From: utzoo!decvax!cwruecmp!krm Newsgroups: net.trivia,net.startrek,net.sf-lovers Title: re: trek trivia Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.272 Posted: Mon Nov 15 18:32:17 1982 Received: Tue Nov 16 06:36:20 1982 The episode was **not** "the enterprise incident". How about "the tower of babel"? The technique is called Telshia (sp?). It was executed by a spy on an alien diplomat, in order to frame Spock's father. Telshia is described as a painless form of execution from ancient times. Telshia involved breaking the neck. Rich.