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The Apple shows Vaal, a machine maintaining Eden-like conditions, served by the inhabitants. DIRECT_TEXT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 7328

Source: The Apple (Star Trek: The Original Series) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:631aacc0ebc68509701bd2d210fe319dbaa48d3da5b4e84ac18fdd2f56480053

The landing party conclude that Vaal is a machine that maintains the planet's Eden-like conditions, making the inhabitants virtually immortal and rendering most work unnecessary. In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise visits a planet whose inhabitants live only to serve a machine.