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From: timpson@comet.DEC (IN THE HANDS OF THE FATHER)
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Subject: Dis Dat and Dee oter ting
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Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 08:54:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  7 08:54:03 1986
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>> Another point.  The Federation is, as a whole, a peaceful group.  Battleship
>> is an awfully military term, and perhaps calling the Enterprise a heavy 
>> cruiser gives the Federation a few diplomatic points.  I belive this point was
>> brought up in one of the unofficial novels.  After all, if the Enterprise can
>> trash any given Klingon ship in battle, and they know it, what does it matter
>> if it's called a heavy cruiser, a PT boat, or _GOD'S_WRATH_PERSONIFIED_?
 
>In one of the episodes or one of the movies, didn't the Klingons refer
>to the Big E as "a Federation Battle Cruiser"?  I seem to recall a group
>of Klingons hunched around a sensor readout.  Seems like the Empire
>isn't impressed with the Federation's diplomatic posturing.
 
Yes as the Enterprise was entering the Mutara(sp) system Maltz was informing
the Kingon commander that a Federation Battle Cruiser had arrived.

Steve



>>>I want to thank everyone who responded to my posting about
>>>Sulu's first name.  The results are unanimous.  Sulu'
>>>first name is Hikaru by all acounts, however it was suggested
>>>that Walter Sulu was used in a novel.  Still Hikaru is the
>>>accepted name.
>> 
>>      even George Takei says sulu's name is Walter Hikaru Sulu
>> p.s. Uhura has a first and middle name.  I can never remember which one is
>> which, but this is my favorite version: Nyoyta Penda Uhura.
>>                                         Chris Wayne @ UNM
> 
>WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>    I was at the Baltimore convention in January, and Takei said that
>Hikaru is the APPROVED first name...he also said that any trivia dealing
>with the characters must first be approved by Roddenberry.  Hikaru has
>the needed approval.
>    About Uhura's name, Nyoyta, is approved, however, I don't know about the
>middle name.  I don't know the spelling of it, but I do know that it means
>?'freedom.'


The middle name is Upenda which means Freedom and Nyoyta means Star.

Steve