alpha and Beta Quadrants, thescattered refugee caravans would
(03:29):
spend years, even decades,searching for safe harbor, if
not a new home.
One such survivor, anaccomplished scientist named
Tolian Sorin, managed to escapethe horrors of the El-Orian
genocide, at least physically.
His wife Leandra and hischildren hadn't.
His family had perished at thehands of the Borg, a fate
(03:49):
arguably better thanassimilation, though that would
be a very little consolation.
The man once quoted as sayingthat he wouldn't hurt a fly, but
became a bitter, nihilisticshell of himself.
Dr Sorin had lost everythingbut his own life.
His story wasn't unique amongEl Aryans, far from it, but if
(04:12):
it weren't for an event thattook place 30 years later, his
name may have easily faded intoobscurity.
A footnote in the never-endingBook of Bored Terror In 2293,
two orphan-class Federationtransports were tapped to ferry
265, rescued El Arian refugeesto Earth.
The Robert Fox, named after thelegendary Federation negotiator,
(04:33):
and the SS LeCoultre were onlythree light-years from
delivering their desperatepassengers to salvation, but
would never arrive.
In a case of literalastronomical odds, the
transports were struck by amysterious and enigmatic spatial
phenomenon on its 39-year orbitthrough the Milky Way.
Referred to as the EnergyRibbon, the phenomenon left a
(04:56):
wake of enormous gravimetricdistortion, pulling both ships
deeper into the violent storm.
Though Earth is a bustling hubof starship traffic, at this
particular moment the onlyvessel close enough to mount any
semblance of a rescue was ashiny new ship with a storied
old name Enterprise, the thirdship to bear the name since the
(05:17):
foundation of the Federation.
The Enterprise B had very fewin the way of crew, equipment or
amenities.
That day.
Its flight was intended as theceremonial maiden voyage, a
gesture more than anything else,to pass the torch to a new but
untested crew.
Fortunately for the embattledrefugees, the new Enterprise
shared one thing with itspredecessors Captain James
(05:38):
Tiberius Kirk Kirk with CaptainMontgomery Scott, his former
chief engineer, and CommanderPoffel Chekhov, his former
tactical officer, convincedCaptain John Harriman and a
reluctant crew to spring intoaction.
Unbeknownst to the rescuers,the energy ribbon was far more
than it appeared to the eyes ora ship's sensors.
(05:59):
The anomaly, according to thefew that had encountered it and
lived was a doorway of sorts Notone that could be easily
accessed, mind you, butnevertheless the ribbon was a
bridge to a different realm ofexistence, an extra-dimensional
realm in which one's thoughtsand desires shaped the reality
around them, a sort ofexistential plane where time and
(06:20):
space had no meaning, allowingone to visit any time and any
place imaginable, and space hadno meaning allowing one to visit
any time and any placeimaginable.
Arriving too late to save theRobert Fox, the Enterprise moved
into transporter range in anattempt to beam aboard the crew
and passengers from theLeCoultre.
Captain Scott struggled tomaintain a transporter lock on
them, however, as their lifesigns were experiencing a state
(06:42):
of temporal flux phasing in andout of measurable space-time.
As the L'Kul began to fallapart, the transporter was
initiated, but the crew was onlyable to save 47 out of 150
people, including Dr Tully andSora.
Though Kirk and crew had pulledoff another minor miracle in
(07:02):
the rescue and a daring escape,hearts sank on both sides when
the reality of what justhappened had become clear.
The El Aryans had lost evenmore of their dwindling numbers
and the.
Enterprise, captain James T Kirkwas dead Before being rescued.
(07:24):
Elorians experienced a briefeuphoric moment inside the Nexus
, where all of their desiresbecame reality.
For Sorin, he was suddenly withhis wife and children again,
safe and happy, just as theywere before the Borg came To him
.
The rescue was unbearable hecould finally have everything he
(07:46):
always wanted, what he'd lost,only to lose it all over again.
Zorn became a man obsessed,dedicating himself to
discovering a way to safelyreturn to the Nexus.
A ship was too dangerous.
The odds that he could simplyfly into the energy ribbon and
survive before he entered werelow.
No, no, no.
He would have to do somethingfar more certain, and this time
he wouldn't let anyone stand inhis way.
It would be a full 75 years,however, before he finally had
(08:16):
the plan, the means and theopportunity.
Yet his steely, cynicaldetermination never faltered,
securing the nuclear inhibitorTrilithium from Lursa and Bor,
matriarchs of the great Klingonhouse, buras Zoran, posed as a
crew member aboard the ArmagosaSolar Observatory to secretly
enact his scheme.
Much to his chagrin, however,the Romulans from whom the
(08:39):
Trilithium had been stolenraided the observatory, killing
the rest of the crew.
This, of course, drew theattention of Starfleet, who
responded to the station'sdistress calls.
Perhaps an ironic twist of fate, the ship who investigated was
none other than the Enterprise.
Once again, tolien Sorin foundthe Enterprise to bribe him of
(09:01):
his one and only dream.
This time, it would bethen-Captain Jean-Luc Picard's
famed Enterprise D crew thatfoiled his plans.
Coming briefly, sorin managedto return to the observatory and
, after a tense firefight withthe Enterprise crew, launched
his modified solar probe, armedwith Trilithium, into the heart
of the Armagos's star, takingChief Engineer Geordi LaForge
(09:23):
hostage.
Sorin escaped with aid from theDuras sisters and the
Enterprise squeaked away justbefore the star went nova.
This, sadly, would only be onestage of his plan.
Sorin, once the proud familyman, tortures LaForge for all he
knows about Trilithium.
When satisfied, and afteradding a surveillance device to
LaForge's visual aid mechanism,the visor, the exhausted
(09:45):
engineer, is dismissingly beamedback to his ship in a so-called
prisoner exchange the forge forPicard.
The intrepid Enterprise crewuncovered Sorin's plot,
realizing that Sorin intended ondestroying the Viridian Star as
well, despite the fact that itwould annihilate every planet in
the system, including ViridianIV, which supported a humanoid
(10:06):
society of about 230 million.
While the Enterprise engagedSorin's Klingon accomplices,
captain Picard transported toViridian III to confront Sorin
at his secret launch site on theplanet's surface.
Picard, ever the accomplisheddiplomat, tried desperately to
appeal to Sorin's humanity, forlack of a better word.
(10:27):
But after a century, nothingwould shake his resolve.
Though Picard's efforts werevaliant, sorin would not be
denied by one man.
His missile launched unfetteredand the Viridian Star's fate
was sealed.
It had worked.
The destruction of the Starchanged the course of the energy
ribbon.
As it crackled through thesystem, viridian III was now in
(10:47):
its direct path, sweeping bothSoren and Picard into the Nexus.
In the skies above Viridian IV,the Enterprise defeated their
longtime foes, destroying theDuras's bird of prey, but at the
cost of their own legendaryship.
Side note, the Galaxy-classstarship was often touted as the
(11:10):
gold standard for Starfleetvessels, but looking back, it's
now pretty clear what a colossalpiece of junk the entire line
was.
Ask anybody who's tried toeject the warp core.
However, one of the betterfeatures of the ship was the
separating saucer section.
In case of emergency and thiswas certainly that.
In typical Galaxy-class fashion, the core breaches prematurely,
(11:32):
completely, destroying thedamaged star drive section of
the Enterprise itself, creatinga shockwave that disabled the
helm control and pushed thesaucer into the atmosphere of
Viridian IV On the bridge.
The Enterprise crew watched inhorror as they began to plummet
toward the surface of the planet.
The saucer skidded through thethick Viridian forests.
The Enterprise crew watched inhorror as they began to plummet
toward the surface of the planet.
The saucer skidded through thethick Viridian forests, cutting
(11:52):
a large swath of destruction inits path.
The crew would survive theharrowing crash.
Sadly, it was all for naught.
The shockwave from the stars'nova would overtake the planet,
wiping out 200 million lives.
To relive even a memory of hisfamily, soren would become a
mass murderer and never bat aneye.
(12:14):
Now you may ask yourself whyyou don't remember this dramatic
event.
Picard and the Enterprise crewhad a long and illustrious
career.
Perhaps you currently live onViridian IV?
Well, the Nexus has no regardfor classic temporal mechanics.
According to the officialreports of Captain Picard, the
legendary James Kirk was in factalive, drawn into the
(12:35):
mysterious realm during theincident aboard the Enterprise B
.
Picard speaks glowingly of Kirk, but it seems to imply a
reluctance on Kirk's part toleave his simulated paradise,
and I guess who could blame him?
Ultimately, though, kirk wouldtravel back to a point in linear
time before Sorin had launchedhis dreaded rocket.
Disclaimer.
(12:57):
Starfleet has rigid regulationsregarding time travel and do
not condone unauthorizedincursions into the timeline.
All Starfleet personnel arestrictly forbidden from directly
interfering with historicalevents and are required to
maintain the timeline andprevent history from being
altered.
However, discussions of eventsseen during time travel are only
(13:18):
restricted to events from thesubjective future of persons who
might be affected by thatknowledge.
That having been said, this isOld Hat for James Kirk.
The two Enterprise captainssucceeded in thwarting the
machinations of Tully and Soren,wiping clear his genocidal
crimes.
He would, however, be guilty ofat least one death.
During the fracas, sorendestroyed the structure
(13:40):
surrounding his launch platform,causing it to collapse and
killing once and for all James TKirk.
Once and for all, james T Kirk.
Perhaps fittingly, dr Sorin wasthen killed himself when his
own rocket exploded on theplatform, sabotaged by Captain
Picard.
You, when judging Tolian Sorin,you must first put yourself in
(14:21):
his place.
If you'd lost everything in theuniverse that made you whole,
watched the innocent die in vain, then touched paradise, a way
to live forever in a world setright, what would you do?
Though history frames Dr Sorinas a nihilist, torturer and
madman, somewhere there is aplace, a point in time where
(14:44):
he's remembered as a lovinghusband and father, and if a
place like the Nexus exists,proving the progression of time
is only perspective, thenperhaps both are true.
Perhaps the man with thecapacity of such love still and
will always exist.
To be continued, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Star Trek and all related marks, logos and
characters are solely owned byCBS Studios Inc.
This fan production is notendorsed by, sponsored by nor
affiliated with CBS, paramountPictures or any other Star Trek
franchise and is anon-commercial fan-made film
intended for recreational use.
No commercial exhibition ordistribution is permitted.
(16:30):
No alleged independent rightswill be asserted against CBS or
Paramount Pictures.
Live long and prosper.
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