Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1exp 11/4/83; site ihlts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!drux3!ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Sensibility in Star Trek Message-ID: <267@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Nov-83 08:22:33 EST Article-I.D.: ihlts.267 Posted: Thu Nov 17 08:22:33 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Nov-83 00:58:32 EST References: <3844@uiucdcs.UUCP> <360@pyuxn.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il Lines: 10 There is a very logical explanation why Kirk didn't send down a shuttlecraft to rescue the landing party when the transporter was out of order: the Enterprise didn't have any yet! The shuttlecraft weren't invented until "The Menagerie", which followed "The Enemy Within" (the episode under discussion) by several episodes. "The Galileo Seven" came even later. Remember, "The Enemy Within" was still early in the first season. -- Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe