To: TobagoJack who wrote (53042 ) 2/8/2006 7:11:05 AM From: shades Respond to of 110194 You sank my battleship!! Hey General, you guys better slow down on those boats! We might let you :) take over being worlds police force and you let you taste running some deficits to keep everyones oil flowing - hehe. Great links General - I like this quote from one of them:While some may argue that the “new” enemies of today are not ones that can be challenged by the naval fleets of the “past”, a very ominous potential threat is building on the horizon. startrek.com 02.23.67 A Taste of Armageddon The Enterprise is diverted by two planets fighting a computerized war. Beaming to the surface with a landing party, Kirk and Spock are met by a young woman, Mea 3, who tells them that Eminiar VII has been at war with its neighboring planet, Vendikar, for over 500 years. Mea 3 takes them to the council chambers where they find banks of computers. Eminiar's head council Anan 7 informs them that the two planets have learned to avoid the complete devastation of war because computers are used. When a "hit" is scored by one of the planets, the people declared "dead" willingly walk into antimatter chambers and are vaporized. Anan 7 further tells Kirk that his ship and all the crew aboard her have been declared casualties and will be executed. When Kirk flatly refuses, the landing party members are taken prisoner. The council members are unable to convince Scotty, in charge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, to lower shields without a direct order from Captain Kirk. Meanwhile, Ambassador Fox has beamed to Eminiar and is also taken prisoner, marked for death. Kirk and Spock escape and gain the council chambers where they destroy the computers. Kirk tells the council members that they have made this war too easy for themselves and that they will truly experience the horrors of war if they do not learn to make peace first. Ambassador Fox volunteers to stay behind and negotiate a peace between the neighboring planets.