ron@BRL@sri-unix (12/16/82)
From: Ron Natalie <ron@BRL> About the Sixty Gallon Drum of Water injected into the guy... You will remember watching the "radar" picture of the needle while the submarine was carefully (lest it fall out on the floor) driven to as close to the end as possible. This was done to prevent as much water as possible from entering the guy. Something that was left out of the movie however (but was explained by the book) is what happened when this large metallic submarine that they abandoned in the guys brain regained normal size (you'll remember that they exitted through the eye without it). In the book, one of them drags the partially decomposed thing out with him before it gets too big. As for those who have been second guessing James T. Kirk about the use of the Shuttlecraft and the Transporter in emergency situations: You may submit your applications to the acadamy for mthe next term. -Ron