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Podcast: The Nerd Trek Podcast
Episode: Episode 49: TOS S02E19 - A Private Little War
Description: Nerds Log, Stardate 032020.17: When the Enterprise checks in on a planet of people that are protected by the Prime Directive (no identification of self or mission; no interference with the social development of said planet; no references to space, other worlds, or advanced civilizations) they find that the Kingons had been there and violated this directive, providing a portion of the population with flintlock rifles when the entire planet should be at the bow-and-arrow stage. This gives Kirk a terrible choice: allow the other inhabitants of the planet to die, including an old friend of his from a previous visit...