Friday's Child (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Friday's child is full of woe". The Federation starship USS "Enterprise", under the command of Captain Kirk, arrives at Capella IV to negotiate a mining contract for a valuable mineral. The Capellans are violent and warlike, but scrupulously honest. Kirk beams down to the planet with Dr. McCoy, First Officer Spock and a security officer; they find that Kras, a Klingon emissary, is already present. The Capellans order Kirk and his party to hand over their weapons as the Klingon had done, and despite killing Kirk's security escort for drawing a weapon on the Klingon, treat the party as honored
Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Arena" is the eighteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Gene L. Coon (based on a short story of the same name by Fredric Brown) and directed by Joseph Pevney; it was first broadcast on January 19, 1967. In the episode, while pursuing a Gorn vessel for an apparently unprovoked attack, Captain Kirk is forced by powerful entities to battle the opposing captain. The USS "Enterprise" arrives at the Cestus III Outpost by invitation of its commanding officer, but the crew find the outpost obliterated. Captain James