Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars, Explained
One would be hard-pressed to find any remotely common science fiction concept that isn't covered by Gene Roddenberry's long-running franchise. This particular well-established backstory detail is Star Trek's take on the super-soldier trope, and it goes in a very dark direction.
Generally, the one film in the franchise that is most popular amongst fans and outsiders alike is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The 1982 film features a ton of the quotable moments and iconic exchanges that fans love about the franchise. The eponymous Khan is the villain whom most picture when they consider the Star Trek universe, even in the less appreciated remake.
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The Eugenics Wars occurred in the distant future time period of 1992, as imagined by filmmakers and TV professionals of the 70s and 80s. The event is also known as the Second Civil War and World War III among the people of Earth. The Eugenics Wars began in a familiar way for science fiction stories: a group of unnamed, unethical scientists sought to improve the human race through selective breeding. The very real concept of eugenics held sway over a large portion of popular thought throughout human history until its horrors were made more viscerally apparent by the Nazi party. Star Trek takes the concept in a slightly different direction, one in which the scientists are largely successful.
These unnamed human scientists, seeking a solution to the nuclear terror of the Cold War, successfully bred a race of superhumans known as the Augments. The Augments were more intelligent, more perceptive, and substantially more powerful than human beings. In brisk defiance of history, selective breeding resulted in evolution, only to then
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