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From: okie@ihuxs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Khan left on Ceti Alpha V
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Date: Fri, 23-Sep-83 16:52:50 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 23 16:52:50 1983
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Just out of curiosity --  assuming that Starfleet did classify the
location of Khan's group on Ceti Alpha V, would there not have been
some notification given to Captain Terrell (sp?) upon his entering that
area?  Perhaps a tag tied into the navigational computer to warn the
captain to contact Starfleet for an explanation of the classified nature
of the system?

Having read the novelization of STII by Vonda McIntyre, I also find it
interesting that Chekov (I know, I know, it should have been Sulu, but
that's another nit) *remembered* the Ceti Alpha system, but didn't
remember *why* he remembered it.  Add to that curiosity the fact that
the *Reliant's* scan of the system didn't match with the information
from their navigation banks -- which should have caused Terrell to
call "back home" for some confirmation, at which point the warning could
have been given...and none of this was in the movie anyway, so why do
I keep flogging the issue?

Picking nits on a Friday afternoon,
B.K. Cobb