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From: disc@houxz.UUCP (CMDR. MONTGOMERY SCOTT)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Excelsior! (apologies to Stan Lee)
Message-ID: <864@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 09:23:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 20 09:23:08 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 06:39:23 EDT
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"Feed him!"

I seems to me the consensus here has been that the Excelsior will be 
the next "Enterprise".  Why??  I think the "bathtub" look was 
at least partially intentional--it fit so well with the pomposity 
of Capt. Styles.  With the intent of giving us viewers "something 
new" (as well as something old), I think they will come up 
with a whole new design, more similar to the Enterprise.  (To tell 
you the truth, I really liked the Reliant.  Was this a "Light Cruiser" 
vs. the Enterprise being a "Heavy Cruiser", or were they the same class?)

The Excelsior seemed like a throw-away ship all along, to me.
We shall see....

On a related subject, about Scotty being "Captain of Engineering",
I'd guess that there is a difference in being of rank "Captain",
and being Captain (vis-a-vis being in charge; uh oh, now I'm 
sounding like Lt. Hunter!).  Recall that even though Kirk was an
Admiral, he was acting "Captain" of the Enterprise.  Perhaps, as 
another has suggested, a ship as large (crew = 1000?) as the Excelsior 
might have an Admiral or Commodore in charge, with department heads all 
being Captains.  (Of course, this doesn't explain Capt. Styles,
but then there IS no explanation for Capt. Styles).


				"How else can I keep up my 
                                 reputation as a miracle worker"

				Scott J. Berry