U.S.S. Exeter's transporter coordinates were locked on an Omegan village. Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, and Raintree inspected the townsite after "beaming" into Omega. It seemed the "Old West" had come alive again - in this frontier settlement. The natives, however, were Oriental in appearance. Kirk's party arrived in time to witness a public execution. A white fur-clad savage knelt, waiting the fall of a headsman's ax - while a female of his tribe struggled with her captors. The crew, accustomed to swift change in time and place, saw violence - in any form - as man's enemy.