"Errand of Mercy" is an episode of Star Trek. It was originally broadcast on March 23, 1967. It is episode #26, production #27, written by Gene L. Coon and directed by John Newland. This episode marks the first appearance of an alien race known as the Klingons.
Overview: At war with the Klingons, Captain Kirk and his First Officer, Mr. Spock, attempt to sway the incomprehensibly placid population of a planet to resist an invading military occupat...
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"Errand of Mercy" is an episode of Star Trek. It was originally broadcast on March 23, 1967. It is episode #26, production #27, written by Gene L. Coon and directed by John Newland. This episode marks the first appearance of an alien race known as the Klingons.
Overview: At war with the Klingons, Captain Kirk and his First Officer, Mr. Spock, attempt to sway the incomprehensibly placid population of a planet to resist an invading military occupation.
On stardate 3198.4, relations between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire have reached the breaking point, and recent negotiations have collapsed. The starship USS Enterprise has been sent to the world of Organia, a non-aligned planet near the Klingon border, in fear that the Klingons will try to annex it.
As the Enterprise approaches Organia, Spock briefs Kirk on Organia, calling it a primitive society with a "D-minus on the Richter scale of culture." Without warning, the Enterprise is attacked by a Klingon vessel,...
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