G.ZEEP%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA (06/18/84)
From: Wang Zeep <G.ZEEP%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA> I think the comment about "The Menagerie" episode (detailed film records aren't kept) was made because Spock's footage included scenes in the Captain's bedroom, etc. Personally, I like the flight recorder idea, although wasn't there an episode where the record was tampered with? Wang -------
RUBIN@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA (06/18/84)
From: Michael Rubin <RUBIN@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA> Was Captain Styles of the Excelsior perhaps Lieutenant Styles from the episode (forget the title) in which they first meet the Romulans? He was the fellow who hated Romulans because his grandfather had been in the First Romulan War, and who didn't trust Spock's pointy ears especially when they got the Romulans on video. According to the book, the computer starts permanent video recordings in critical areas whenever there is a red alert, and otherwise keeps a tape loop of a few minutes' duration. You may have noticed my flaming earlier about the wonderful Saavik character in the ST2 and ST3 books as opposed to the lousy portrayal in the films. I did a little introspecting and noticed I was reacting to Saavik in about the same way that female fans have traditionally reacted to Spock... Fascinating. `:-) Why don't they let Vonda McIntyre write the movies and send Harve Bennett off to do publicity or something? -------
chip@t4test.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) (06/22/84)
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From: Wang Zeep <G.ZEEP%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA>
I think the comment about "The Menagerie" episode (detailed film records
aren't kept) was made because Spock's footage included scenes in the
Captain's bedroom, etc. Personally, I like the flight recorder idea, although
wasn't there an episode where the record was tampered with?
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Yes. I don't remember the title, maybe "Courtmartial".
In this Kirk was being courtmartialed for making an improper decision
which killed one of his crew. This crewman was in a pod taking
readings of an ion storm. Kirk had to jetison the pod. The flight
recorder showed him doing this during a yellow alert rather than during
an emergency (i.e. red alert).
Turns out that this guy harbored a grudge against Kirk. Long ago Kirk
put him on report for leaving a something-or-other switch open while on
guard duty, nearly destroying their vessel. The guy blamed Kirk for
never being promoted to captain. This grudge drove him to insanity.
What actually happened was that he wasn't in the jetissoned pod at all,
but rather hid on the Enterprise and later doctored the flight recorder
transcript so to show that Kirk jettisoned the pod during yellow alert
rather than the red alert. Spock found out that the computers had
been tampered with by beating his own program at chess, where he
should have only been able to get at best a draw.
So, to those of you think that Kirk can't be courtmartialed for
stealing the Enterprise, "phooey!"
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Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara
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