The episode of the
original series (“Arena”, season 1, episode 18) that I watched
includes a confrontation between Kirk and a member of an reptilian
species who seems to consider complete destruction of his enemy as
his only option. The Captain and the alien manage to injure each
other, but when Kirk has the opportunity to kill the Gorn, he refuses
to do so. When the Metron appears, having sent the Gorn back to his
ship, he offers to “destroy him for [Kirk]”. The Captain refuses
the offer and then magically returns to the Enterprise, after which
the ship is moved by an outside force (the Metron) to the other side
of the galaxy.
Of course. there is
also an inter-species encounter (or several encounters) between other
species, both friendly and 'conflict-laden' and the crew of Deep
Space 9 in episode 26, “A Call to Arms”, of season 5. While the
multiple story lines and layers of this episode make it a bit more
difficult to follow than “Arena”, I must say that I prefer this
representation of relationships between species. It does reflect more
realistically the complications of interactions (both friendly and
confrontational) between different cultures in the world today.
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