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A Taste of Armageddon

The Enterprise is diverted by two planets fighting a computerized war.

• Stardate 3192.1
• Released 23 Feb 1967

The Enterprise journeys to planet Eminiar VII to establish diplomatic contact. Although the Eminians warn Kirk against visiting, at the insistence of Federation Ambassador Robert Fox, a landing party beams down. They discover Eminiar has been at war for centuries with its neighbor world, Vendikar. Suddenly, Kirk is informed that the Enterprise has been declared a “casualty,” and all aboard her are considered dead. Through Eminiar’s council head, Anan 7, and a young woman named Mea 3, Kirk learns that the “war” is fought with computers: “casualties” on both planets willingly enter antimatter chambers and die to prevent all-out destruction. After the landing party is imprisoned, Ambassador Fox beams down and learns of the situation–whereupon Kirk and Spock escape and destroy Eminiar’s computers. Now, Kirk tells the Eminians, they will have to fight their war for real. To escape the horrors of material destruction, the two worlds, with the aid of Ambassador Fox, begin to negotiate for peace.

Written by Robert Hamner and Gene L. Coon
Story by Robert Hamner
Directed by Joseph Pevney

Cast:

• Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
• Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
• Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForrest Kelley)
• Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott (James Doohan)
• Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu (George Takei)
• Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols)

Guest Cast:

• Anan 7 (David Opatoshu)
• Sar 6 (Robert Sampson)
• Mea 3 (Barbara Babcock)
• Ambassador Robert Fox (Gene Lyons)
• Yeoman Tamura (Miko Mayama)
• Lieutenant Galloway (David L. Ross)
• Lieutenant DePaul (Sean Kenney)