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From: burton@inuxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re:  Phaser that idiot! - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 16-Sep-83 14:25:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 16 14:25:16 1983
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	   (b) It was possible for humans to repair the warp drive. Who?
	      (i) Scotty.  Couldn't -- he passed out (why, I wonder?)
	      (ii) Trainees.  Might not have the appropriate training
	      or experience.  (Then again, what experience did Spock have?)
	      (iii) Scotty's immediate subordinates, who were experienced.
	      Scotty's second-in-command (or whoever was most experienced
	      in warp drive repairs) should get Court-Martialed: Cowardice
	      While In Combat, Endangering Fellow Servicebeings! (or whatever
	      it should be called) -- which is one of the worst military crimes
*	      possible (My Lai-types excluded).  What -- there weren't any
*	      experienced officers other than Scotty aboard?  A ship leaving
*	      for a longish voyage -- no matter how safe -- with only *one*
*	      person capable to carry out repairs?  What if he had fallen
*	      down the latter and broken his neck?  The ol' Enterprise
	      would really be up Shit's Nebula without a paddle then, eh?
	      Whoever was responsible for personnel selections should draw
	      a stiff reprimand: a ship *cannot* afford such screwups!
	
I believe that the Enterprise was on a training mission when they were
called away to the Rigel space lab; something about being the only
ship in the quadrant. Thus, only a bare-bones experienced crew was on
board; everyone else were trainees. Remember what Scotty said about
his nephew when he died? "He stayed at his post, even when the other
trainees ran." So, it is possible that the only experienced officers
on board were Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Chekov, Sulu, and Scotty.

Doug Burton
inuxe!burton
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