Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon"

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"A Taste of Armageddon" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode in which the Enterprise encounters a world that conducts its wars entirely through computer simulations, raising profound ethical questions about the nature of conflict and humanity.

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instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode
television episode
airedIn United States
cinematographyBy Jerry Finnerman
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts computer-simulated warfare
director Joseph Pevney
editor Fabian Tordella
episodeNumberInSeason 23
featuresCharacter Ambassador Robert Fox
Anan 7
Hikaru Sulu
James T. Kirk
Leonard McCoy
Mea 3
Montgomery Scott
Nyota Uhura
Pavel Chekov
Spock
featuresStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
followedByEpisode This Side of Paradise
franchise Star Trek
genre science fiction
guestStar Barbara Babcock
David Opatoshu
Gene Lyons
musicBy Alexander Courage
notableQuoteByCharacter James T. Kirk destroys the war computers to force real peace negotiations
originalAirDate 1967-02-23
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
partOfSeason Star Trek: The Original Series season 1
precededByEpisode Space Seed
productionCode 6149-23
runtimeMinutes 50
series Star Trek: The Original Series
setting planet Eminiar VII
showrunnerSeriesCreator Gene Roddenberry
starsActor DeForest Kelley
George Takei
James Doohan
Leonard Nimoy
Nichelle Nichols
William Shatner
teleplayBy Gene L. Coon
Robert Hamner
theme dehumanization of conflict
ethics of war
prime directive and non-interference
title A Taste of Armageddon
writer Robert Hamner

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Gene L. Coon wroteEpisode Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon"