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A Taste of Armageddon. " A Taste of Armageddon " is the twenty-third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Robert Hamner and Gene L. Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on February 23, 1967. In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise visits a planet engaged in ...
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- Gene Lyons
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- Sean Kenney
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A Taste of Armageddon: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, David Opatoshu, Gene Lyons. Kirk and Spock must save their ship's crew when they are all declared killed in action in a bizarre computer simulated war where the actual deaths must nevertheless occur.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Joseph Pevney
- 1967-02-23
visual effects coordinator (remastered version) John Small. ... systems support engineer (remastered version) Chris Tezber. ... visual effects coordinator (remastered version) Brian Vogt.
For the fotonovelization of this episode, please see A Taste of Armageddon (fotonovel). On a diplomatic mission, the crew visit a planet that is waging a destructive war fought solely by computer simulation, but the casualties, including the crew of the USS Enterprise, are supposed to be real.
On a mission to establish diplomatic relations at Star Cluster NGC321, Kirk and Spock beam down to planet Eminiar 7 to learn that its inhabitants have been at war with a neighboring planet for over 500 years.
Original air date: February 23, 1967. The episode opens with the Enterprise shuttling Robert Fox, an obnoxious ambassador, to the planet Eminiar VII, to negotiate a diplomatic agreement with its people. However, after several days of communicator silence from the planet, Eminiar finally responds with Code 710, warning the ship not to enter ...
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.
