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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Phaser that idiot!
Message-ID: <206@ihlts.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 21:07:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 21 21:07:29 1983
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Undoubtedly Kirk will be submitted to court martial and asked to account
for his actions.  It is apparent he did blunder by not listening to
Saavik, but it was Spock who shut her up.  Kirk probably would not
receive any serious punishment, since he and the fast-thinking Spock
prevented the entire ship and all crew aboard from being destroyed.
As it was, a number of engineering cadets were killed, but not the whole
crew.  And the Enterprise was saved.  Since Khan was gunning for Kirk,
the only blame we can rest on Kirk is for not raising shields at that
first (and ONLY at that first) encounter.  Remember also that Kirk is
still something of a hero to Starfleet, the reason they made him an admiral
in the first place.

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		Roger Noe		...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe