In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode What are little girls made of?, which aired on October 20, 1966, Star Date 2712.4.
After the Enterprise travels to the planet Exo III to investigate the fate of Roger Corby, two security guards, Matthews and Rayburn, are killed after beaming down. It turns out that Corby, known as the Pasteur of archeological medicine, has discovered the remains of an ancient culture. They were using machinery he had found, which creates androids.
Corby begins implementing a dastardly plan by creating an android of Kirk to be taken to Minas 5, where he will start spreading androids throughout the galaxy. However, Corby kills his robot servant, Rok, who has remembered the equation “existence, survival must cancel out programming.” This equation led Rok to realize that the same kind of clash between humans and androids which led to his civilization’s demise centuries ago was becoming inevitable again and caused him to attempt to kill Corby. Corby then reveals he is an android. Corby destroys the remaining android and himself ridding the universe of Exo III androids for all times. In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode What are little girls made of?, which aired on October 20, 1966, Star Date 2712.4.
After the Enterprise travels to the planet Exo III to investigate the fate of Roger Corby, two security guards, Matthews and Rayburn, are killed after beaming down. It turns out that Corby, known as the Pasteur of archeological medicine, has discovered the remains of an ancient culture. They were using machinery he had found, which creates androids.
Corby begins implementing a dastardly plan by creating an android of Kirk to be taken to Minas 5, where he will start spreading androids throughout the galaxy. However, Corby kills his robot servant, Rok, who has remembered the equation “existence, survival must cancel out programming.” This equation led Rok to realize that the same kind of clash between humans and androids which led to his civilization’s demise centuries ago was becoming inevitable again and caused him to attempt to kill Corby. Corby then reveals he is an android. Corby destroys the remaining android and himself ridding the universe of Exo III androids for all times.
Compliance Takeaways:
- Follow your compliance protocol if you create an exception; note in a documented form the reason.
- Opaqueness only leads to distrust.
- Transparency is the key.
Resources
The story synopsis comes from the Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein for What are little girls made of?
Additional insights from MissionLogPodcast.com episode of What are little girls made of?
