"A Taste of Armageddon" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek.
The USS Enterprise travels to Eminiar VII in "star cluster NGC 321", bringing Ambassador Robert Fox to establish diplomatic relations.
Nearing Eminiar VII, the Enterprise receives a message from the planet warning them not to approach, but Ambassador Fox orders Captain Kirk to proceed.
Kirk, First Officer Spock, and additional security personnel beam down to the planet, where they are met by representatives Mea 3 and Anan 7.
Ambassador Fox, deciding to believe Anan, beams down and is taken to a disintegration chamber, where Spock and the security officers rescue him.
He suggests that Anan 7 call a ceasefire and begin peace negotiations, and Fox agrees to act as a neutral mediator.
The Lottery: 1948 Shirley Jackson story about a population inured to follow an old tradition of human sacrifice, ostensibly for the public good.