January 24, 2012
— Ace Back in 1979.
Wait, Uhura was fourth in command?
No. I never got the sense of that at all.
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Posted by: An Observation at January 24, 2012 01:00 PM (ylhEn)
Yes.
**Remeber the STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Cure for Insomnia?**
No. I must have slept through it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 24, 2012 01:01 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Allahpundit at January 24, 2012 01:01 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at January 24, 2012 01:02 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: mike at January 24, 2012 01:02 PM (RRSlp)
Posted by: An Observation at January 24, 2012 05:00 PM
For one episode I was in charge, and Capt "Dunsel" Kirk was shown to be as useful as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest
Posted by: The M-5 Computer at January 24, 2012 01:02 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 24, 2012 01:03 PM (UwYXB)
Those Decker men knew how to commit suicide in dramatic fashion
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2012 01:04 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Captain Christopher Pike at January 24, 2012 01:05 PM (GsBJY)
I remember a bald-headed chick with a short, short uniform. After that, sweet oblivion.
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That was former Miss World Persis Kambhatta (sp?). I did not sleep through her scenes.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 24, 2012 01:06 PM (d0Tfm)
Given that Ace didn't pick up on the "Uhura is 4th in command" thing, who's going to tell him that Jub-Jub was nothing more than blaster-fodder?
Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 24, 2012 01:07 PM (h6mPj)
Kirk - Captain
Spock - Commander
Scotty - Lt Commander
Sulu - Lieutenant
I don't think Uhura was a deck officer, and while Scotty wasn't I believe he was certified to command a ship
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2012 01:07 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Allahpundit at January 24, 2012 01:09 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 24, 2012 01:09 PM (d0Tfm)
I don't think Uhura was a deck officer, and while Scotty wasn't I believe he was certified to command a ship
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2012 05:07 PM (Y+DPZ)
Scotty was the one in command of the ship while Kirk and Spock were on one of the away missions. Where they were using chess moves for confirmation codes.
Posted by: buzzion at January 24, 2012 01:09 PM (GULKT)
Mitch Daniels testing the waters??
Second (desperate) look at Mitch?
http://www.issues2000.org/ Mitch_Daniels.htm
Posted by: imp at January 24, 2012 01:16 PM (UaxA0)
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Posted by: StrategicCorporalUSMC at January 24, 2012 01:17 PM (zgwWv)
Posted by: soothie a
coming soon to a TV near you
Firefly: The Chronicles of Inara
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Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 24, 2012 01:17 PM (h6mPj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 24, 2012 01:19 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: steveha at January 24, 2012 01:19 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: Jon at January 24, 2012 01:23 PM (IFigw)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 24, 2012 01:25 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 24, 2012 01:26 PM (UlUS4)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 24, 2012 01:26 PM (i6RpT)
Wow...talk about scattershooting.
You jumped from Original, to Next Generation, then back to the 60's.......to TRON.
WTF man.......
Posted by: © Sponge at January 24, 2012 01:27 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 24, 2012 01:27 PM (UlUS4)
I would have watched more of the original Star Trek shows if the women would have worn shorter skirts without the cheerleader underwear.
Posted by: Soona at January 24, 2012 01:28 PM (MOOhP)
Wow...talk about scattershooting.
You jumped from Original, to Next Generation, then back to the 60's.......to TRON.
WTF man.......
It's all sci-fi. Resistance is futile. Inara can assimilate me any time.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 24, 2012 01:30 PM (d0Tfm)
Those Decker men knew how to commit suicide in dramatic fashion
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2012 05:04 PM (Y+DPZ)
Will Decker joined with that hot, bald check. Eternity of coitus, I should be that lucky...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 24, 2012 01:30 PM (84oau)
This actually follows fairly closely the CoC at Sea on a large enough vessel (say mine sweeper and larger). Smaller vessels (tugs and tenders or landing vessels) have a looser CoC and Enlisted may be part of it.
Posted by: Obi Wan Lucky Bastard at January 24, 2012 01:31 PM (xqpQL)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2012 01:31 PM (i0App)
Posted by: Soona at January 24, 2012 05:28 PM (MOOhP)
I'd watch ANYTHING a lot more if that were the case, Captain Obvious..
Posted by: © Sponge at January 24, 2012 01:32 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Obi Wan Lucky Bastard at January 24, 2012 01:33 PM (xqpQL)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2012 05:31 PM (i0App)
There having a sale at Sear's, Uhuru... Why don't we warp over there?
Posted by: Nurse Chappelle at January 24, 2012 01:33 PM (84oau)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 24, 2012 01:35 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Obi Wan Lucky Bastard at January 24, 2012 05:33 PM (xqpQL)
So fuck you, Scotty. You'll never get a chance to be like me.
Posted by: Capt. Kirk at January 24, 2012 01:36 PM (MOOhP)
There having a sale at Sear's, Uhuru... Why don't we warp over there?
Posted by: Nurse Chappelle at January 24, 2012 05:33 PM (84oau)
And maybe I could check out the ball bearings.
Posted by: Capt. Christopher Pike at January 24, 2012 01:36 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Obi Wan Lucky Bastard at January 24, 2012 05:33 PM (xqpQL)
So fuck you, Scotty. You'll never get a chance to be like me.
Posted by: Capt. Kirk at January 24, 2012 05:36 PM (MOOhP)
Er, you're a fucking bloody wanker. I'm gonna eat til I create my own gravity field
Posted by: Scotty at January 24, 2012 01:38 PM (84oau)
Posted by: Capt. Francesco Schettino at January 24, 2012 01:39 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Obi Wan Lucky Bastard at January 24, 2012 05:33 PM (xqpQL)
Not true. Engineering officers are line officers. When my old boss left the Enterprise it was to take CO of another ship.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2012 01:41 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 24, 2012 01:43 PM (niZvt)
Part of the reason that Wesley was so hated was because of a writer's strike one year. Before the strike, all the writers were tasked to write a "Wesley episode", and they were going to make the best one or two of them.
Unfortunately, they ended up using all of those scripts that season instead of just the best ones.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 24, 2012 01:44 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Speller at January 24, 2012 01:48 PM (J74Py)
Kirk (as captain)
Gary Mitchell (the executive officer, killed in the pilot)
Spock (the science officer)
Scotty (the chief engineer)
some dude who only showed up in one episode and never again
Sulu (when Scotty was missing for the war with the Klingons)
Beyond that, it's unclear where Uhura was.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 24, 2012 01:49 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Reno_Dave at January 24, 2012 01:56 PM (OL4L4)
Enterprise chain of command varied from episode to episode. The writing was half assed at best.
Posted by: JONES at January 24, 2012 01:58 PM (gSWeV)
Uhura's "official" job description was Communications officer, but her real purposes were: 1. To translate for Kirk when he found a new green alien to shag, and 2. To Kirk's voracious sexual needs were satisfied when no green chicks were around.
Uhura was assigned after one particularly long cruise that became legendary in Star Fleet Annals (no pun intended) for including an event that was known simply known as The Sulu Affair. It involved an out of control Kirk repeatedly sodomizing Lt. Sulu (who, oddly, though he had his communicator available, neglected to call for security for almost three hours) while screaming: "You wanted to see the Kobiyashi Maru??? I'LL SHOW YOU THE "KOBIYASHI MARU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Posted by: Little Known True Facts at January 24, 2012 02:14 PM (RtpCp)
Enterprise chain of command varied from episode to episode. The writing was half assed at best.
Posted by: JONES at January 24, 2012 05:58 PM (gSWeV)
And the kept jacking me around every episode.
Posted by: Star Date Calendar at January 24, 2012 02:17 PM (NNrYJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 24, 2012 02:20 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2012 05:31 PM
The jokes about Sulu driving the ship write themselves
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2012 02:45 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: norrin radd at January 24, 2012 02:53 PM (tVK9Z)
Posted by: George Takei at January 24, 2012 02:54 PM (tVK9Z)
Posted by: George Takei at January 24, 2012 03:05 PM (tVK9Z)
Posted by: Fox 2! at January 24, 2012 03:19 PM (RJOgX)
The animated series had the first holodeck episode and pretty much every holodeck episode since has been the same episode.
I'm going to vent about the reboot.
I think it is a real shame that the felt they had to go with the 20something cast. In the original series Kirk was 35 and was still young to be in command of a starship. He was supposed to be the youngest captain of one of the flagship class of starships ever. In the original series not all of his fellow officers liked him because he got promoted over a bunch of people and because, let's face it, Kirk was an arrogant prick. They could have run with that and done Kirk's first assignment as captain of the Enterprise and made a much more adult and grounded movie, without having to play stupid temporal games so they are not screwing up the canon.
Venting done......
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living.... at January 24, 2012 03:21 PM (5Wj1Y)
Posted by: dr. sheldon cooper at January 24, 2012 03:25 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: norrin radd at January 24, 2012 03:33 PM (tVK9Z)
I greatly doubt that. Lucy and Desi were big supporters of the show and their influence kept it alive longer than otherwise.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez were great innovators. They essentially invented the repeat. In an era when nearly everything was shot and broadcast out of New York, they insisted on staying in Los Angeles, This meant shooting on film and having more cameras than was common on nearly any other sitcom at the time or even most TV, period. Consequently, they had a much higher quality product than almost everything else out there at the time and consequently lent itself to repeat showing much better. This was a gold mine.
#31
Part of the problem is that many of the attributes that later defined Spock were in the Number One character, so she came off as being very cold.
Another part of the history is that Rodenberry didn't want smoking on the show. He figured it was something that would be long abandoned by humanity by the era of the show. But tobacco companies were still huge advertisers on TV back then. They insisted that there be some form of smoking depicted regularly, even if it was some sort of funky skiffy cigarettes. In the end, Rodenberry traded his female XO for making the Enterprise a smoke free starship.
On TNG there was an episode (Disaster, IIRC) where Troi, the frigging shrink, was put in command by default as the only officer known to be alive and on the bridge after a unknown event cripples the ship. Chief O'Brien was also on the bridge, making it one of the few times they got into the difference between the officer ranks and NCOs.
Posted by: epobirs at January 24, 2012 05:39 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2012 05:46 PM (axc/z)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 25, 2012 03:54 AM (OfY5P)
On TNG there was an episode (Disaster, IIRC) where Troi, the frigging shrink, was put in command by default as the only officer known to be alive and on the bridge after a unknown event cripples the ship.
Deanna Troi would not have been a line officer any more than Dr. McCoy was, and so would not have been able to command. In TOS there's a moment when Spock turns himself over to McCoy as "the senior officer present," and McCoy confines the Vulcan to quarters, but of course the doctor doesn't take the command chair himself -- he's not qualified. In TNG, then, you'd then have the issue of a junior line officer taking command, but, I suppose, deferring to Troi as his senior in rank.
TNG addressed the issue later by saying there was a tough command test you could take to qualify to be a bridge officer. We see Dr. Crusher'd already done it, and Troi goes through it.
The earlier Treks at least tried for plausibility. The new film? Recent Academy graduates being handed command of a multi-trillion-credit starship? Not so much.
Posted by: Benzadmiral at January 25, 2012 08:48 AM (WuRdj)
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Yes, when all the male senior officers were incapacitated by some alien ray, or had been kicked in the crotch, or something. (Actually not a bad ep.)
And Uhura was apparently qualified to be a bridge/line officer. At least once we saw her take over the navigation station in that console up front next to Sulu. This was in the days before a Beatle-style haircut came aboard, closely followed by Ensign Chekov.
Posted by: Benzadmiral at January 25, 2012 08:54 AM (WuRdj)
Posted by: buzzion at January 26, 2012 02:49 PM (GULKT)
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