10 Awkward Things That Must Have Happened After Star Trek Episodes

At the end of The Trouble With Tribbles, Scotty removed the tribbles from the Enterprise by beaming them directly onto the Klingon ship.

This was messed up on so many levels. Besides the fact that this could've been enough to start a war, Scotty also condemned thousands of innocent creatures to gruesome, painful deaths.

We know that the Klingons despise tribbles, and an infestation of them would almost certainly lead to a bloodbath. The creatures would continue to multiply as they were hunted, and the Klingons would soon need to start taking them out faster and faster. We can be sure it was a total massacre.

Honestly, it would've been more humane to just beam the tribbles right into space. Their death's would probably have been quicker than at the hands of the Klingons, (who aren't exactly known for their mercy).