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Colonel Phillip Green was a despotic militia leader on Earth in the 21st century during World War III. Green, known for his motto: "Overwhelm and devastate," was notorious for striking at his enemies during treaty negotiations. (TOS: "The Savage Curtain")

During the war, Green led a faction of violent eco-terrorists whose actions led to the death of some thirty-seven million people. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II", display graphic)

Barely two years after a cease-fire had ended the war, he ordered the euthanasia of hundreds of thousands of radiation-sickened Humans so they would not pass on mutations to future generations. Green outlined his rationale by speaking to a crowd about how they must "reject the impure and cast it out." This act was met with mixed feelings by survivors, many regarding him as nothing more than a genocidal madman. Others saw him as a pragmatic visionary who "humanely" euthanized radiation-afflicted individuals, preventing those afflicted and their descendants from passing on deadly mutations and the suffering that would come with that. (ENT: "Demons") This controversial and contentious posthumous view of Green resulted in heated debates about him and the impact of his policies for many years; among the students of Green's teachings, years afterward, John Frederick Paxton made use of his ideologies to lead a group known as Terra Prime in an unsuccessful bid to expel all non-Humans from the Sol system in 2155. (ENT: "Terra Prime")

A replication of Green was created by the Excalbians in 2269. This duplication formed part of their study of the nature of the Human concepts of "good" and "evil." (TOS: "The Savage Curtain")

In 2364, an illustration of Colonel Green inexplicably appeared when Data was assimilating the Dixon Hill novels aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")

This illustration was from the FASA RPG module The Federation.

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."

"I have no quarrel with you, any more than you have with me!" (Excalbian duplicate)

"Men don't talk peace unless they're ready to back it up with war." (Excalbian duplicate)

"History tends to exaggerate." (Excalbian duplicate)

Background information

Green was portrayed by actor Phillip Pine in TOS: "The Savage Curtain". A Star Trek fan himself, Pine was delighted to receive the role, play the part and be associated with it. "The character of Green was well written," he remarked. "There were little or no changes required by the director, Herschel Daugherty, or myself to highlight Green's Machiavellian mind. Adolf Hitler was discussed at one point and I was certainly influenced by that man's character in playing the role." (Starlog #130, p. 76) The tone in which he addressed Surak as, "...Vulcan!" in the episode may have been some insight into Green's xenophobic attitude towards aliens.

Green proved extremely popular. Although Phillip Pine played many villains in television productions, he found Green to be the most often recognized. "I think Colonel Green is probably well-remembered because he was such an unmitigated bastard," Pine mused. "He had no redeeming qualities at all; none. The guy's smile was even sinister! He probably had bad teeth and they hurt. Everything about him was bad [....] My grandson told me that I should get a red jumpsuit [like he wears in 'The Savage Curtain']!" (Starburst Special #29, pp. 59 & 62)

Originally, Manny Coto intended to use Green as a villain in the Augments trilogy in season four of Star Trek: Enterprise. While working on the story, he said, "I want to do a very harrowing 'Colonel Green' arc. I'm determined to get 'Colonel Green' into this show." [1] Coto also thought Green fit well into the plot with the Augments, later admitting, "I always thought that he was an interesting character to bring to life and flesh out. But the implication was that he had something to do with the Eugenics Wars as well." [2] Coto invented an extensive backstory for the character's appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise. "It was fun fleshing him out and creating a whole history, a background for him in these episodes," said Coto. Phillip Green at StarTrek.com After he learned that Brent Spiner was interested in a role on the series, Coto changed the story arc to accommodate Spiner. "For a little while," Coto explained, "I even toyed with the idea of him playing Colonel Green." Coto instead created the character of Arik Soong for Spiner to play. [3]

Green's appearance in Enterprise's Augments trilogy would have featured the logo of the Fourth World military (as shown in TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"), here used as Green's personal command emblem. ^{(citation needed • edit)} After Green was removed from the Augments arc, the only other appearance of that emblem was in "In a Mirror, Darkly".

Green's first name was given as "Phillip" in a barely legible graphic seen in "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II". The name was likely chosen in reference to the first name of the character's original actor, Phillip Pine.

Green was portrayed by Steve Rankin in the later fourth season installment "Demons". As he was to be seen only on a monitor, the casting of Green took place after production on "Demons" wrapped. [4] The role had to be recast because Phillip Pine had died since appearing in "The Savage Curtain". To adopt the part, Rankin underwent several physical changes. "They made me up, got my hair dark, gave me the pointy sideburns," he said. Like Pine before him, Rankin was also thrilled to portray Green, having been a Star Trek fan too. "That was a very, very cool thing to do," he enthused, adding, "but Col. Green was one of the worst men in the universe." Phillip Green at StarTrek.com

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-[[Colonel]] '''Phillip Green''' was a despotic militia leader on [[Earth]] in the [[21st century]] during [[World War III]]. Green, known for his motto: "Overwhelm and devastate", was notorious for striking at his enemies during treaty negotiations. ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
+|imagecap=Phillip Green, seen in a recording of a speech given in [[2056]]
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+|imagecap2=The Excalbian image of Phillip Green ([[2269]])
+|gender=Male
+|species=[[Human]]
+|rank=[[Colonel]]
+|occupation=
+|status=Deceased
+|datestatus = 21st century
+|actor=[[Steve Rankin]] (above);<br />[[Phillip Pine]] (below)
+}}
+[[Colonel]] '''Phillip Green''' was a despotic militia leader on [[Earth]] in the [[21st century]] during [[World War III]]. Green, known for his motto: "''Overwhelm and devastate,''" was notorious for striking at his enemies during treaty negotiations. ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
-During the war, Green led a faction of violent [[ecoterrorism|ecoterrorists]] whose actions led to the death of some 37 million people. ({{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}} production art).
+During the war, Green led a faction of violent [[eco-terrorism|eco-terrorists]] whose actions led to the death of some thirty-seven million people. ({{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}, ''[[:File:Historical archive, Starfleet (production resource).jpg|display graphic]]'')
-Barely two years after a cease-fire had ended the war, he ordered the euthanasia of hundreds of thousands of [[radiation sickness|radiation sickened]] [[Human]]s so they wouldn't pass on mutations to future generations.  Green outlined his rationale by speaking to a crowd about how they must "reject the impure and cast it out".
+Barely two years after a cease-fire had ended the war, he ordered the euthanasia of hundreds of thousands of [[radiation sickness|radiation-sickened]] [[Human]]s so they would not pass on mutations to future generations. Green outlined his rationale by speaking to a crowd about how they must "reject the impure and cast it out." This act was met with mixed feelings by survivors, many regarding him as nothing more than a genocidal madman. Others saw him as a pragmatic visionary who "humanely" euthanized radiation-afflicted individuals, preventing those afflicted and their descendants from passing on deadly mutations and the suffering that would come with that. ({{ENT|Demons}}) This controversial and contentious posthumous view of Green resulted in heated debates about him and the impact of his policies for many years; among the students of Green's teachings, years afterward, [[John Frederick Paxton]] made use of his ideologies to lead a group known as [[Terra Prime]] in an unsuccessful bid to expel all non-Humans from the [[Sol system]] in [[2155]]. ({{ENT|Terra Prime}})
+A replication of Green was created by the [[Excalbian]]s in [[2269]]. This duplication formed part of their study of the nature of the Human concepts of "good" and "evil."  ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
-This act was met with mixed feelings by survivors, many regarding him as nothing more than a genocidal madman. Others would see him as a pragmatic visionary who "humanely" euthanised radiation-afflicted individuals, preventing those afflicted and their descendants from passing on deadly mutations and the suffering that would come with that. ({{ENT|Demons}})
+In [[2364]], an illustration of Colonel Green inexplicably appeared when [[Data]] was assimilating the [[Dixon Hill]] novels aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. ({{TNG|The Big Goodbye}})
-[[File:Phillip_Green,_TOS.jpg|thumb|An image of Colonel Phillip Green, created by Excalbians]]
-This controversial and contentious posthumous view of Green resulted in heated debates about him and the impact of his policies for many years; among the students of Green's teachings years afterward, [[John Frederick Paxton]] made use of his ideologies to lead a group known as [[Terra Prime]] in an unsuccessful bid to expell all non-humans from the [[Sol system]] in [[2155]].  ({{ENT|Terra Prime}})
+{{bginfo|This illustration was from the [[FASA]] [[RPG]] module ''[[The Federation]]''.}}
-The image of Green was recreated by the [[Excalbian]]s in [[2269]] as part of their study of the nature of the human concepts of "good" and "evil."  ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
-== Quotes ==
+==Quotes==
 ''"Overwhelm and devastate."''
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 ''"History tends to exaggerate."'' (Excalbian duplicate)
-== Background ==
+==Background information==
+Green was portrayed by actor [[Phillip Pine]] in {{TOS|The Savage Curtain}}. A ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Trekkie|fan]] himself, Pine was delighted to receive the role, play the part and be associated with it. "''The character of Green was well written,''" he remarked. "''There were little or no changes required by the director, [[Herschel Daugherty]], or myself to highlight Green's Machiavellian mind. Adolf Hitler was discussed at one point and I was certainly influenced by that man's character in playing the role.''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' #130, p. 76) The tone in which he addressed [[Surak]] as, "...Vulcan!" in the episode may have been some insight into Green's [[xenophobia|xenophobic]] attitude towards [[alien]]s.
-Green was played by actor [[Phillip Pine]] in "The Savage Curtain", and by [[Steven Rankin]] in "Demons". Green's first name was given as "Phillip" in a barely-legible graphic seen in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. The name was likely chosen in reference to the first name of the character's original actor.
+Green proved extremely popular. Although Phillip Pine played many villains in television productions, he found Green to be the most often recognized. "''I think Colonel Green is probably well-remembered because he was such an unmitigated bastard,''" Pine mused. "''He had no redeeming qualities at all; none. The guy's smile was even sinister! He probably had bad teeth and they hurt. Everything about him was bad [....] My grandson told me that I should get a red jumpsuit [like he wears in 'The Savage Curtain']!''" (''Starburst'' Special #29, pp. 59 & 62)
-In early drafts of the [[Augments]] trilogy in the fourth season of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', [[Manny Coto]] had intended to use Green as the villain of the piece.  After he learned that [[Brent Spiner]] was interested in a role on the series, Coto re-wrote his script to accommodate Spiner and created the character of [[Arik Soong]]. [http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=4123186831f8d&cid=41236d99605be&tid=412331cb93a0a&threadView=2&clickReply=1] Green's appearance on ''Enterprise'' would have featured the logo of the Fourth World military (as shown in {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}), here used as Green's personal command emblem. After Green was removed from the Augments arc, the only other appearance of that emblem was in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}}.
+Originally, [[Manny Coto]] intended to use Green as a villain in the [[Augment]]s trilogy in [[ENT Season 4|season four]] of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. While working on the story, he said, "''I want to do a very harrowing 'Colonel Green' arc. I'm determined to get 'Colonel Green' into this show.''" [http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=41a6ba2e8d542] Coto also thought Green fit well into the plot with the Augments, later admitting, "''I always thought that he was an interesting character to bring to life and flesh out. But the implication was that he had something to do with the Eugenics Wars as well.''" [http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=412314afb35d5] Coto invented an extensive backstory for the character's appearance on ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. "''It was fun fleshing him out and creating a whole history, a background for him in these episodes,''" said Coto. {{st.com|meet-manny-coto-the-man-behind-enterprise||article}} After he learned that [[Brent Spiner]] was interested in a role on the series, Coto changed the story arc to accommodate Spiner. "''For a little while,''" Coto explained, "''I even toyed with the idea of him playing Colonel Green.''" Coto instead created the character of [[Arik Soong]] for Spiner to play. [http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=412314afb35d5]
+Green's appearance in ''Enterprise''{{'}}s Augments trilogy would have featured the logo of the Fourth World military (as shown in {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}), here used as Green's personal command emblem. {{incite}} After Green was removed from the Augments arc, the only other appearance of that emblem was in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}}.
+Green's first name was given as "Phillip" in a barely legible graphic seen in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. The name was likely chosen in reference to the first name of the character's original actor, Phillip Pine.
+Green was portrayed by [[Steve Rankin]] in the later fourth season installment {{e|Demons}}. As he was to be seen only on a monitor, the casting of Green took place after production on "Demons" wrapped. [http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=421749f5dbbf7] The role had to be recast because Phillip Pine had died since appearing in "The Savage Curtain". To adopt the part, Rankin underwent several physical changes. "''They made me up, got my hair dark, gave me the pointy sideburns,''" he said. Like Pine before him, Rankin was also thrilled to portray Green, having been a ''Star Trek'' fan too. "''That was a very, very cool thing to do,''" he enthused, adding, "''but Col. Green was one of the worst men in the universe.''" {{st.com|interview-4-time-trek-guest-star-steve-rankin||article}}
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