The 14 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Insurrection

The Son’a are as intrinsically insipid as the Ba’ku who bore (and certainly bored) them. Considering that the Ba'ku population hovers around 600, it's highly likely that the dissenting group that evolved into the Son'a was considerably smaller in size, otherwise, their prior "insurrection" would have met with success. Consequently, at best several hundred exiles ventured into space, yet managed to subjugate two primitive civilizations. Given their capability to accomplish this feat, what impediment prevents them from reversing course and subjugating their own kin? Ba’ku Josef flat-out says they won’t raise a weapon. What’s to stop the Son’a?

So, why this stupid, coy plan with Admiral Dougherty? Would the Federation even bother to maintain a claim to the planet if the Son’a just said up front, “Hey! We’re from that planet! Our stupid parents have been there 309 years, so you’ve got zero jurisdiction. Buzz off.”

And since the Feds are so keen for this metaphasic medical malarky, why don’t the Son’a just make them an offer they can’t refuse? “Tell you what, we’ll build the swankiest space hospital you’ve ever seen so long as you pull up the occasional starship full of gold-pressed latinum.” But the movie pretends that this radiation can make Worf revisit puberty and fix Geordi's eyes in no time, yet it can't help the Son's without years of exposure. That's narratively dishonest.