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From: lear@topaz.ARPA (eliot lear)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Prefix numbers, or how to destroy a federation starship
Message-ID: <2234@topaz.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 10:52:36 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 10:52:36 1985
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In article <37@oberon> Tony Li [uscvax!tli] writes..
>     
>     Now, if the above is true, how did SPOCK know about prefix numbers?
>     Maybe he found out about them by being "understandably curious".
>     	Kriton	(princeton!tilt!kyrimis)
> 
> You forget!  Spock is now a CAPTAIN!  And since he's now in command of 
> the Enterprise, he has the prefix numbers.
> 
> -- 
> Tony Li ;-)		Usc Computer Science

As posted previously, the prefix codes for various ships are used to control
that ship it is disabled or uninhabitable, NOT in case of a crazy captain.
A hostile captain need simply change the prefix code to stop someone from
getting in.  As to who has access, any officer with security clearance would
probably do.  This also would include Sulu, Ahura, Chekov, and Scott.


					eliot lear
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