From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!houxi!ihnss!ihldt!stewart Newsgroups: net.movies Title: ST II query **spoiler** Article-I.D.: ihldt.508 Posted: Wed Jun 16 08:50:37 1982 Received: Fri Jun 18 04:50:07 1982 Has anyone run across an explanation of why Checkov didn't simply have the Captain and himself beamed up when he discovered that they had founed the Botney Bay?