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From: kayuucee@cvl.UUCP (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Re: STIV
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 16:05:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 16:05:40 1985
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> > SULU:  Starship command, of a heavy cruiser.  The last "Constitution" Class
> > ship is due to be launched and Sulu gets it.

	I thought that all the CONSTITUTION Class ships were finished. Why
    build any more of them. They wanted to de-commission the ENTERPRISE.

> >  To capitalize on the public acclaim for Kirk, the ship is renamed 
> > "ENTERPRISE."  (This is to avoid having to show any more of those 
> >  "Excelcior" abominations :-)  )
> 
> Nope, nope.  A Starship as a first command?  More like a scout or destroyer
> class vessel.  But maybe he'll be punished for his participation in ST3 by
> yanking his promotion back and he won't have a command at all.

	But, Sulu was going to be Captain of the EXCELSIOR until the events
in STII-TWOK caused the ENTERPRISE to return to Earth rather later than
expected. If Sulu does not get some kind of command in STIV, I will be very
surprised if George Takei is back for STV. I see no reason for a Captain
to be a helmsman. (Yes, I know he did it in STII, but that was a special
favor to Kirk.)

						Star-Lord