m1b@rayssd.UUCP (06/11/84)
Perhaps the reason Starfleet did not try to stop the Enterprise
using the prefix code is because they did try. In ST: TWoK, Kirk and
Co. use this method on the Reliant to lower its shields. I believe it
is Spock who has some misgivings about that, stating that Khan may have
*changed* the code, continuing that Khan is very clever. Perhaps that is
what Kirk did with the Enterprise -- he changed the code.
If this were the case, though, I think it should have been made
clear in the movie.
Joe Barone, {allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5}!rayssd!m1b
Raytheon Co, Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI