Sunday, June 7, 2009

TOS #26: Errand of Mercy

The Enterprise gets attacked by Klingons about 30 seconds in to this episode, and then continues on its mission to secure a border-area planet of some strategic importance.

The council of the planet, which was supposed to be a backward one, isn't interested in Federation protection, and keeps insisting it's safe. Then, members of the council start intuiting things about what are happening in orbit.


Kirk takes the pseudonym Barrona and Spock pretends to be a Vulcan trader. Kirk is then appointed liaison between the Klingon marshall and the Organians. He and Spock decide to try to foment a rebellion, but the Organians don't care and the Klingons find out and imprison Kirk and Spock. Eventually, both the Klingons and humans realize the Organians are far more advanced than was thought (it turns out they are godlike beings of pure energy).


Taught a lesson in humility, they call off the war.

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