From: tlynch@cco.caltech.edu (Timothy W. Lynch)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Lynch's Spoiler Review: "The First Duty"
Keywords: TNG, Wesley, Academy
Date: 10 Apr 92 00:41:36 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose Gonzalez) writes:
>In article <1992Apr9.013255.18014@cco.caltech.edu> tlynch@cco.caltech.edu (Timothy W. Lynch) writes:

>>"The First Duty" spoilers:
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>>>>(Incidentally, Wes's choice could have been made much easier, and *wasn't*.
>>>>Picard could well have pointed out that even if Picard *did* speak and was 
>>>>contradicted, Wes would be working under a cloud of suspicion for years if 
>>>>not decades after graduating, and he damn sure wouldn't be able to serve 
>>>>within a kiloparsec of the Enterprise.  
>>
>>>I doubt this, Picard would have forgiven him, regardless of what he said.  
>>
>>Had he continued to stonewall and *let* an innocent boy be blamed?  No way.

>Well, there was evidence to suggest that it was Josh's fault, 

Whoa.  Back up.

Just what evidence is that?  There's evidence that he chose to take part in the
maneuver, but I recall no evidence that *his* screwup somehow caused the 
crash.  Nick asserted such, but he's hardly to be believed blindly.

>>I rather suspect Picard would have gone to Brand just after the hearing.
>>Even if he'd let Wes actually get away with it, he'd NEVER have spoken to 
>>him again.

>Oh, really?  He may not have spoken to him for a while, but it's very
>difficult to stay mad at someone indefinately.  It's much easier to forgive,
>and eventually, he would forgive him.  

Let me tell you a little story.

You recall my mistake about the author of "Violations"?  He/she confessed to 
me once the game was up, but could very easily have continued to develop
bizarre scenarios about how he/she was set up or being lied about.  Had that
happened, the connection would have been cut.  Severed.  End of tale.

Maybe that makes me unforgiving; but betrayal does not sit lightly with me.
Nor, I suspect, does it with Picard.

[Satelk]

>>>I thought he did a decent job for the tact that he chose.  I don't assume 
>>>that all Vulcans are going to be unemotional.  
>>
>>Nor do I.  I do assume, however, they they will all *try* to be logical and
>>unemotional;

>Why?  You assume they all *want* to act that way.  Maybe hanging around humans
>has made him change his mind in regard to that silly custom, anyway.

Oh, please.  Isn't this just a bit reaching for a bit part?  If I see a Vulcan
without any explanation, I expect that Vulcan to behave in a manner similar to
the way we've seen Vulcans behave in the past.  Fancy failed utterly.  Come
on, Jose...

>>>>--I'm trying to figure out exactly what school "the game against Minsk" 
>>>>referred to.  Is there another campus for the Academy, or is this a 
>>>>completely different *type* of school?  Any ideas?
>>
>>>Well, the military acedemies now play against normal colleges nowadays, I 
>>>don't see why this would change.
>>
>>But what kind of "normal colleges" are we talking about in that century?
>>That's what I'm curious about.

>Why would they be any different than today's, just updated for the careers 
>that are now available.

They probably aren't.  I was just startled, since they've never suggested 
such a beastie before.

Tim Lynch