Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site usceast.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!ncrcae!usceast!ted From: ted@usceast.UUCP (Ted Nolan) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: first best destiny Message-ID: <2180@usceast.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 18:55:24 EST Article-I.D.: usceast.2180 Posted: Sat Mar 9 18:55:24 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 07:08:45 EST References: <283@unm-cvax.UUCP> Reply-To: ted@usceast.UUCP (System Programmer) Organization: Csci Dept, U of S. Carolina, Columbia Lines: 27 Summary: In article <283@unm-cvax.UUCP> cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP (Chris Wayne) writes: > > This is just a little nit-picking. I'm not flaming anyone, but Droyan >said that for Kirk, being captain was his first best destiny. This was not >the major subject of Droyan's article, but I do believe that Kirk's first >best destiny was being in command of the Enterprise, which means he can still >be an admiral. > > Chris Wayne @ UNM I'm not sure this is true. Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at Spock's sendoff). As I recall from the Hornblower books, once Hornblower became an admiral, custom demanded that he leave all the actual running of his flagship to it's captain (a restriction he resented, esp since the captain was a rather poor sailor). Admirals command fleets, not ships. Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Nolan ...decvax!mcnc!ncsu!ncrcae!usceast!ted (UUCP) 6536 Brookside Circle ...akgua!usceast!ted Columbia, SC 29206 allegra!usceast!ted@seismo (ARPA, maybe) ("Deep space is my dwelling place, the stars my destination") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------