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From: barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan)
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Subject: Re: Commodores, admirals, et. al.
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 17:28:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 17:28:44 1985
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> 
> 	An interesting thought occurs to me after writing the above:  why not
> make Spock the captain of the Enterprise (or whatever other name a new ship
> might have) and saddle him with Kirk as a flag officer aboard?  The fireworks
> might be spectacular when Kirk found he couldn't always have his own way!
> 
> 	Any comments???

But Spock *was* the captain of the *Enterprise* in STII.  He officially
relinquished command to Kirk after the shooting started.  As he often said,
he had no desire to command the ship, and it was Kirk's foremost gift.

                                         Barb

                                 KIRK: "Scotty, you're confined to quarters."
                            
                                 SCOTT: "Aye, sir ... Thank you, sir!  It will
                                       give me time to catch up on me technical
                                       journals!"

                                 ...talk about lemons into lemonade....