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134			  A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON
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WRITER: Robert Jamner and Gene L. Coon

GUESTS: Gene Lyons
	David Opatoshu
	Robert Sampson
	Barbara Babcock
	Miko Mayama
	David L. Ross
	Sean Kenney

AIRED:	February 23, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .350
Usenet rating:   .598

QUOTES:
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 - "Sensor readings just shot off the scale." --Ensign DePaul
 - "There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder." --Spock


			  A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON

PLOT:
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The Enterprise and her  crew are  declared casualties  in an interplanetary
war that  has  been going  on for  500 years  and is  entirely simulated by
computers.  Kirk  learns  this  after  ignoring a  code 7  (like a complete
dweeb) and approaching the planet anyway.  By entering the  airspace of the
planet, the  Enterprise  is  a  valid  target  and  is "hit"  by a computer
simulated missile.  The crew must follow the other  126,520 casualties into
the disintegration chambers or the two planets will have  a full-scale REAL
war.  Kirk refuses in the hopes  that the  planets would  rather talk peace
than fight a non-simulated war.

FACTS:
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 - The USS Valiant was lost.
 - Code 7 means to stay away.
 - Star cluster NGC-321.
 - Scotty defies Star Fleet Command.
 - The Federation diplomat  is the main dork  this week,  with an assist by
   Kirk.
 - The onboard ambassador  and Kirk  split the honor  of being  this week's
   dork,  the former for his idiotic actions  ("of course we will lower the
   shields, as a sign of friendship")  and the latter for ignoring the code
   seven in the first place.
 - General Order 24 (toast the planet if I don't get back to you).

OPINIONS:
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