More Tribbles, More Troubles

"More Tribbles, More Troubles" is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. It was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his original series episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". While the U.S.S. Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons at... more

"More Tribbles, More Troubles" is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. It was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his original series episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". While the U.S.S. Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them. The pilot turns out to be Cyrano Jones, an intergalactic trader well known to Kirk and crew from The Trouble With Tribbles. The Klingons desperately want Jones for introducing the tribble to Klingon planets where it has become a major pest, and for stealing a glommer, an animal the Klingons were breeding to prey on the tribble. Kirk expresses sympathy for the Klingons' plight but refuses to hand over Jones, a Federation citizen. Jones is now selling tribbles... less