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Federation Undersecretary for Agriculture, Nilz Baris

Nilz Baris was the Federation's Undersecretary for Agriculture in 2268, stationed at Deep Space Station K-7 to oversee a shipment of quadrotriticale grain to Sherman's Planet. Baris summoned Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise to the K-7 station to protect the grain through the use of a Priority One distress call.

Kirk was ordered by Starfleet Command to accomodate Baris, despite being angered at Baris' frivolous use of the alert for agriculture security, and imperious justification for it. Kirk endeavoured to obey the letter of his request with a minimal effort to annoy him. That stormy relationship worsened during the stay with the stopover of a Klingon ship demanding shore leave privileges much to Baris' alarm and the rapid infestation of tribbles courtesy of a small-time trader, Cyrano Jones.

When the tribbles were having eaten Baris' grain, the minister vowed to put Kirk before a board of inquiry for the mishap. However, that move was prempted when a massive die-off of tribbles alerted the crew that the grain was poisoned. Furthermore, the tribble revealed that it was Baris' assistant Arne Darvin was responsible as a Klingon spy. As a result, Baris satisfied himself with arresting Darvin. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles", DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")

Nilz Baris was played by William Schallert. The script for "Trials and Tribble-ations" spelled the name as "Barris".
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