Star Trek Epsiode 70, Season 3:
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
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Episode #: | << 70 >> |
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| Air #: | << 70 >> |
| Season: | 3 |
| Air Date: | 1969-01-10 |
| Stardate: | 5730.2 |
| Writer: | Oliver Crawford |
| Story: | Gene L. Coon |
| Director: | Jud Taylor |
| Guests: | Frank Gorshin (Bele), Lou Antonio (Lokai) |
On its way to decontaminate the planet Arianis, the Enterprise intercepts a shuttlecraft stolen from Starbase 4 together with its pilot. The pilot is an alien who is solid white on his right side and solid black on his left. His name is Lokai, and he claims to be a political refugee from Cheron. Shortly thereafter, another alien is deposited on the bridge of the Enterprise by a spaceship just before it disintegrates. The new alien identifies himself as Bele, a police officer from Cheron who has been tracking Lokai for over 50,000 years. Bele is black on right and white on left, and is outraged when Kirk sees no difference in them. Bele considers his coloration superior to Lokai and others of "his kind." Both Lokai and Bele claim to be in the right, but Kirk stays above the argument, offering to drop them off at a Starbase.
Bele attempts to force the Enterprise to Cheron, but returns control to Kirk when he threatens to self destruct the Enterprise (Kirk: sequence 1, code 11A; Spock: sequence 2, code 11A2B; Scott: sequence 3, code 1B2B3; final code: 000 DESTRUCT 0; abort code: 123 CONTINUITY ABORT DESTRUCT ORDER). After the Enterprise has decontaminated Arianis, Bele deactivates the destruct mode and forces the Enterprise to Cheron. Here, Bele and Lokai discover that all life there has been destroyed by years of racially-motivated fighting. Driven mad by the sight, Lokai and Bele both beam down to the surface, where they will continue to fight each other until one or both is dead.