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60			     ERRAND OF MERCY
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WRITER: Gene L. Coon

GUESTS: John Abbott
	John Colicos (Klingan Commander Kuul)
	Peter Brocco
	Victor Lundin
	David Hilary Huges

AIRED:  March 23, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .665
Usenet rating:   .764

QUOTES:
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 - "The odds?   It's difficult to be precise.   Approximately  7824  to  1."
   --Spock
 - "Fascinating...   pure  energy...  pure  thought."  --Spock  (used in the
   Minneapolis band Information Society's song "Pure Energy")
 - "I'm a soldier--not a diplomat." --Kirk
 - "Even the gods did not spring into being overnight." --Spock
 - "[Well,  the Federation  has spent a lot of money on our  training;  it's
   time they got a] return [on their] investment." --Kirk


			     ERRAND OF MERCY

PLOT:
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Klingons are taking over Organia, a  peaceful planet.   Kirk  and Spock are
stranded on Organia and try to interfere, despite the Organians' insistence
of non-violence.  I like the fact that the Organians  see that  they have a
choice of dealing with the Federation or dealing with their enemies instead
of blindly thanking Kirk for interfering!   The  Klingons decide  to kill a
hundred Organians an hour  until Kirk  and Spock  are turned  over to them.
The Organians  don't really  care, because  they don't  need their humanoid
bodies anyway.  Organians are pure energy; pure thought.

FACTS:
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 - First episode with Klingons.
 - Code 1 = war.
 - Klingon commander Kuul.
 - Kirk asks Spock  how much StarFleet has invested in him.  Spock gives an
   accurate figure.
 - All weapons heated to 350 degrees (on some scale; likely Fahrenheit).

OPINIONS:
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A "fun episode".