Eugenics Wars

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The Eugenics Wars are a pivotal fictional conflict in the Star Trek universe, depicting late-20th-century global wars sparked by genetically engineered superhumans attempting to dominate humanity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict in the Star Trek universe ⓘ
fictional event ⓘ
fictional war ⓘ
canonicalStatus Prime Timeline backstory ⓘ
consequence strict bans on human genetic engineering in the Federation ⓘ
depictedIn Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ⓘ
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ
Star Trek: Enterprise ⓘ
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ⓘ
Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ
endTime late 20th century ⓘ
fictionalDateRange 1990s ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Star Trek ⓘ
followedBy post-atomic horror ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasCause attempted domination of humanity by superhumans ⓘ
genetic engineering of humans ⓘ
hasMainAntagonist Khan Noonien Singh ⓘ
hasParticipant Khan Noonien Singh ⓘ
United Earth ⓘ
genetically engineered superhumans ⓘ
hasTheme authoritarianism ⓘ
dangers of genetic manipulation ⓘ
human enhancement ethics ⓘ
inUniverseTechnology advanced genetic engineering ⓘ
involves Augments ⓘ
eugenics programs ⓘ
global warfare ⓘ
selective breeding ⓘ
location Asia ⓘ
Earth ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
medium television franchise ⓘ
mentionedIn Star Trek episode "Space Seed" ⓘ
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" ⓘ
Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Borderland" ⓘ
Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Cold Station 12" ⓘ
Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Augments" ⓘ
narrativeFunction backstory for Khan Noonien Singh ⓘ
warning about unethical genetic engineering ⓘ
partOf backstory of 23rd-century Star Trek setting ⓘ
precededBy development of Augment embryos ⓘ
relatedWork The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ⓘ
result defeat of the Augments ⓘ
exile of Khan Noonien Singh ⓘ
launch of the SS Botany Bay ⓘ
startTime late 20th century ⓘ

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Khan Noonien Singh → conflict → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
Augments → associatedWith → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
Augments → conflictInvolved → Eugenics Wars of the 1990s ⓘ
linked to: Eugenics Wars
Humans (Star Trek) → historicalEvent → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
Space Seed → inUniverseHistoricalReference → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
United Earth → emergesAfter → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
The Augments → connectsToBackstory → Eugenics Wars ⓘ
Khan's Augment followers → conflict → Eugenics Wars on Earth ⓘ
linked to: Eugenics Wars
Cold Station 12 → connectsToBackstory → Eugenics Wars ⓘ