Editing Agony booth

[[image:agonybooth-2155.jpg|thumb|A mid-22nd century agony booth]]
[[Image:Agony Booth-2267.jpg|thumb|[[Pavel Chekov]] being tortured in a 23rd century agony booth ([[2267]])]]

An '''agony booth''' was a device used to discipline and punish misbehaving officers. In [[2155]], [[Major]] [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]] and Dr. [[Phlox]] designed a [[prototype]] agony booth for use on [[Terran]] [[starship]]s.

The booth works by stimulating the pain center of virtually any [[humanoid]]; a [[synaptic scan]] calibrates it for each species. Traditional forms of punishment can overwhelm the [[nervous system]]; after a time the brain ceases to feel anything. However, the agony booth possesses sensors that continually shift the stimulation from one nerve cluster to another, keeping the subject in a constant state of agony, hence its name.

Within a few days of its operation, [[Terev]], Commander [[Charles Tucker III|Tucker]], and Commander [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] were subjected to its effects. The prototype, however, was destroyed along with the [[ISS Enterprise (NX-01)|ISS ''Enterprise'' NX-01]], when it was crushed in the [[Tholian web]]. ([[IAMD]])

Nevertheless, this design found its way into use aboard the [[23rd century]] [[ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|ISS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701]].  This device was generally used for major offenses, whereas the [[agonizer]] was typically used for minor offenses.  [[Pavel Chekov]] was placed in an agony booth following the assassination attempt he made on [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]].  ([[MM]])

:''Yield-like warning symbols used on the [[spatial torpedo]] were also visible on the NX-class ISS ''Enterprise'''s agony booth.''

===Background Information===
*Trekkie Albert Walker named his website, a site that chronicles the worst films (and ''Star Trek'' episodes) of all time, after the Agony Booth. [http://www.agonybooth.com] 

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