Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uokvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uokvax!lmaher From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Science Questions in Star Trek III - (nf) Message-ID: <5800023@uokvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 01:52:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uokvax.5800023 Posted: Tue Jun 19 01:52:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 05:50:41 EDT References: <7251@rochester.UUCP> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:rochester:-725100:uokvax:5800023:000:1182 Nf-From: uokvax!lmaher Jun 19 00:52:00 1984 #R:rochester:-725100:uokvax:5800023:000:1182 uokvax!lmaher Jun 19 00:52:00 1984 PLEASE Get It Straight! ST1 occurred a few years after the 5- year voyage ended. ST2 occurred 15 years after Khan was stranded on Ceti Alpha *, which is about 10 years after ST1. If the Enterprise had not been so badly damaged in ST2, it would have been kept in service; but the Federation saw no reason to spend a great deal overhauling a seriously damaged 20-year old starship. Keep in mind that maintaining an out-of-date ship costs a great deal, especially if its parts are different from modern ones (as you would expect.) It just wasn't cost-effective to repair an old ship, especially since it didn't have the newest drives, etc. such as Trans-warp and would have had to be refitted extensively anyway. Now a TRIVIA question. Given this timing, and by the time a new Enterprise is built, what other loose end from the series should we expect (hope?) to see? Mail answers to me and I'll post the results. I'll only post the answer if someone gets it. Carl (formerly uok!crigney) allegra!{nbires convex ut-ngp}\ >!ctvax!uokvax!lmaher ihnp4!{ut-sally convex ut-ngp}/ OR {allegra ihnp4}!duke!uok!uokvax!lmaher