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From: chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Kirk and the Excelsior
Message-ID: <263@tilt.FUN>
Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 03:57:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 03:57:54 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 9-Apr-85 01:22:11 EST
Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept
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For those of you who don't read the DC Star Trek comic (which is pretty
good), Kirk, after getting out of being court-martialed in an interesting
way, gets himself command of the Excelsior.  How, you ask?  Well, picture
this.  A closed, off-the-record meeting with Admiral Turner.
(The following is dialogue from the DC comic.)

Kirk:	I never wanted the limelight, Admiral.  All I ever wanted was
	a ship of my own.  I never wanted the promotion to Admiral,
	but you forced it on me!  If you really want me out of your
	hair Admiral.. then GIVE ME A SHIP!

Turner:	A ship, eh...  Kirk, I think that can be arranged...!
	Turner to HQ:  Effective immediately, Admiral James T. Kirk
	is assigned to the USS Excelsior -- as commanding officer.

Kirk (dazed):  Your best ship...?

Turner:	"Best ship?"  Kirk, you've disabled that tub at least TWICE
	and god knows what ELSE is wrong with it!  Your job is to work
	the bugs out that thing and make it a fit prototype for the
	rest of the fleet.

Food for thought.  It is pretty sad when you can disable a heavy
cruiser (or whatever class Excelsior is) by taking out/swapping
a handful of components.

	Ray Chen
	princeton!tilt!chenr