Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site oakhill.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!dual!vecpyr!lll-crg!mordor!ut-sally!oakhill!hunter From: hunter@oakhill.UUCP (Hunter Scales) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Re: Movie inspiring episodes question Message-ID: <549@oakhill.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 19:43:21 EDT Article-I.D.: oakhill.549 Posted: Fri Oct 4 19:43:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 04:33:03 EDT References: <1619@druil.UUCP> <543@riccb.UUCP> <837@cvl.UUCP> Reply-To: hunter@oakhill.UUCP (Hunter Scales) Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx Lines: 14 In article <837@cvl.UUCP> kayuucee@cvl.UUCP (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.) writes: > That is COMMODOR Decker, not Captain. I never understood why Kirk > had to be reduced from Admiral to Captain after the end of the first movie. > Why not just make him a Commodor?... Commodore is not a navy rank it is a courtesy title for use when a person with the rank of Captain is aboard a ship which he is not currently commanding. There may be only one person aboard a ship who has the title "Captain". -- Motorola Semiconductor Inc. Hunter Scales Austin, Texas {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!hunter (I am responsible for myself and my dog and no-one else)