Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrse From: ccrse@ucdavis.UUCP (Steve Ehrhardt) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Commodores, admirals, et. al. Message-ID: <116@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 17:44:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ucdavis.116 Posted: Thu Oct 3 17:44:05 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 03:16:01 EDT References: <1619@druil.UUCP> <543@riccb.UUCP> <837@cvl.UUCP> <111@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 36 From postnews Mon Jul 22 11:49:00 1985 Subject: cables and ground loops Newsgroups: net.audio Distribution: net > > > > That is COMMODOR Decker, not Captain. I never understood why Kirk > > had to be reduced from Admiral to Captain after the end of the first movie. > > Was he? I don't remember him being reduced. He wa still Admiral Kirk to > Kahn (Khan?) in STII. > If I recall correctly, he still was Admiral Kirk in STII. As I understand it, a commodore is an officer put in charge of a par- ticular mission (usually involving several ships) who does not necessarily outrank the commanders of the ships put under his command. For example, he may be a captain himself, but for purposes of the mission at hand, he may com- mand several other captains who may even be senior to him. In the case of both admirals and commodores, they are seldom in command of the vessel that they themselves are aboard. Their area of responsibility is the overall tactical command of the mission, leaving the operation of the various ships, including the flagship (the ship carrying the admiral/commodore), to their respective captains. It is considered very bad form for the flag officer to interfere directly in the operations of his flagship, but on the other hand, the captain of said vessel can hardly afford to ignore the "sugges- tions" of the flag officer. These sorts of situations are famous for creating all sorts of tension and bad blood between the captain and flag officer. An interesting thought occurs to me after writing the above: why not make Spock the captain of the Enterprise (or whatever other name a new ship might have) and saddle him with Kirk as a flag officer aboard? The fireworks might be spectacular when Kirk found he couldn't always have his own way! Any comments???