Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!jlilien From: jlilien@sdcrdcf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Red Shirts Message-ID: <341@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 11:40:03 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.341 Posted: Mon Jun 20 11:40:03 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 10:37:44 EDT Reply-To: jlilien@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Joel Lilienkamp) Organization: System Development Corporation--a Burroughs Company Lines: 6 I have noticed that when the startrek scriptwriters found it necessary or desirable to kill a crew member of the Enterprise, most of the time they were wearing red shirts. It seemed that these were mostly "security guards" and the like. My question is: Does anybody know what percentage of the crew of the Enterprise that were killed on the screen were wearing a red shirt (or dress if a woman crew member) when they were killed?