“A Taste of Armageddon”
Teleplay by Robert Hamner and Gene L. Coon
Story by Robert Hamner
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Season 1, Episode 23
Production episode: 1×23
Original air date: February 23, 1967
Star date: 3192.1
Mission summary
The Enterprise is en route to NGC 321, a star cluster hosting a number of inhabited worlds. The Federation (first named here in full as the United Federation of Planets) wants desperately to stop the bloodshed of the past and establish peaceful, diplomatic relations. In pursuit of that goal they’ve sent along Ambassador Robert Fox to make contact with Eminiar VII, the star cluster’s principal planet.
With hailing frequencies open (thanks, Uhura), they finally receive a response from the planet: Code 710. That code means that under no circumstances should the Enterprise approach the planet.
“Disregard that,” says Ambassador Asshat (AA).
Kirk warns him that disregarding that signal could result in interplanetary war, but AA responds that he’s “willing to take that risk.”
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