Star Trek: The Next Generation1987

John Doe:
[to Picard] Captain, my species is on the verge of a wondrous evolutionary change, a transmutation beyond our physical being. I am the first of my kind to approach this metamorphosis. They tried to convince us it was a sickness we would never survive, that the pain and energy pulses would kill us. They claimed we were dangerous, so they destroyed anyone who exhibited the signs of the transfiguration.

Commander Sunad:
We were protecting our society.

John Doe:
By murdering us? You saw the mutations as a threat to your authority. You were terrified of something you couldn't understand. Some suspected that what was happening to them was not evil. Four of us decided to flee Zalkon, and let the metamorphosis take its course. You hunted us down, killed the others. But I survived - with the help of a kind... and generous people.