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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Kobayashi Maru
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 23:36:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 23:36:16 1985
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> 
> 	Hope no one minds if I try to introduce a new (hopefully)
> topic.  Having just watched STII for the umpteenth time, I started
> to formulate alternative actions that Saavik (or whoever was taking
> the test) could have taken in the Kobayashi Maru Scenerio.  (I know
> that it is a no win situation, but why not suppose...)  For instance,
> why not load all the shuttles with medical and engineering personnel
> to help the ship without endangering the entire crew.  If things
> seemed kosher, the Enterprise could then follow.
> 
> 	Anyone else care to comment?
> 
> 
> Joe Barone,		{allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
> Raytheon Co,		 Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI  02871

Could be a problem because:

a) Shuttles tend not be as fast as Starships.  The Kobayashi Maru could have
   gone poof while the shuttle putty-chugged out.
b) Shuttles look like they need some nice airy place to land.  If this ship
   was that trashed, the shuttle wouldn't have been able to disgorge it's
   medical technicians.
c) Operating in zero gravity, I would think, would be an incredible 
   horrorshow.  I also have my doubts as to how well the Medical Techs
   have been trained in zero-g operations.  Bones might be able to pull it
   off ("I'm a doctor, not a feather!"), but I don't know about the rest of
   the crowd.

Besides, from the look of Kobayashi Maru test, it was designed to fail.
In fact, Saavik almost did it.  They had to throw in another cruiser to
keep her from pulling it off.
--
"Damn!"  -- Saavik                        Peter Merchant