Voyager Episode 1 (Caretaker)

I don't know why I thought Tom Paris was so cool when I was younger... he's way to proud of being a jerk....

Strangely, for a episode that seems heavily steeped in moral imperatives (big surprise!), I have very little say. Questions of responsiblity are always important to Star Trek, and they are usually solved normatively within a Liberal (whatever that means) framework. The question seems to fall along the lines of: The caretaker destroyed a planet, so to which point is he responsible to the inhabitants?

The Star Trek answer is: who cares? Give Ocampa their freedom! Of course... freedom from what is a much larger issue.

I'm not sure if that will fit into any of my research, but I think it's important to still make notes just in case.

In the beginning of the episode, Harry Kim is at Quark's bar, where Quark tries to trick him into buying some rather unextraordinary trinkets (not that Kim knows) for extraordinary prices. Why sell to the Federation, if they haven't a monetary system?

The inconsisticies in the economic doctrine is starting to worry me. However, that being said, there is a theme. Dealings of trade are held exclusively when confronting a different empire, I.e The Ferengi.

Note to self: How do Romulans, and Klingons trade?