Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site riccb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!rjnoe From: rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: STIV Message-ID: <570@riccb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 13:02:44 EST Article-I.D.: riccb.570 Posted: Tue Oct 29 13:02:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:27:27 EST References: <315@ssc-vax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rockwell International - Downers Grove, IL Lines: 105 > KIRK: Disobeyed orders, stole a Starship. Star Fleet wants his taffrail. > But public acclaim at his results makes it impossible to can him. What do > military organizations do to brilliant officers who break the rules? > Simple... they decorate him, and send him to command the most > out-of-the-way hellhole assignment in existance. Kirk accepts when Star > Fleet offers to drop most of the charges against the rest of his crew. Very likely what will happen, in my opinion. The last sentence is particularly in character. It is important to keep in mind the positive things Kirk did in Star Trek III. The main one is quelling the "galactic controversy" that sprang from the Genesis project. Surely the Klingon scout ship has recordings on it indicating Commander Kluge [:-) had orders to steal the Genesis secrets and use it as a weapon against inhabited planets. The authenticity of this will be unimpeachable to everyone within the Federation. No matter how the Klingons rant on, all the Federation needs to worry about is dissent from within. Considering the difficult position they were in, I'm sure they'd appreciate the help they got from Kirk. And Genesis is lost forever, because Kirk's son is the only one who knew how protomatter was used in it. Only by repeating the research can it be recovered. But that's another story. Also possible is Kirk's demotion (to Captain) and a new command, on a space mission. Controversy can be avoided because Kirk wants this anyway. That doesn't mean he'll get a new starship, especially not one named Enterprise, but he just might get A ship. > SPOCK: Not guilty of anything. However, most military organizations have > regulations prohibiting dead people from holding commissions. I doubt if > Star Fleet bureaucracy could handle it. The commander of Star Fleet summed > it up in STIII: "I don't understand Vulcan mysticism." Spock's logical > career? Vulcan ambassador to the Federation. Sarek has had it, he's gone > Vulcan-senile. An angry confrontation with Kirk in his quarters? Saying > at the rejuvenation ceremony, "The death of my son blinds my logic?" > (approximate quote). Not even approximate. ". . . my logic is uncertain where my son is concerned." But since they accomplished what Sarek asked for, it wasn't really illogical. Imagine an instructor or boss assigning you something you had not yourself done before although you had heard it had been done and you knew the general procedure for doing so. Would you say it was an illogical request? No, you'd probably say you'd try your best. But I do agree that Sarek has had it, unless they can direct him better. If Spock is to become Vulcan ambassador, what will happen to the current one? Remember, Sarek was already retired at the time of "Journey to Babel." I think the Federation will be convinced by the Vulcan Academy of Science (in a very logical manner, of course) of the scientific basis of what occurred. Admiral Morrow was displaying his own parochialism when he made that comment about Vulcan "mysticism", an attitude which can not pervade the United Federation of Planets, if we accept the "existence" of that body. > SAAVIK: Federation aide-de-camp to Spock. From what I've read (on the > net) about her background, a good position for her. No, I don't think so. She'll probably remain in Starfleet, maybe as Uhura's executive officer. It's about time we got to see a ship with a mostly female bridge crew. > McCOY: Star Fleet's not sure about him either. But he passes his psyco > boards. He becomes concered about Kirk's reaction to his newest > assignment, and about Kirk's seeming obsession of "making the Klingons pay" > for David's death. He arranges to follow Kirk into exile. Not at all in character. First off, just as Vulcan will convince everybody about Spock, they'll also easily explain the side-effects of Spock's mind meld with McCoy. If Kirk has a ship, McCoy will probably be with him. Other- wise he'll be just an old country doctor. No way will Kirk become obsessed with David's death nor will he go into exile. > SULU: Starship command, of a heavy cruiser. The last "Constitution" Class > ship is due to be launched and Sulu gets it. 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. > UHURA: Starship command, scout class. She has the seniority, and she's > worked with the Federation's best commander. Wouldn't it be neat if "Mr. > Excitement" was assigned to her ship? :-) Wouldn't it be interesting if he were her yeoman? I think she could get him "eating out of her hand" in no time and it will remain a mystery how Kirk and company got aboard Enterprise. No punishment for her and she'll get a command. > SCOTT: Unfortunately for Scotty, Stiles has extensive connections and is > furious. Scotty has committed sabotage of a front-line ship. They > compromise on full retirement for Scott, who emigrates to the same planet > where Kirk is assigned. Probably not. They'll chalk it up to bugs in a new system. And it's not a front-line ship, it's an experimental vessel, just about ready to begin trial runs. His punishment will be demotion to Commander. Someone will need a chief engineer on their ship. > Special bonus Trivia Question: Did Kirk > *ever* use the exact words, "Beam me up, Scotty," > or is it another "Play it again, Sam"? Are you also allowing "Scotty, beam me up"? I'm pretty sure both were used. I'll start checking videotapes. -- "It's only by NOT taking the human race seriously that I retain what fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess!" Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe