Mutualism In The Star Trek

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In the Star Trek video, there are a couple relationships that come into play from start to finish. The relationship starts with two peoples that are beamed aboard the Enterprise. The two different sets of people are called the Ornarans, and the Breccians. The two Ornarans are named Tijon and Romas and they are both men, while the two Breccians are Sobi and Langor. Sobi is a man and Langor is a woman. At first, cargo is transported onto the ship and then the people are second to aboard. The Ornarans and Breccians are conflicting over who will get the cargo. The Ornarans are in desperate need of what is in the cargo. Medicine is the main need the Ornarans are wanting, claiming that it is theirs and that their people are in a plague. Sobi and Langor say that the cargo belongs to them. They create the medicine and trade it with the Ornarans to help benefit them. There is a big struggle between the two, fighting for what is right for them. …show more content…

The Ornarans and Breccians are both satisfied before they arrive on the ship. The relationship before getting onto the ship is mutualism. Mutualism is a relationship where both sides are benefiting. The Breccians trade the medicine over to the Ornarans, keeping their business in tact. The Ornarans need the medicine to keep them alive and healthy. They can do and work on everything else except for making the medicine, so there is benefits to both. The Ornarans get the medicine, and the Breccians get what they trade for and keep their business alive. Before the mix up on the Enterprise, things were going

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