Originally posted by Ashrak
i meant the one which appeared in TOS where some alien dudes took over ent and wanted to go back to theyr home galaxy and there was some red barrier thingie on the edge which smashed theyr ship
Actually, they were there at least twice in TOS. In the 2nd TOS pilot, the one with Kirk rather than Pike, the Enterprise was following up on the path of a lost Starfleet ship, the Valiant, which was last on a mission to go beyond the edge of the galaxy. When they hit the barrier, it knocked out their engines, but it also gave god-like ESP and special powers to 2 crew members. Then in the episode you mentioned, when the aliens spoke of the barrier to Kirk, he replied that they'd encountered it themselves. In another episode, some (realy) alien ambassador in a box was brought aboard by a blind empath played by the same actress that would later play Dr. Katherine Pollaski in TNG Season 2. A guy who came with them had feelings for her, but she had feelings for the ambassador (even though a method of communication hadn't been established). When he couldn't have her, he tried to kill the ambassador, but that species (the Medusans) cause madness to all who look upon them, except Vulcans who are wearing a weird orange visor. When he tried to kill the ambassador, he saw him (it) and went mad, ran to engineering and acted out his madness on the engines and took the ship to someplace that looks just like the afore mentioned barrier. It took a mind meld between the ambassador and Spock to get them out of there.