Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpa!zubbie From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: ARGH!!! Message-ID: <232@ihlpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-May-85 13:37:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpa.232 Posted: Fri May 10 13:37:54 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 11-May-85 03:16:37 EDT References: <63@ukengr44.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 > > For the past two episodes shown here (WKYT, Ch. 27, Lexington KY) > "Dagger of the Mind" and "Miri", at the end, Kirk said something like this... > > "Take us out of orbit Mr. Spock, ahead warp factor one.." > > ARGH! Tell the helmsman Jim! Spock is the Science Officer! > > (A friend of mine who is into Navy stuff tells me that that is > how things are supposed to work. i.e. Captain tells First Officer, > First Officer tell helmsman. But giving the Science Officer navigation > commands?!) > > yours for logical commanding, > > -- > edward > > {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams! -| > {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx! -|--> ukma!ukengr44!bennett > {decvax,ihnp4,mhuxt,clyde,osu-eddie,ulysses}!cbosgd! -| > > "Well, what's on the television then?" > "Looks like a penguin." Spock is also first officer and so I believe that in this context the order is correct even if Spock never vocalises the order. jeanette zobjeck ihnp4!ihlpa!zubbie