The Slaver Weapon

"**The Slaver Weapon**"
"The Slaver Weapon"
Star Trek: The Animated Series episode
	Chuft-Captain, a Kzin
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 14
Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Written by	Larry Niven
Story by	Larry Niven
Production code	22011
Original air date	December 8, 1973
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"The Slaver Weapon" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series Star Trek: The Animated Series. It first aired on NBC on December 8, 1973, and was written by Larry Niven. It was based on his original short story "The Soft Weapon". This episode was expanded to become the first half of a full-length novel by science-fiction author Alan Dean Foster as Star Trek Log Ten.

Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by William Shatner) and the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise. In this episode, while traveling by shuttlecraft, several Enterprise crew members are captured and have to use their individual strengths to prevent a powerful alien weapon from falling into the wrong hands.