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1Out-of-universe: It may have been a poorly thought through premise in support of an action story where the crew is pulled into a moral and emotional conflict because of just one person. If true, it may be difficult or impossible to explain in-universe.– Anthony XCommented Aug 4, 2021 at 22:30
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1My reading is that this was a lost Earth colony which pre-dated the forming of the Federation, Hence the no-contact rule may have applied.– Paulie_DCommented Aug 4, 2021 at 22:32
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2Out universe I think it was an attempt to establish a TOS style notion that the frontier is dangerous and civilization needs constant effort. Note how Kirk grew up on a colony with a food shortage that turned genocidal. As for a legal precedent there are far more episodes that establish starfleet doesn't think the prime directive really applies to humans despite being centuries separated.– lucasbachmannCommented Aug 4, 2021 at 23:28
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3@ZeissIkon He was born on Iowa, but at some point Kirk moves to Tarsus IV, where he becomes one of the witnesses to Kodos the Executioner's massacre. I don't remember how old he was though.– pboss3010Commented Aug 5, 2021 at 13:58
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1@Zeiss Ikon Also - Kirk wasn't from Iowa until Star Trek IV. The original Star Trek was not nearly as Earth centric as later iterations. Even the inventor of warp drive Zephram Cochrane was from Alpha Centauri originally.– lucasbachmannCommented Aug 5, 2021 at 16:41
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