Captain Ronald Tracey violates the Prime Directive

Captain Ronald Tracey, commander of the Constitution-class Federation starship USS Exeter, violated the Prime Directive on the planet Omega 4. He gave the Kohms phaser weapons so that the Kohms could destroy their enemies, the Yangs. Captain James T. Kirk, the commander of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, read the United States Constitution preamble, which the Yangs held dear to their heart. This impressed Cloud William. Captain Kirk then battled Captain Tracey in a battle between good and evil. Kirk defeated Tracey, but refused to kill him. Cloud William was impressed again. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy beamed back to the Enterprise with Tracey under arrest. When the Enterprise returned to Earth, the Federation court-martialed Captain Tracey, kicked him out of Starfleet, and imprisoned him.