From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!etk Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: Re: Star Trek II - (nf) Article-I.D.: ittvax.343 Posted: Thu Jun 10 10:46:00 1982 Received: Fri Jun 11 03:40:34 1982 References: pur-ee.348 "Mister" used in this manner as the normal military reference to another officer without regard to rank, it is genderless when used this way. Remember, that the Enterprise and crew are part of the fleet...ergo naval terminology is used quite often.