Eminiar VII
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Eminiar VII is a planet in the Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon".
It is said to be the seventh planet in orbit around the star Eminiar and the principal planet of star cluster NGC 321 (though in reality, NGC 321 is another galaxy altogether). The USS Enterprise visited the planet in 2267 on a mission to establish diplomatic relations with the Eminians. Eminiar VII's governing body is known as the Eminian Union.
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[edit] History of the Eminiar System
The Eminians have had spaceflight for at least several hundred years, but they rarely ventured from their home planet. At some point a group of Eminians colonized Vendikar (Eminiar III) - the third planet of their star system. Eventually, for reasons unknown, Vendikar and Eminiar VII became bitter enemies. Sometime in the latter half of the 18th century CE, the two worlds went to war with each other.
For the next 500 years, the two worlds fought continually, eventually developing a system where the two parties fought their wars with specialised computer systems on both worlds. These computer systems fought a virtual war in which computers made lists of people killed. The people "killed" were ordered to report to small chambers known as "disintegration stations," which would disintegrate those who entered and simultaneously record the death to be sent on to the other planet.
In the 2220's, the Federation starship USS Valiant visited Eminiar VII. They sent a report to the Federation indicating that the planet was at war with its closest neighbour. The crew and vessel became targets of the Vendikar computers and were destroyed, though it was assumed by Starfleet that the vessel had been lost in space.
[edit] The 2267 Visit
Despite being sent a Code 710 - do not approach the planet - and Captain Kirk's own grave misgivings, Federation Ambassador Robert Fox ordered Kirk to take the USS Enterprise to Eminiar. Upon arrival, Kirk beamed down with Mr. Spock and a small security detachment. The group was taken to the High Council of Eminiar by Mea Three. During their initial meeting, the Vendikar computers launched an attack. One virtual casualty of this attack was the Enterprise - Eminiar's computers reported her destroyed by a tricobalt device. Anan Seven, the leader of the council, demanded that the crew of the Enterprise beam down so they could be taken to disintegration stations and killed.
Following this, Kirk's party was taken to a small lounge and held there. Mr. Spock was able to telepathically connect with a guard, who entered the lounge and was promptly knocked out by Captain Kirk. The party went to find more weapons and guard uniforms. They soon found a disintegration station, which Kirk destroyed with an Eminian hand disruptor. Kirk stopped Mea Three from killing herself, and convinced her to help so that they could end the war.
Anan Seven made several attempts to trick the Enterprise crew into beaming down to the planet. He first tried using a voice duplicator to mimic Captain Kirk and order Mr. Scott to beam the crew down. This failed when Scott analyzed the recording and found out it wasn't really Kirk. Then the Eminians fired on the Enterprise with disruptors, but the ship's automatic defenses were too strong. Ambassador Fox then made contact, and was invited by Anan to visit the planet. Anan ordered his people to stop firing on the Enterprise, but to resume once the Enterprise dropped their shields. Fox ordered Mr. Scott to drop the shields, but Mr. Scott said he wouldn't do so until Kirk gave the order, which was unlikely as he was clearly being held prisoner.
Kirk was soon captured by Anan Seven and taken to the council chamber. In the meantime, Ambassador Fox and his aide beamed down. Anan Seven ordered his guards to take Fox and his aide to the nearest disintegration station. Mr. Spock contacted the Enterprise with orders that no one beam down, only to learn that Fox had just done so. Spock and the party went to the disintegration station, where guards were trying to force Fox into the chamber, and stopped the Eminians before they could kill the ambassador. Fox finally realized that normal diplomacy would not work, and told Spock that the Eminians had Kirk in the council chambers.
When the council contacted the Enterprise to make their demands, Kirk rushed forward and shouted to Mr. Scott to carry out General Order 24 in two hours, meaning that the Enterprise would destroy the entire inhabited area of Eminiar VII at that time. Kirk was able to overpower the guards in the council chamber, at which point Spock arrived to find that Kirk had already freed himself. The Eminians were taken out into the hallway, an Eminian showed Kirk where they'd hidden their weapons, and Kirk used a phaser to destroy the computers conducting the war.
Kirk then convinced Anan Seven to contact Vendikar. Ambassador Fox offered to help the two worlds find a settlement, as well as establish normal relations between the Federation and Eminiar VII.
[edit] Present Status
The status of the war between these two worlds after the 2267 visit of the Enterprise was never revealed onscreen. The second DC Comics run of Star Trek included a storyline called "The Trial of Captain Kirk," written by Peter David, which contained follow-ups to many episodes of The Original Series. It was revealed therein that the peace talks between Eminiar and Vendikar broke down, and a nuclear war took place that killed most of the population on both planets. This was further stated in some of the stories in the various Strange New Worlds anthologies, as well as the William Shatner novel Preserver, although these stories are not considered canon.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Eminiar VII article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
