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From: ccrse@ucdavis.UUCP (Steve Ehrhardt)
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Subject: Commodores, admirals, et. al.
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 17:44:05 EDT
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From postnews Mon Jul 22 11:49:00 1985
Subject: cables and ground loops
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> > 
> > 	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???