Balance of Terror

:This article is about an episode of Star Trek. See "Balance of terror" for the Cold War policy.

Trivia

The relatives that Lieutenant Stiles mentions killed in the Earth-Romulan war would have served in Starfleet during the exact same time frame as the prequel series '. The actual Earth-Romulan war, however, is never depicted in the later series since Enterprise was cancelled in its fourth season before the Romulan threat to Earth could be fully developed.

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The Enterprise's phasers, in this episode, were used on a proximity setting. As a result, the ship fired exploding flare like bursts that acted very much like depth charges. At the time this episode was written, phasers were the only known armament on the Enterprise and served as the all purpose weapon. Photon torpedoes were introduced later on in the season in episode 19 ("Arena") and this proximity phaser setting was never seen again.

Related Topics:
Depth charges - Photon torpedoes

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