Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!iddic!timd From: timd@iddic.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Sulu'S Rank Message-ID: <1727@iddic.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 18:13:00 EDT Article-I.D.: iddic.1727 Posted: Fri Jun 15 18:13:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:38:22 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 17 I Have Seen Several Postings Referring To Sulu As A Lt. Cmdr. Or A Cmdr. St:Twok (And Especially The Novelization) Very Plainly State That Sulu Is Now A Captain. The Same Sources Also Have Spock As A Captain, And Uhura, Scott, And Chekov As Commanders. Rank Question: When Admiral Morrow Verbally Gave Scott Orders To Report As "Captain Of Engineering On The Excelsior", Was He Actually Promoted To Captain? Captain Seems To Be An Rather High Rank For An Engineering (Non-Line) Officer, Especially If He Serves Under A Captain. (Was James Sikking A Captain?) Does Anyone Care? :-) (Please Don'T Say Sikking Is A Lt.... That'S On The Uss Hillstreet. :-)