Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihnss!knudsen From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: new ships late & over budget Message-ID: <2103@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 19:04:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnss.2103 Posted: Fri Jun 15 19:04:40 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:01:33 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 10Someone predicted that the new Excelsior-class starships would be delivered a few years late and billions of credits over budget. NO--they'll be ready on time and at the agreed price. However, during the shakedonw cruise in ST-IV, Deckswabber 3rd Class JT Kirk and his friends will hit a wormhole ten times worse than the one in ST:TMP. Why? Well, it seems some defense contractor used Proto-Anti-Matter in the left engine pylon. Being Japanese, he will shove a Klingon three-bladed knife into his belly when the news hits the fan. :-) mike k