The Omega Glory 

Responding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of their longevity.

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (created by), Gene Roddenberry

Stars:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
William Shatner	...	Capt. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Morgan Woodward	...	Capt. Tracey
Roy Jenson	...	Cloud William
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Irene Kelly	...	Sirah
Morgan Farley	...	Yang Scholar
David L. Ross	...	Lt. Galloway
Lloyd Kino	...	Wu
Ed McCready	...	Dr. Carter
Frank Atienza	...	Kohn Villager

Storyline

As the Enterprise approaches planet Omega IV, they find another starship, the U.S.S. Exeter, in orbit. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam aboard to find the ship abandoned but strewn with uniforms and crystals. The last log entry from the ship's surgeon tells them they have been infected with a deadly virus brought aboard from a returning landing party. Kirk's party beams down to the planet's surface and finds there is one Exeter survivor: Captain Ron Tracey. He has apparently ignored the Prime Directive and has taken sides in a local dispute supporting the Kohms against their arch-rivals, the Yangs. As McCoy tries to find a cure for the virus, Spock and Kirk try to make sense of the situation. They eventually realize there is an odd parallel with Earth's own history.

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Plot Keywords:

key ring | omega | year 2268 | abandoned spacecraft | savage | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Omega Glory

Filming Locations:

Stage 31, Paramount Pictures - 5555 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television, Norway Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wu was born in 1806.

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Goofs

When Kirk and Cloud William are twisting the iron bars in their jail cell, they are actually working against one another at times. At certain points one is twisting clockwise while the other is twisting counter-clockwise.

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Quotes

Captain James T. Kirk: If my ancestors were forced out of the cities... into the deserts, the hills...
Mr. Spock: Yes. I see, Captain. They would've learned to wear skins, adopted stoic mannerisms, learned the bow and the lance.
Captain James T. Kirk: Living like the Indians, and finally even looking like the American Indian. American... Yangs - Yanks? Spock - Yankees!
Mr. Spock: Kohms... Communists? The parallel is almost too close, Captain.

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Alternate Versions

Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song

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Connections

Featured in William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)

User Reviews

Captain Tracey Violates The Prime Directive

Season 2, episode 23. The Enterprise arrives at the planet Omega IV because they received a distress call from the U.S.S. Exeter. When they hailed the ship no one answers. Kirk, Spock, Bone and a red shirt beam over to the Exeter to find no one aboard only their uniforms with piles of white crystals. McCoy examines the crystals to find those piles are what is left of the crew with the water from their bodies gone - disintegrated. Spock searches for information and finds a recording warning whoever finds the tape they are dead men, the only hope on the planet and Captain Tracey is on the planet. The party beam down to the planet and find Tracey. Tracey tells them that if they beamed over to the Enterprise then they would have died like the rest of the crew - as his crew did. Tracey then tells them it's something on the planet that has kept him alive, them alive. Tracey also revealed that there is a war on the planet between the Yangs and the Kohms. Everything that Tracey says is true but one thing that he has violated the prime directive - to help but never interfere with the progress of a planet and it's people. Kirk and his men must find a way to set everything right and get out alive.

Not a bad episode - interesting to see a Starfleet Officer turn "evil" because he likes idea of living a very long time over the prime directive.

8/10