Colonel Green as portrayed by Phillip Pine

Colonel Phillip Green is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe. He was introduced in the episode "The Savage Curtain", originally broadcast on March 7, 1969. He was played by Phillip Pine and later by Steve Rankin. Image File history File links Colonel_Green. ... Image File history File links Colonel_Green. ... Star Trek collectively refers to a science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series, 726 episodes and ten feature films in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the... The Savage Curtain is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast on March 7, 1969 and repeated July 1, 1969. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

In the 2260s, Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock find themselves battling several of the most evil and brutal dictators from throughout time and space. Among these is Colonel Green who was said to have led a genocidal war on Earth in the mid-21st century. No further details about this war were given, although Green is seen expressing his own ideas about the rules of warfare (he is reluctant to negotiate with anyone, except where it might personally benefit him). Also, Kirk and Spock pointed out that Green was fond of turning against his own allies whenever it suited him, and that he tended to strike at his enemies in the midst of conducting treaty negotiations. Captain James T. Kirk James Tiberius Kirk, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series, was the captain of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A). ... Spock, commonly called Mr. ...

In Terra Prime, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, a popular fanon speculation is confirmed: the war Green was involved with, was in fact World War III. Green was a leader of a radical ecoterrorist faction during the war, whose actions were directly responsible for over 37 million deaths (Mr. Spock quotes this figure in the original series). After the war, Green killed hundreds of thousands of victims of radiation poisoning in order to prevent their offspring from contaminating the human genome. Despite Green's claims that the operation was "humanitarian", it was labeled genocidal. His actions were revealed in the final episodes of the series Star Trek: Enterprise, which was broadcast in May of 2005. Terra Prime is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from season four. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation (mostly in fan fiction stories) related to a television program, book, movie, or video game that has been used so much by fan writers or among the fandom that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world... In the fictional Star Trek universe, World War III is a nuclear war that devastated much of Earth which took place during the mid-21st century. ... The term eco-terrorism is a neologism which has been used to describe acts of violence (as in violence against property), sabotage and/or property damage which are ostensibly motivated by concern for the natural environment. ... Spock, commonly called Mr. ... Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness, is a form of damage to organic tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Green's first name was revealed on a computer readout screen in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" which also revealed Green's status as a radical ecological terrorist leader. The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... In a Mirror, Darkly is a two-part episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

Legacy

Green was noted as a major historical figure centuries after his crimes. John Frederick Paxton, in particular, took Green's theories to heart when founding the isolationist organization, Terra Prime. Paxton leads the human isolationist movement from his lunar mining colony. ... Isolationism is a diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid alliances with other nations. ... In the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, set in the Star Trek universe, Terra Prime is a radical, xenophobic, human isolationist movement led by John Frederick Paxton (played by Peter Weller), dedicated to repelling all non-human species from Earth and Earths solar system, and inhibiting the...

Quotes

• "Overwhelm and devastate."
• "We must reject the impure and cast it out."
• "This is not a time for timidity and second guessing. We cannot afford to doubt ourselves."
• "To be human is to be pure."
• "Men don't talk peace unless they're ready to back it up with war." (Excalbian duplicate)
• "History tends to exaggerate." (Excalbian duplicate)

Non-canon appearance

The novel Federation (1994) portrayed Green as the leader of a Nazi-like organization called the Optimum Movement in the mid-21st Century. In this version of Trek history, the Optimum slowly took power throughout the Western world, and was the ultimate cause of World War III. Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, World War III is a nuclear war that devastated much of Earth which took place during the mid-21st century. ...