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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Eugenics Wars canonical 2
Eugenics Wars of the 1990s 1

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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: The Original Series episode "Space Seed"
surface form: Star Trek episode "Space Seed"

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed"
surface form: 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
this entity surface form: Eugenics Wars of the 1990s