Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site t4test.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!intelca!t4test!chip From: chip@t4test.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: SF-LOVERS Digest V9 #118 (Star Trek flight recorders) Message-ID: <696@t4test.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 23:45:32 EDT Article-I.D.: t4test.696 Posted: Thu Jun 21 23:45:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jun-84 04:16:03 EDT References: <991@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 37 === REFERENCED ARTICLE ============================================= From: Wang ZeepI think the comment about "The Menagerie" episode (detailed film records aren't kept) was made because Spock's footage included scenes in the Captain's bedroom, etc. Personally, I like the flight recorder idea, although wasn't there an episode where the record was tampered with? ==================================================================== Yes. I don't remember the title, maybe "Courtmartial". In this Kirk was being courtmartialed for making an improper decision which killed one of his crew. This crewman was in a pod taking readings of an ion storm. Kirk had to jetison the pod. The flight recorder showed him doing this during a yellow alert rather than during an emergency (i.e. red alert). Turns out that this guy harbored a grudge against Kirk. Long ago Kirk put him on report for leaving a something-or-other switch open while on guard duty, nearly destroying their vessel. The guy blamed Kirk for never being promoted to captain. This grudge drove him to insanity. What actually happened was that he wasn't in the jetissoned pod at all, but rather hid on the Enterprise and later doctored the flight recorder transcript so to show that Kirk jettisoned the pod during yellow alert rather than the red alert. Spock found out that the computers had been tampered with by beating his own program at chess, where he should have only been able to get at best a draw. So, to those of you think that Kirk can't be courtmartialed for stealing the Enterprise, "phooey!" -- Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara {idi|intelca|icalqa|imcgpe|kremvax|qubix|ucscc}!t4test!{chip|news}