In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Patterns of Force which aired on February 16, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 2534.
When the Enterprise approaches the inner planet Ekos to investigate the cessation of communication with researcher John Gill, it is attacked with a rocket carrying a nuclear weapon. Kirk and Spock beam down to investigate and discover that a Nazi movement has swept the planet. John Gill is their leader.
They are captured, and in jail, they find that the Nazi movement began with the arrival of Gill. They escape and penetrate Nazi headquarters. They discover that Gill is only the drugged puppet of deputy Führer Melakon. Gill and Melakon are killed. Kirk and company then return to the Enterprise in peace.
Compliance Takeaways:
1. What happens when good men go bad?
2. Your own sales force can be the best assessor of risk.
3. Why is regime change such a prescient risk?
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