Message-ID: <283@unm-cvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 11:43:50 EST
Article-I.D.: unm-cvax.283
Posted: Wed Mar  6 11:43:50 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:02:37 EST
Reply-To: cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP (Chris Wayne)
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     This is just a little nit-picking.  I'm not flaming anyone, but Droyan
said that for Kirk, being captain was his first best destiny.  This was not
the major subject of Droyan's article, but I do believe that Kirk's first
best destiny was being in command of the Enterprise, which means he can still
be an admiral.  By the way, I like the way that Khan says "Admiral Kirk" with
the rolling of the syllables, the varying of tone and pitch, the hesitation
between "ad" and "miral" and the accent on the "K".  When said that way, it
sounds better than "Captain Kirk", at least in the way that the witches said
it in Cp.


                                                 Chris Wayne @ UNM

Message-ID: <2180@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 18:55:24 EST
Article-I.D.: usceast.2180
Posted: Sat Mar  9 18:55:24 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 07:08:45 EST
References: <283@unm-cvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: ted@usceast.UUCP (System Programmer)
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Summary: 

In article <283@unm-cvax.UUCP> cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP (Chris Wayne) writes:
 > 
 >      This is just a little nit-picking.  I'm not flaming anyone, but Droyan
 > said that for Kirk, being captain was his first best destiny.  This was not
 > the major subject of Droyan's article, but I do believe that Kirk's first
 > best destiny was being in command of the Enterprise, which means he can still
 > be an admiral.
 > 
 >                                                  Chris Wayne @ UNM

I'm not sure this is true.  Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient
military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at
Spock's sendoff).  As I recall from the Hornblower books, once Hornblower
became an admiral, custom demanded that he leave all the actual running
of his flagship to it's captain (a restriction he resented, esp since
the captain was a rather poor sailor).  Admirals command fleets, not
ships.

				Ted Nolan	..usceast!ted
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Message-ID: <463@grendel.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 08:44:08 EST
Article-I.D.: grendel.463
Posted: Mon Mar 11 08:44:08 1985
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 >  I'm not sure this is true.  Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient
 >  military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at
 >  Spock's sendoff)...

The bagpipes 1) are not British and 2)  were  surely  supposed  to  be
being  played  by  Scotty,  no?  I  doubt  if  they are standard for a
Starfleet burial in space.
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Article-I.D.: opus.1122
Posted: Wed Mar 13 14:59:17 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Mar-85 03:12:03 EST
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 >  
 >  I'm not sure this is true.  Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient
 >  military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at
 >  Spock's sendoff).  As I recall from the Hornblower books, once Hornblower
 >  became an admiral, custom demanded that he leave all the actual running
 >  of his flagship to it's captain (a restriction he resented, esp since
 >  the captain was a rather poor sailor).  Admirals command fleets, not
 >  ships.
 >  
 >  				Ted Nolan	..usceast!ted
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	Just for the record Scotty is SCOTTISH from SCOTLAND
	not British. Besides Britons don't use bagpipes!!!

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