cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP (03/19/85)
>.................................I did wonder what the initials >"COTEOF" stood for (along with others) presuming that this was >some sort of secret code to subliminally influence any program >directors that might be reading into re-airing the show.. :-) I thought any idiot could figure out that "COTEOF" was "City...", eventhough the actual call letters are "CEF"!!! I'd suggest getting familar with all of them! >Many have said that "The Enterprise Incident" was based on the 1968 Pueblo >Incident. Could someone out there please explain to me what that was? The only similarities between the "E" incident and the "P" incident that I know of are that the units involved were military and the covert mission was made to look like an overt one trying to cover up the covert one, which threw everybody off the real covert mission. (now if any of you understand that one, could you explain it to me?) The Pueblo was an auxiliary research vessel (more or less). If I could remember it's designation, I could better describe it here, but anyway, it was our version of the famous Russian Spy Trawler, of which one may have been in the area pointing the way for the North Korean Patrol boats?? I can't think of the actor's name, but he stared in a move about the Pueblo as the captain at his court-martial. I believe he was found not-guilty (but also not innocent). This actor also played a POW in a story about the Veitnam War, but the only name I can come up with is Charles Aidman, but it's not him! (You really know how to make someone OLD by not knowing what the Pueblo incident was.) >I'm not sure this is true. Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient >military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at >Spock's sendoff). As I recall from the Hornblower books, once Hornblower >became an admiral, custom demanded that he leave all the actual running >of his flagship to it's captain (a restriction he resented, esp since >the captain was a rather poor sailor). Admirals command fleets, not >ships. NO!!, you've still missed the point! Wasn't it Spock that said something like "..your first best destiny is COMMAND of the Enterprise...". He says nothing about rank. True, USUALLY a captain is the one to command a ship, but there are ALWAYS exceptions!! >There's a good reason for that --- Janice Rand was not in the movie! True, >the "woman in cafeteria" was played by Grace Lee Whitney, but that doesn't >mean that the character is Janice Rand. After all, are Number One and >Nurse Chapel the same character? They were both played by Majel Barrett. >Besides, if memory serves, the "woman in cafeteria" had red hair, not blond. Good point about #1/Chapel, but no proof either way. Haven't you heard about Hair Dye? > I'm not sure this is true. Starfleet seems to be solidly based on acient > military traditions, some of them British (I seem to remember bagpipes at > Spock's sendoff)... > >being played by Scotty, no? I doubt if they are standard for a >Starfleet burial in space. Maybe Bagpipes are standard, but for Vulcans? If it's for those sending the deceased off, then I guess that proves that funerals are just for the living. >STARTREK TRIDIMENSIONAL CHESS >I have the blue prints for the layout of the startrek chess >board. This information was aquired from a 1975 publication >called Star Trek Tech Manual, 8 1/2" x 11" red cover. >A copy can be yours for the asking. If you wish it mailed via >US postal service, please send 'self addressed stamped ($.22) >envelope'. The one I have has a black cover! Most everybody(?) on the net should have the book. Why stop at just the section on Tri-Chess? Chris Wayne @ UNM