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Subject: Star Trek
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 16:19:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 16:19:06 1984
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From:  Stephen R. Balzac <BALZAC%YKTVMZ.BITNET@Berkeley>

For what its worth, here's my guess as to how STIV will solve the various
problems created in STIII:

Kirk et all leave Vulcan and return to Earth, where StarFleet plans to roast
them alive for stealing Enterprise, disobeyance of orders, etc, etc...
Unfortunately for StarFleet, the media has somehow gotten ahold of (a version)
of the incidents chronicled in STIII (as to how they manage this, don't ask
me.  If they could find out about Genesis, Khan, et all in the first place,
I'm sure they can find out the rest as well.  Maybe the Vulcans will let
it leak out), and is touting Kirk as Public Hero Number One, the man who
saved Genesis from the dastardly Klingon Empire.  Under the circumstances,
StarFleet finds itself under enormous political and media pressure (remember,
StarFleet is NOT the Federation Government.  It is only a branch thereof, and
has to get its funding somewhere.  Politicians are notoriously reluctant to
court-martial a Public Hero) to reward Kirk, not court-martial him.  The
solution they come up with is to send him off on some highly dangerous
mission, somewhere out in the middle of nowhere.  If he survives, well
then they can let bygones be bygones.  If he fails, then StarFleet has rid
itself of an embarrassment.  Naturally, Kirk and co. will get a new ship,
coincidently named Enterprise, to hop around in.