War between the two worlds Eminiar VII and Vendikar had gone on for 500 years with no cessation in sight. This war was conducted by computer simulation, so that a virtual hit on one planet was retaliated by a computer-generated strike on the other. This avoided the large-scale death and destruction normally suffered during real wartime. To compensate for a war of this surgical nature, a segment of the population of a virtually stricken planet had to be assigned to die in disintegration chambers once the planet was targeted. People dutifully reported to these chambers once their fates were assigned. This was the basis of the episode titled “A Taste of Armageddon” of season one of the original Star Trek television series.

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不惜一切代价发动战争？


埃米尼亚七世和温迪卡两个世界之间的战争已经持续了五百年，没有任何停止的迹象。这场战争是通过计算机模拟进行的，因此对一个星球的虚拟打击会通过对另一个星球的计算机生成的打击进行报复。这避免了真实战争期间通常遭受的大规模死亡和破坏。为了弥补这种外科手术性质的战争，一旦该行星成为目标，该行星上的一部分人口就必须被分配到分解室中死亡。一旦命运被分配，人们就会尽职尽责地向这些房间报告。这是原《星际迷航》电视连续剧第一季标题为“世界末日的滋味”的剧集的基础。