Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tilt.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!ulysses!allegra!princeton!tilt!chenr From: chenr@tilt.UUCP (Raymond Chen ) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: ? about ST I & ST II movies; rank of capt. Message-ID: <50@tilt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 23:59:44 EST Article-I.D.: tilt.50 Posted: Mon Apr 9 23:59:44 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Apr-84 01:42:42 EST References: <1327@sdccs6.UUCP> <8@brl-vgr.ARPA> Organization: Princeton Univ. EECS Lines: 18 One thing you have to remember is that the Enterprise mission was an unplanned, emergency mission. Kirk was along on a training cruise as an observer, not as a Captain, ditto with Sulu, thus the plethora of brass running around on the bridge. Then, when Khan hosed Genesis, the last things on their minds was "Gee, maybe we should change our uniforms..." They were probably too busy trying to whip a shipful of cadets into shape so that they wouldn't fall apart if something along the lines of a REAL emergency occurred. -- From the Random Fingers of -- Ray Chen {allegra | ihnp4 | mhuxi}!princeton!down!tilt!chenr "It's amazing what a thousand monkeys and a few typewriters can accomplish..."