Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site smu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!smu!jay From: jay@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Sulu's Rank - (nf) Message-ID: <18200009@smu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 16:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: smu.18200009 Posted: Tue Jun 19 16:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 05:47:57 EDT References: <1728@iddic.UUCP> Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:iddic:-172800:smu:18200009:000:348 Nf-From: smu!jay Jun 19 15:09:00 1984 #R:iddic:-172800:smu:18200009:000:348 smu!jay Jun 19 15:09:00 1984 "Captain of engineering" can easily be made a sort of honorary title so that Scotty can keep his rank, but the real problem is Sulu. The novel has Sulu Knowing that he will be the new Captain of the Excelsior while he is on board the Enterprise. In fact, he was neglecting his new ship in favor of Kirk and the Enterprise (a fake inspection).