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Balance of Power

Golden Lion | North Ogden, Ut United States | 01/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Both the Klingons and Federation are experiencing serious operational disruptions being misdirected by an evil alien force into thinking each is the cause for explosions on the Klingon ship and the death of a 100 people on colony on Beta XII-A.

Writer Marvin Chomsky examines the futility and weak attributes associated with the doctrine of "Balance of Power". The end design of "Balance of Power" is perpetual warfare, hatred, bloodshed, and waste. Any two groups engaged in the balance of power will migrate between periods of low intensity warfare too sudden castrophic shock waves of violence; power and invisible hand regenerates the conflict by introducing military funding and humanitarian aid; the world sensor of this evil doctrine is mitigated by media blitzs and political negotiations that make the conflict too seemingly to deescalate, for a period.

The Federation members are stirred to hatred including Spock, demonstrated his inability to control the human half which is equally as powerful as his Vulcan ego. Spock lies about how powerful his human side is. A case in point is the "Enterprise Incident" where Dr. Jones must rescue Spock's human ego that is regressing to the point of death by fear, as Dr. Jones screams, "to the death or life for the both of us." Chekov believes the Klingons have killed his brother; Uhura reveals later that Chekov never had a brother; McCoy wants Kirk and Spock to act like military men and fight the Klingons. The Klingons capture the away team on the planet and threaten to torture each member one by one until Kirk surrenders the Enterprise. Kirk agrees after Chekov torturing too yield control of the Enterprise. Spock and Scottie manage to capture the Klingons during transport. The remain Klingons are beamed into the brigg. Once the Klingon ship is vacated, the Enterprise destroys the ship. The Klingons distrust the Federation believing they are treacherous and the Klingons will go to death camples. McCoy says, "we know what a Klingon is" suggesting a strong racial hatred. Initially, the numbers are 40 Klingons to 400 Federation, but the alien seals the lower level bulkheads and reduces the numbers to equal. Kirk realizes a problem is emerging and reveals a dangerous fact about "Balance of Power" and that is the doctrine drive men to kill believing they are "revenging an non-existent lose". Neither side has superior weapons because the alien has transmuted the phrasers into swords and Scottie describes the swords as "a fine collection of antiques". The Klingons take engineering. Spock detects the alien life force and describes it s pure energy and possesses intelligence and purpose. The Klingons communicate that the bridge life supports have been shut off and they crew will die of suffocation. The alien restores life support. Kirk says, "what is happen tous" and "why are acting like a group of savages". Weapons, idealogy, racial hatred are used by design to force the two groups to fight. Kirk is baffled about the game and rules to the game. McCoy tells Kirk that life threatening wounds are healing at an astonishing speed. Kirk learns the alien subsists on the emotion of others and the alien acts as a catylst to cause more violent mode of conflict, a constant state of violence, and Kirk realizes that "the fighting must end" or they will continue fighting for a 1000 years. The alien has accelerated the enterprise to warp 9 and the dilithium crystal are deteriating. The Klingons and Federation agree to a temporary truce that weakens the alien. Kirk says, "we must push outward to survive", "we must stop the endless violence", "the alien sites back and laughs and the violence starts over again". The alien is coward. The Federation and Klingons good will drives the alien OUT.
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