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Alien Races: 1
(The Romulans)

Red-shirt deaths: 0
(Honorable Mention: Tomlinson, yellow)

Fight scenes: 0
KOs: 0
TKOs: 0
Fight Stopped: 0

Alien Foods: 0

Earth Foods: 0

Spock says:
"Logical": 0
"Illogical": 0

"I'm a doctor..."s: 0

Phasers fired: 8

"Phasers on Stun": 0

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Title: Balance of Terror
Production: 9
Original Airdate: December 15, 1966
Stardate: 1709
Synopsis: Kirk's presiding over the Tomlinson/Martine wedding is tragically cut short when he is forced to walk the line between peace and war over a suspected Romulan incursion across the Neutral Zone - an act defined by treaty as an attack. The old foes' border had been silent after a century, following a war in which neither side had visual contact, but now it can be seen the Romulans resemble Vulcans -- a startling turn that fuels some old-fashioned prejudice directed toward Spock. When the mystery ship displays for the first time what would come to be called a cloaking device, Kirk has his hands full with an enemy commander every bit the tactician and ethicist that he is.

Guest Cast:
Mark Lenard as Romulan commander
Lawrence Montaigne as Decius
Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Rand
Paul Comi as Lt. Andrew Stiles
John Warburton as Centurion
Stephen Mines as Spec. Robert Tomlinson
Barbara Baldavin as Spec. 2/C Angela Martine

The Enterprise detonates a nuclear bomb from less than 100 meters away. Kirk asks Spock how much damage the ship has sustained. What does Spock tell him?

Kirk: Why me? I look around that bridge, and I see the men waiting for me to make the next move. And Bones...what if I'm wrong?

On the day this episode aired, the Soviet Union announced that they would increase their defense spending.

Mainly overloads and circuit burn-outs.