#ayelborne

[travsd]

John Abbott: From Albion to Organia

How wonderful that John Albert Chamberlain Kefford (1905-1996) chose the professional name of John Abbott — for that is what he looked like, like some kind of Medieval monk. Occasionally he was cast with that approximate idea in mind, e.g. he played Will Scarlet in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946). (Yes, I know Will Scarlet’s not a monk, but he’s Medieval, blast you!) Abbott was also often…

[t0ast-ghost]

Time for episode 27 (Errand Of Mercy) all I know is it’s something to do with Klingons.

Hoppin’ to it:

- War happened so fast

- SULU IN CHARGE OF THE BRIDGE! YEAHH

- It’s so funny how the welcomer has such a short name, and then Kirk is like I am captain, James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, blah blah blah

- okay guys, who painted the goats? Real funny

- I kinda like how chill the council is

- WHAT THE FUCK?? Those are literally just a bunch of guys..

- THEIR OUTFITS IM SCREAMING (they look like Merlin and Arthur holy moly. Kept them in their yellows and blues which I love and respect)

- “He is not a spy.” oh my fucking god you’re terrible at this Kirk. Can’t let Spock go for one second istg

- “I don’t trust men who smile too much.” that’s a pretty good rule of thumb to have tbh

- he’s so pretty oh my he’s so- my heart

- “He’s my friend.” BRO CAN YOU BE WORSE AT BEING UNDERCOVER??? Okay but the soft look that Spock gives after is amazing

- Kirk’s dramatic ass

- They invaded his brain what the fuck

- Kirk trying to get into a fight AGAIN.. Spock is like smh gotta save this idiot

- “You didn’t really think I was gonna beat his head in, did you?” “I thought you might.” “You’re right.”

- Kirk hid lying against stairs. Spock literally ran behind a tree. I don’t understand how they think this will work, and more I don’t understand how it does work

- lmao both Kirk and the Klingon commander hating on the councilman

- The scales are off the charts

- Once again it is brought up how Kirk is just like the enemy and that they are animalistic and predators. It’s interesting to see the shows and when these episodes occur where they are set in space (usually on a planet similar to earth) and technology is so advanced but they bring in the idea that no matter how advanced we get we will always go back to instincts, we will always want to fight.

- “Go climb a tree.” This bitch. Get it I guess.

- My favourite part of this show is how they shave the sideburns to be points.

- AHHH OUTFITS

- “7824.7 to one. I endeavour to be accurate.” “You do quite well.” Holy crap just kiss

- I like when the extreme heat started it quickly flipped back to the enterprise crew jumping up out of their seats

- They sound like children trying to pick fights and Ayelborne is a very tired parent that needs to get involved

- wow a whole episode without McCoy

- “Even the gods didn’t spring into being over night.” Good line from Spock

That was an… interesting episode..

Masterpost.

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Ayelborn: we don't want to join the federation, we have no need to join the federation and you have no power to make us. We have a way of life here, you have no right to interfere so we respectfully request you leave us to it.

Kirk, after being denied a war: We are part of the federation and you have no right to interfere in our way of life or dealing with conflict! Now remove your anti-war protection and leave us to it!

Er, Kirk? Maybe want to self reflect there, mate.....

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#otd #startrek #errandofmercy #kirk #spock #mccoy #bones #uhura #sulu #scotty #klingon #ayelborne #kor #claymare #trefayne #startrek57 @TrekMovie @TrekCore @StarTrek @StarTrekOnPPlus @WilliamShatner

[kosmos2999]

The Best of Star Trek TOS

With a war with Klingons raging, Kirk and Spock attempt to resist an occupation of a planet with incomprehensibly placid natives in the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy" (season 1, episode 26), airing on NBC this date, March 23 of 1967. 

Regular cast (appeared in this episode):

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Michelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura

George Takei as Lt. Sulu

Guest appearances:

John Colicos as Commander Kor

John Abbott as Ayelborne

Production personnel:

Written by Gene L. Coon

Directed by John Newland

Featured music by Alexander Courage

Series created by Gene Roddenberry

Interesting facts:

1. The Klingon governor, Kor (played by John Colicos), would return decades later in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Blood Oath", "The Sword of Kahless" and "Once More Unto the Breach". In "The Sword of Kahless", Worf mentions Kor's encounter with Kirk.

2. Story editor D.C. Fontana said she thought the Romulans were much more interesting than the Klingons but the Klingons were chosen as the regular adversaries of the series because they did not need any special makeup like the pointed ears for the Romulans. 

3. The Klingons' dark-skinned, mustached look was the idea of John Colicos who played Kor. Makeup artist Fred Phillips agreed that they should have a "Genghis Khan" look. In Gene L. Coon's script the Klingons were described as simply "Oriental, hard-faced."

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[janesexyway]

An unusual teams from Q conflict comic and yet they've work out so well.

[thecurioustale]

August 28, 2001: That’s the date I downloaded that little picture to my computer. That "little" picture was bigger then, with screen resolutions being a fraction of what they are today, and certainly to me it was big: In the most literal sense, this picture depicts Ayelborne, the apparent head of the Organian Council of Elders from an episode of Star Trek. But in my imagination this was also the closest fit to Arderesh Valeran (in those days named Richard Valeran), Captain of the Guard of Galavar. That image had been in my mind from the time of the character's inception during ATH the RPG in 1999, though apparently it wasn't till 2001 that I got around to finding an image on the Internet.

If you poke around you can find some influences that help explain why I thought of Ayelborne when I envisioned Valeran: Arderesh Valeran is diplomatic, soft-spoken, kindly, rational, older, a bit pasty, and quite restrained in manner: a counterbalance to headstrong Galavar, just as Ayelborne was to Kirk. Arderesh is a counterbalance, a voice of reason, caution, and prudence. Also, as with Ayelborne and the Organians, Arderesh is the head of a council whose true power isn't necessarily apparent from looking at the faces of its six members. 'Tis little accretions like these that can build up over the ages to form whole characters.

The visual likeness isn't perfect; in my imagination there are some differences; but it's close enough. Many of my characters over the years have had visual stand-ins like this. I'm sure I will share more in the future!

[spockvarietyhour]

This week’s Columbo villain (An assistant police commissioner) was familiar and unmistakable, Richard Kiley, aka Gideon Seyetik in DS9′s “Second Sight” nearly 20 years later (a fairly middling DS9 episode elevated mostly by Kiley’s over-the-top performance as a TOS-style scientist tbh).

Kiley’s look always reminded of Ayelborne in TOS’ “Errand of Mercy”

[lenievi]

KIRK: Mister Spock, we'll need more weapons. SPOCK: I understand. KIRK: We'll try to take it easy, but if we're forced to kill... (A Taste of Armageddon)

KIRK: But if the situation calls for it, we kill, is that clear? SPOCK: Clear, Captain. (Errand of Mercy)

it’s kinda funny how these two episodes I haven’t seen until today have Kirk be very very military and willing to use force, even kill, and he asks the same from Spock

both of these episodes show some quite dark sides of the Federation too imho

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also I guess the reason why Kirk is so uncharacteristically emotional is because McCoy isn’t there to “rein him in”. Usually an episode is done in a way that McCoy is the one projecting Jim’s emotions (because you can’t really have two irrationally emotional characters lol) and only later, Kirk allows his emotions to be shown, but he’s irrational since the beginning in this one (in an episode where McCoy isn’t present) 

I mean I’m not really serious, but Kirk is unbalanced in this episode because of his hatred for the Klingons and his frustration with the Organians who didn’t want to listen, which makes him arrogant and self-righteous, and it makes me wonder if it would be different if McCoy was around (not that McCoy always works but... it does help)

Spock had to restrain him several times even

KIRK: You didn't really think I was going to beat his head in, did you? SPOCK: I thought you might. KIRK: You're right. 

I’m not saying I dislike it, I’m just saying that Kirk is more flawed in this episode than usual, which is good because people often say that Kirk only got flaws in tos films... which isn’t true. He was always pretty complex character with flaws.

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I’ve seen people say that Kirk and his actions are never criticized in universe, but this episode? It literally criticizes Kirk, the Federation, and the United States (since Federation = the US)

KIRK: Even if you have some power that we don't understand, you have no right to dictate to our Federation KOR: Or our Empire! KIRK: How to handle their interstellar relations! We have the right AYELBORNE: To wage war, Captain? To kill millions of innocent people? To destroy life on a planetary scale? Is that what you're defending? KIRK: Well, no one wants war. But there are proper channels. People have a right to handle their own affairs. Eventually, we will have AYELBORNE: Oh, eventually you will have peace, but only after millions of people have died. It is true that in the future, you and the Klingons will become fast friends. You will work together.

watching A Taste of Armageddon and Errand of Mercy back to back really just makes it right in your face that what Kirk did in A Taste of Armageddon was the same what the Organians did here, so his speech and indignation are very hypocritical 

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KIRK: Well, Commander, I guess that takes care of the war. Obviously, the Organians aren't going to let us fight. KOR: A shame, Captain. It would have been glorious.

in a way it was ‘nice’ they pretty much said that the Federation and the Klingon Empire are the same (since this was once again criticism of the Cold War) 

[defconprime]

Skybox Star Trek CCG card for Ayelborne, 1996.

[outrageousokona]

trelane q and the metron are all besties and then ayelborne is in straight people jail

[ship-o-rama]

Name: I.K.S. Klothos

Type: D7 Battlecruiser

Captain: Kor

Year: 2267-69

Background: In 2267 Kor and Klothos travelled in secret to Romulus where his agent Koloth was already setting things in motion to push the Romulans into a confrontation with the Federation. The plan - despite setbacks - succeeded and they helped install a new Romulan Praetor that would be more and more aggressive towards the Federation, with the help of Klingon technology, D7s exchanged for cloaking devices. 

By 2269 Kor was still testing the limits of the Organian Peace Treaty and found one day that they had stopped enforcing it. Emboldened he travelled towards Loren 5, destroying Deep Space Station K-22 along the way and leaving no survivors there. At Loren 5 he began orbital bombardment to secure the dilithium mines when their weapons fire revealed the ruins of an ancient city, incredibly preserved. The ruins were from the Preservers. An officer volunteered to test a potential weapon, finding his mind overridden with the knowledge of the Preservers but also speaking an unknown language. Using the mind sifter they discovered what appeared to be the coordinates of a great cache of weapons.

 Kor left troops behind to deal with the colonists and any arriving Starfleet vessels while he took his ship (and the alien device along) to investigate. The coordinates proved to be an empty sector of space, Kor used another of his officers to bear the might of the Preserver knowledge to once again be extracted from the sifter while redirecting the Klothos back to Loren 5. There he found his troops had captured Captain Kirk and Commander Spock. 

It was a ruse, while he was busy with the prisoners, one of Kirk’s men stole the device, and Starfleet troops rescued Kirk and Spock. Klothos and two support vessels pursued the Enterprise but held back, believing they would lead them to the location of a second Preserver outpost. Their course took them inside Gorn space. Kor sent one of his support ships back to warn the fleet to meet them inside Gorn territory. They witnessed a message from Ayelborne that was broadcast to them, the Enterprise, Federation HQ and the Qo’noS, that they were removing the barriers that prevented from fighting each other but that Preserver technology was off limits, hidden to them. 

Kor chased Kirk to just outside Gorn space where a Starfleet dreadnought was waiting. He refused to back down and engaged a decloaking Starfleet armada. The Klothos was eventually forced to withdraw. Two days later he met with Koloth and the Romulan Commander Chiarvanek at an undisclosed location.

Appeared in Star Trek: Year Four “The Enterprise Experiment” issues 3-5, Star Trek: Romulans “The Hollow Crown” 1-2, IDW Comics. First named in the TAS episode “The Time Trap”

[prairiedawn]

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, MASH (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan/Leonard "Bones" McCoy, James T. Kirk/Spock, B. J. Hunnicutt/Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, B. J. Hunnicutt/Peg Hunnicutt Characters: James T. Kirk, Leonard "Bones" McCoy, George Marshall (1880-1959), Edna O'Reilly, Father Francis Mulcahy, Sherman Potter, Geoffrey M'Benga, Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Radar O'Reilly, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Maxwell Klinger, Peg Hunnicutt, Sidney Freedman, Erin Hunnicutt, Ayelborne Additional Tags: Alien Invasion, Weapons of Mass Destruction, alcohol use, Religious Content, Organians, Indirect Holocaust Mention, Epistolary, The Chicken Incident, harm to a child (averted) Series: Part 12 of Welcome to 1951 Summary:

The Enterprise carries representatives from the 4077th to Organia to plead the displaced Earth's case. On Earth, humanity waits for help of some kind, any kind, to appear.

[ds9-trekkie]

Errand of Mercy, KLINGONS!! Brief Summary: The Enterprise must protect the planet Organia from the Klingons. Thoughts: We begin with Kirk and Spock going over new orders from Starfleet Command, they are to proceed to Organia to prevent the Klingons (who negotiations are on the verge of collapse with) from using it as a base. The Klingons are literally already attacking the Enterprise 😬 Kirk orders return fire and the cloaked vessel is destroyed. They arrive at Organia and Kirk and Spock beam down, leaving Sulu in command of the ship. Nice! Soon they meet Ayelborne, the closest thing the inhabitants have for a leader. Also, they have green goats! Anyway, Kirk warns him they’re in danger from the Klingons and Spock decides to take a look around. So Ayelborne takes Kirk to the speak with the council he’s on and they conclude they don’t want any help or protection 🤔 Kirk is baffled and obviously disturbed by this but he can’t convince them. Spock shows up and reveals to Kirk that this civilization hasn’t advanced in anyway for tens of thousands of years. Spooky. Suddenly, Sulu calls and informs them that a large number of Klingon ships just showed up, to which Kirk orders him to retreat and warn starfleet. Meanwhile, a stranded Kirk and Spock get changed into native clothing to blend in. I adore these outfits 😍but more seriously Ayelborne confiscated their phasers 😮 Enter Klingon troops led by Kor (his first appearance!). Well, they take Spock away and Kirk is fretting and Kor chooses him as representative of the civilians. Spock is back, unharmed and deemed telling the truth, phew 😅 He’s free to go so he leaves and Kirk is left to follow Kor’s instructions of keeping the people in check, or he dies. (Continues in comments) #startrek #startrekuniverse #startrektheoriginalseries #startrektos #tos #llap #livelongandprosper #trekkie #trekkies #enterprise #ussenterprise #ussenterprisencc1701 #episoderewatch #errandofmercy #captainkirk #jimkirk #spock #vulcan #klingons #kor #klingonempire https://www.instagram.com/p/Cebr-UeuHLH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sokorra]

The Rewatch 23: Errand of Mercy

Series: Star Trek (The Original Series) Episode: 1.26 Errand of Mercy (3-23-67) Rating: 4/5 Redshirt Status: 0/23

Notable Guest Stars: John Colicos – Commander Kor.  Kor returns in DS9 for several episodes. John Abbott- Ayelborne. 

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