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From: plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Stupid Viewscreens and Dumb Captains
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 12:35:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 12:35:08 1985
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>   There's supposed to be so much static interference that the viewing
>sensors are hoplessly overloaded, as such the main viewscreen is all but
>useless.  We see the great Admiral Kirk peering intensely at the screen,
>trying in vain for a mere glimmer of the enemy ship and his deadly opponent.
>*Where are they?* he silently murmurs.

>   Quick dramatic cut to an exterior view as the great starship Enterprise
>sails by, COVERED FROM BOW TO STERN WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HUNDRED WINDOWS
>AND PORTS PLASTERED OVER THE HULL!  One can imagine the rest of the crew is
>up forward, gathered around a port, watching the Reliant sail back and forth
>while betting on whether or not the Captain will see it this time!

>   How difficult would it have been to write into the script that Kirk orders
>Scotty to send someone up forward to install an optical viewer in a port
>and hook it into the optical fiber network to send the picture to the main
>viewer?  

	I agree ... the writers screwed up on this one ... Captain James
T. Kirk is a student of American History and would certainly know US Naval
Procedures ... FOG has plagued Earth's naval traffic for centuries ... one
of the best and easiest deployed "weapons" against poor visibility is to
"lay all available hands on deck" to LOOK and REPORT. This is especially 
true during a "RED ALERT" at "BATTLESTATIONS". Uhura should have been 
continually advised on Kahn's whereabouts ... Federation Procedure would
clearly deal with "low viz" situations ... in excruciating detail probably.

	Regards,




-- 
						Pete Williamson
"By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2