wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (12/02/85)
> > After the simulator has been trashed, doesn't Kirk say something > > to the effect that Saavik should say her prayers since *Klingons* don't > > take prisoners? If this scenario takes place in the Romulan neutral > > zone, who would care about the Klingons' attitude toward prisoners? > > Kirk's comment is indeed strange for two reasons. > > 1) It isn't a simulation of Klingon space. > > 2) Kirk was a Klingon prisoner in Day of the Dove, and they let him > live. > > It would seem Kirk doesn't know the Klingon Empire from the Romulan > Empire. Perhaps he is going senile. Slip of the tongue? Any > thoughts? Klingons probably make no effort to take prisoners, unless they need one for interrogation. The difficulties involved with taking prisoners from a shot-up cruiser probably make it not worth the effort... you have to lock on and beam them across, hoping that none are carrying tactical nuclear missiles (Dinsdale...:-) ) or other such. Then you have to feed them and store them somewhere... not an easy job in a spaceship. However, the Klingons would be quite delighted to take prisoners when it either suits their purposes (i.e. _The_Final_Reflection_) or it costs them nothing. But I can't see them making any effort to rescue the crew of a hostile starship. Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Live large and prosper" - Spock Bolan
ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless @ Imperial Propoganda) (12/04/85)
> > Kirk's comment is indeed strange for two reasons. > > > > 2) Kirk was a Klingon prisoner in Day of the Dove, and they let him > > live. > > > > It would seem Kirk doesn't know the Klingon Empire from the Romulan > > Empire. > > Klingons probably make no effort to take prisoners, unless they need one > for interrogation. The difficulties involved with taking prisoners from a > shot-up cruiser probably make it not worth the effort... you have to lock > on and beam them across, hoping that none are carrying tactical nuclear > missiles (Dinsdale...:-) ) or other such. Then you have to feed them and > store them somewhere... not an easy job in a spaceship. > > However, the Klingons would be quite delighted to take prisoners when it > either suits their purposes (i.e. _The_Final_Reflection_) or it costs them > nothing. But I can't see them making any effort to rescue the crew of a > hostile starship. > Ron Wanttaja > (ssc-vax!wanttaja) Your comments don't answer the question. You merely cite another case of prisoners being taken. Remember, the line was Klingons NEVER take prisoners, not "Klingons don't take prisoners if it is inconvenient." Lord Kahless