[Star Trek] The quarantine of Vagra II was uncalled for [Skin of Evil]

RebuttalsThe Prime Directive - My opponent states that rescuing Armus would be a violation of the Prime Directive. But, the prime directive states that Starfleet does not interfere with THE DEVELOPMENT of alien cultures. The Prime Directive also isn't applied equally to every culture or entity. It was applied strictly to societies with no knowledge of other worlds or life in space. It was also applied to the inner affairs of society, in example wars between the same members of one species. Choosing a side would be a violation of the Prime Directive. Rescuing Armus would not have been a violation of this, because he was not a culture undergoing development, he was just one being alone on a barren planet. There was no reason to believe that it was possible to rehabilitate Armus - There was no real effort put in by Starfleet, which was founded on the quest for knowledge and the search for life, to study this creature. I cite another example, being the Crystalline Entity, which was known to destroy whole soceties, and had killed thousands of humans. Starfleet still made an effort to communicate with this creature, even though it was much harder. Starfleet had a great opportunity to study the Titans as well, which was an alien race previously unheard of. If Starfleet can attempt communication with a much more powerfull creature such as the Crystalline Entity, which killed thousands, it could've at least made a second attempt to reason with Armus. The Crystalline Entity possessed a greater risk to Starfleet than Armus did. Unlike Armus, who has evil qualities, the Entity needed organic life to survive, which is why it killed so many people. After it attacked a planet, it stripped it bare of any life, and nothing was able to grow there for many years afterwards. Starfleet still attempted to communicate with this being. And the Crystalline Entity needed to kill to survive, and posed a huge risk to federation planets, but still, Starfleet attempted communication. My opponent states that there is no process that can be undetaken to redeem him, but Starfleet will never know if they place a quarantine on a creature they just encountered once. My opponent also states that it's not worth the risk trying to redeem Armus. I cite the Crystalline Entity again. It posed a much greater risk to the Enterprise than Armus did, but Starfleet specifically sent the Enterprise to try and communicate with it. My opponent states that Picard assessed the costs and venefits to quarantine Armus when making his decision. But Starfleet could've sent personnel that were more prepared to deal with Armus after the first encounter. And, the knowledge of Armus's resistance to phaser power could've been usefull to them, and they could've used the same information to create some type of phaser resistant armour for away teams, when they're put into dangerous ConclusionStarfleet had much to gain with the knowledge of the Titans, which Armus could've provided. They could've attempted contact with Armus a second time, being better prepared. They have done this before with the Crystalline Entity, even though it was much more dangerous than Armus, killed many more people, and needed to consume life to survive. Starfleet attempted communication with this being even after the first encounter, but it didn't do the same to Armus, who posed a much smaller risk. Sources. http://en.memory-alpha.org...http://en.wikipedia.org...I