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From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Best Episode?
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:17:09 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202) writes:

>In article <1993Jan6.154208.1847@linus.mitre.org> wherndon@smiley.mitre.org (William Herndon) writes:
>>    And now for the sensitive new age guy answer ( now that I've gotten
>>    the macho, shallow, dumb-guy answer out of the way ):  _Lal_ is my
>>    second favorite episode of all time.  The scene with Data and Lal at
>>    the end, when she thanks him for giving her life, always brings a tear
>>    to my eye.

>Favorite quote from "The Offspring":

>[Data to Lal]

>It is the struggle itself that is most important.  We must strive to be
>more than we are.  It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate
>goal.  The effort yields its own rewards.


	I am pleased to see that somebody else was similarly affected
by this quote.  Me -- I was moved by it, memorized it, and have tried
to put in into practice in my own life....and found it to be
remarkably "correct." 
 
	'tis funny when I tell it to someone else, and they are
impressed by it....and then asked where I heard it from.....
From: jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: 28 Re: Cardassia = Iraq
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:46:03
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
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In-reply-to: S104374@UMRVMA.umr.edu's message of Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:42:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.155417.14814@umr.edu> S104374@UMRVMA.umr.edu writes:
-> ------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
-> >  I always  saw Cardassia equal to Israel and the Bjorans(sp?) equal to
-> >the Palistinians.  My belief is based on the Cardassians suppression
-> >of the Bjorans and the Bjorans fierce desire for home rule.
-> >
-> >Alex Cain
-> >
-> That's interesting; I always saw the Bajorans as Jews and the Cardassians
-> as Syrians/Iraqis.After all, the Bajorans were forced from their home-
-> world, wandered between star systems for several years, and have finally
-> returned to their world (with Federation help) and are bordered by
-> Cardassians, who almost certainly plan to take bake Bajor as soon as
-> possible.  Oh, and the Bajorans seem to be a distant and not too trust-
-> worthy friend to the Federation, while the Federation half-supports them
-> without really going one way or the other (hence, the small force occupying
-> station Deep Space Nine).When the Cardassians first appeared (_The Wounded_
-> ) I associated them more with Germany, but now I see them as more Iraqi or
-> Syrian, incuring the wrath of the larger Federation, which is unwilling
-> to invest the time or casulties to destroy them.
-> 
-> I also associate the Ferengi with Sicilians (Mafia).  Agree/disagree?
-> 
->                                             -=Road Warrior=-

	If anything, it was originally the Bajorans = Palestinians and
Cardassians = Israelies.  Since then, the Cardassians have been
changed from real people into flat, nasty, and cliche characters that
no one is suppose to like.
--
Jason C. Austin
j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov
From: Scott_Bircher@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Scott Bircher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: G-class ships at 359
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Jan 93 23:20:58 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

 RS> lidz@midway.uchicago.edu
 RS>  writes:
>If you look CAREFULLY at the Wolf-359 wrekage there is ONE galaxy-class
hull.
>

 RS> If there is indeed one galaxy-class hull, then it must be the _U.S.S.
 RS> Galaxy_, as the _Yamato_ was destroyed in a previous episode. Guess
 RS> that
 RS> leaves only the E.

 RS> David Rodabaugh                    rrodabau@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
 RS> Senior, Mechanical Engineering
 RS> The Ohio State University

 According to the TNG: Technical Manual Page 2: footnote::

 Roddenberry himself says there are 5 Galaxy Class ships. The Galaxy, which
the class is names after. The E and a 6th ship the USS Yamato destroyed in
the episode "Contagion." This means there are 3 other ships whose names we
don't know.....  

As for one at Wolf-359, I will have to review my tape to check. Maybe later
tonight... Scott


-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Data (Brent Spiner) was the doctor in Alien^3?
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:02:45 GMT
Organization: Chevron

In article <1993Jan6.194853.17969@bnr.ca>, stud9j25@bcars243.UUCP (Steven Kostur) writes:
|> In article <C0G4AF.8vs@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umoster0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Sean K. Ostermann) writes:
|> >In <1993Jan6.060256.1@cc.utah.edu> eyring@cc.utah.edu writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >>Data (Brent Spiner) was the doctor in Alien^3?
|> >I don't think so.  You are talking about the guy that slept with Ripley
|> >right?  If you are then that isn't Brent Spiner.  The guy who played
|> >the doctor doesn't have the pointy nose that Brent Spiner has and is
|> >a little more beefy that Spiner.  AS well, he was British (I know
|> >moot point because they are ACTORS).  I'll have to watch it again but
|> >I think you are wrong.
|> >
|> >Sean
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> The doc in A3 is definitely not Spiner. I've seen that actor before in 
|> another movie. Can remember which one. I've seen Spiner without his makeup. 
|> The is no resemblance. By the way, Spiner showed up a couple of times on 
|> Night Court as a father of a very poor family from the country.

 It was CHARLES DANCE.

 From the r.a.m. actor list:

    Dance, Charles   Alien 3
                     For Your Eyes Only
                     Golden Child, The
                     Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (TV)
                     Good Morning, Babylon
                     Hidden City
                     Kalkstein
                     McGuffin, The
                     Out of the Shadows (TV)
                     Out on a Limb (1987) (TV)
                     Pascali's Island
                     Phantom of the Opera, The (1990) (TV)
                     Plenty
                     This Lightning Always Strikes Twice (TV)
                     White Mischief
                     "First Born" (mini)
                     "Jewel in the Crown, The" (mini)
 
 Travis
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Alien Names
From: stapleton@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu (Dr. Ross Alan Stapleton)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:35 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Speaking of "why are all aliens...," why is it that only earthers have
names like Morton J. Throckbottle III, and aliens stick close to the
<strange two-syllable utterance> <one-syllable ends-in-a-consonant surname
useful for curses and taunts> model?

Ross
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: do the producers of 'startrek' read this group?
From: jd@latcs2.lat.oz.au (John Dimogotsis)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:25:52 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia


	If not maybe someone should tell them of its existence!
	I have a feeling they would benefit...



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From: jblackwo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J P Blackwood)
Subject: Re: DS9 possible error (Spoilers)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:13:35 GMT


The overthrow or destruction of the Earth was considerred as a real 
possibility. Starfleet sent everything it had, and in a big hurry. Starfleet 
lost most of its ships in the incident.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
J.P.
email: Blackwood.1@osu.edu

"The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is one up with 
which I will not put."
                                              -Winston Churchill
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Did O'Brian get busted?... Rank pips again!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:04:23 GMT

Here we go again!  On TNG, Miles O'Brian had two solid
rank pips.  On DS9, he had one pip that was black in the
center.  What gives???? 

Ack! Was I expecting continuity?  Please forgive me, I
lost my head there for a minute.

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
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From: dkgardin@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Dan Gardiner)
Subject: Re: Is there a boot "Hotel Royal"?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:14:44 GMT

: In article <zrsjp01.726136862@zmcipdec1> zrsjp01@zmcipdec1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Peter Jesinger) writes:
: -> 
: -> Does the book "Hotel Royal" which is mentioned in 
: -> a ST:TNG really exist?
: -> If yes, can anyone give me the ISBN Number please?
: -> 
: -> Thanks
: -> 
: -> Peter
  
      Be aware that you spelling of the book's title is off by a 
  character.  The title is Hotel Royale, with an 'e'.


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From: kogoma@triton.unm.edu (Taki Kogoma)
Subject: Re: To whomever wants to talk trash about DS9...
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 06:44:22 GMT
Organization: Nit-Pickers for a Better Tomorow Afternoon

In article <1ikraiINNa1j@lester.appstate.edu> BARNESD@vax1.elon.edu (Danny Barnes  ) writes:
>Just remember...TNG wasn't all that great it's first season either!  The
>characters need time to evolve, and the actors need time to develop the
>characters.  Be Patient and I'm positive DS9 will come up to par with TNG
>by the end of the season.

Which season of TNG?  If you're talking about the current one, I fear
that we're in for massive yawns...

(Yeah, yeah...flame-bait.  But asside from "Rellics" - which I found
mostly an entertaining excercise in nostalgia - the 6th season has
been terribly ho-hum so far.)



-- 
Capt. Gym Z. Quirk  (Known to some as Taki Kogoma)  kogoma@triton.unm.edu
 I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to
                          what I have now...
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
From: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: Galaxy-class ship in DSN premier (possible spoiler)
Reply-To: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:04:44 EST

 -=> Dave Litchman babbled to All and look what he/she said! <=-

 DL> Possible spoiler follows for anyone who hasn't yet seen the DSN
 DL> premier. 

 DL> Or was I just not watching close enough and there really was a
 DL> Galaxy-class ship shown?

I believe you can see the hull of a Galaxy class ship blowing up in 
Sisko's window.  You see the hull flying towards the right after the 
explosion.  I noticed it by its nacelles, but the saucer section seems 
to be blown off.


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From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
Subject: Re: Odo in DS9 (**MINOR SPOILER**)
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:40:50 GMT

chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:

> According to det@phlan.sw.stratus.com (David Toland):
> >Minor spoiler ahead:
> 
> >I was a bit distressed to see him successfully disquise himself as a
> >duffel bag that was clearly *not* of humanoid mass [...]
> 
> I think that the "poker chips" were him, too.  So apparently he can
> solidify into many individual masses.

Just because Odo appears humanoid (presumably for the sake of his
coworkers' convenience) does not mean that he has a mass similar to
humanoids to begin with. Perhaps his mass is only a few kilos; just
about the same as a duffel bag full of poker chips!

Danny


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Subject: Re: 24 Re: Where are the enlisted personal?
From: Jeffrey S. Payne <JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 10:44:26 EST
Organization: Penn State University

In article <1993Jan8.061033.1979@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>,
jmanning@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Joshua I. Manning) says:

>On this topic:
>O'Brien is not an ``officer'', per say. He did not attend the academy, but
>rather seems to be a chief petty officer --- (that's what they call him)
>his posting on the Enterprise was the highest he could get after his many
>years of service. That is why both O'brien wears two pins, but can be
>ordered around by anyone.

>josh

Here's a theory...It is more or less canon that O'brien was a Chief Petty
officer on the Enterprise: Worf's father said something to the effect of
"I was also a Chief Petty Officer" to O'brien.  Now, we have all seen silver
rank pips at conventions...lets say that CPO is 1.5 or 2 silver pips, and say
he was promoted to Warrent officer or some such commisioned officer sub rank:
an open gold pip. (There is nothing we can say about O'brien's rank bouncing
on TNG, the number of pips on his collar has changed several times, both up and
down, without explanation.)  Whaddya think?

Jeff Payne
Penn State Ogontz Campus              |Bitnet:   JSP6@PSUVM
Computer Assisted Learning Center     |Internet: payne@toto.oz.psu.edu
"What else have you done? Telekinesis? Teleportation? Spontaneous
 combustion of someone you don't like? That sort of thing..."
       -Q to Amanda in "True Q", ST-TNG
From: holland@geop.ubc.ca (Stephen Holland)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Vulcan Captain??? (Major Mistake!!!)
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.current
Date: 7 Jan 1993 19:09:20 GMT
Organization: Geophysics & Astronomy, U.B.C. Vancouver, Canada
Distribution: world
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In article 726386491@cunews, abick@sebastian.carleton.ca (Alan Bick) writes:
>
>Now how the hell did the captain die at Wolf 359 and then show up at the
>Academy. I find it hard to believe that anyone escaped Wolf 359 (The Borg
>were pretty thorough.) but Emissary made it pretty clear that the Vulcan
>was dead. Have I overlooked anything?
>
Well... Spock died and then came back to life.  Perhaps the Vulcan captain
did the old mind meld thing with one of the Saratoga's crew before he was blown
into little pieces.  That crewmember escaped and managed to return to
Star Fleet HQ.  Star Fleet then used the transporter trace to construct
a new body for the Vulcan, took the crewmember and the new body to the
Vulcan temple in Star Trek III, and voila!  Vulcan reincarnation!  

steve holland
From: cs163wav@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Why aren't there any black aliens?
Date: 9 Jan 93 07:14:16 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1993Jan9.014403.19134@husc3.harvard.edu>,
cstone@husc8.harvard.edu (christopher stone) writes:
}>There were black aliens in that episode where Tasha Yar was kidnapped.
}>I think the title was something like "A Matter of Honor".  Of course,
}>the portrayal was not really a positive one.  Let's have some advanced,
}>superintelligent black aliens!
}
}There were black aliens in the medical staff from "First Contact."


Also, the captain of the Tamarian ship in "Darmok" was black.
(Actually, I think his whole crew may have been...  It's been a
while since I've seen the episode.)

Does Worf count?

Tony
From: jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: *** Spoiler *** Comments on "Chain of Command Part II"
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:30:44 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Dec27.034809.3466@eng.umd.edu> wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose Gonzalez) writes:
>*** Spoilers ***



>In article <athos-261292111931@kip2-29.apple.com> athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec26.160341.22400@eng.umd.edu>, wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose
>>Gonzalez) wrote:
>people who are control-freaks often break under the pressure of all the 
>responsbility.  As I said previously, I would *love* to see Jellico back
>if Stewart leaves the show.  It would be very interesting to see how he handles
>failure.

Breaking under the pressure.  I think you just put your finger on what linked 
the two main plots of Chain of Command -- the parallel between Jellico and
Gul Madred.  They're both authority figures bent on control and manipulation--
and while one is a little more genteel than the other, they both show their
weaknesses almost to the breaking point.

There's another nice parallel between the two, come to think of it.  Isn't the
mining of the Cardassian fleet -- planting hidden devices in their midst to
destroy them -- kind of like the implant Madred put in Picard?  Only for
Jellico, it works...
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From: wc9583@writer.yorku.ca (J.Marc Chabot)
Subject: Re: Question:  Where is Keiko?
Keywords: O'Brien Keiko DSN TNG
Organization: Computer Assisted Writing Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:07:20 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.162212.14216@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> juodvalk@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu (Vincent V. Juodvalkis) writes:
>
>Does anyone know what happened to Keiko?
>
>I am fairly sure that I have seen all the TNG episodes this year,
>but I cannot recollect any reason for O'Brien to be leaving the
>Enterprise without Keiko.  Did they split up or something?
>
>I missed the very beginning of DS9 last night, so I am hoping that
>it was covered there.  Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>-- Vincent
>
>


	It says in TV Guide that apparently Keiko is with Miles on the
Station, but that she had to give up her carreer to follow.  It also
says she isn't too happy about it either...

Regards, 

J.Marc Chabot
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Trek review mailing list?
Date: 10 Jan 93 02:27:48 GMT
Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Organization: University of Arizona

When I first discovered the net, I started reading rec.arts.startrek.
When the Great Split came, I read rec.arts.startrek.misc, and
rec.arts.startrek.current.  Bandwidth increased and signal decreased,
and so I dropped r.a.s.misc.  Now, the sheer bandwidth of r.a.s.current
forces me to conclude I can no longer keep up here, either.  However,
I'm still interested in reading episode reviews, so...


Anyone interested in starting a Trek-review mailing list?  Content
to be strictly reviews; all follow-ups to be directed to news-groups
or e-mail.

-- 
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From: cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,misc.test,misc.jobs.offered,rec.music.country.western,talk.bizarre,rec.humor
Subject: Re: DEEP SPACE 9 DRINKING GAME (get it out of this group!!!)
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:29:02
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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	<1993Jan09.212241.6708@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu> <C0LwC8.L4G@phage.cshl.org>
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In-reply-to: jzawodn@andy.bgsu.edu's message of Sat, 9 Jan 1993 23:12:49 GMT

>Pardon my ignorance, but what is this thread doing in misc.jobs.offered?!?

or, for that matter, misc.test!!!

cgd
--
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        Friday than twenty million instructions per second." -- Wes Clark
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From: pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Need info about Federation politics
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 22:45:56 EST
Organization: Berry Communications

tom@europa.lonestar.org (Tom Kimball) writes:

> In article <58ZZwB2w165w@berry.Cary.NC.US> pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry) w
> 
> >One begins to wonder if the Federation is a military junta, ruled
> >outright by the officers of Starfleet.  In fact, except for the
> >President (who may be a mere figurehead), we have never seen any
> >civilian in any position of authority.
> 
> The Trouble with Tribbles had a Federation Undersecretary of Agriculture.

That's true, and I had forgotten about him.  But Captain Kirk didn't
take him very seriously, and ignored his orders if he didn't feel like
following them.  The Undersecretary's actual authority seems to have
been quite minimal.

-- 
Pat Berry - Cary, North Carolina, USA   |  "At least that's what *I* thought.
pat@berry.Cary.NC.US                    |  But I have a history of missing the
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From: meb@sally.acns.nwu.edu (Mark Brodsky)
Subject: Re: the worms within
Reply-To: mark-brodsky@nwu.edu
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:24:55 GMT

In article <93004.115417U15289@uicvm.uic.edu> <U15289@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
> In DS9, Lt. Dax's backstory states she is a wormlike species squatting in  
a
> humanoid body.  Does anyone know if the worm, in this case, is the same  
species
> that figured in an episode of TNG, in which Dr. Crusher was romantically  
in-
> volved with a man who was also a host for a wormlike creature (an  
ambassador
> of some sort), who had to be parked in Riker's body temporarily until the
> new host (a woman, who ended the episode by saying she loved Beverly)  
arrived?
> 
>                                               Mitch Pravatiner
>                                               U15289@uicvm.uic.edu

Yep, same species. They're called the Trill. I'm not sure, but I believe  
this refers to both the host and the slug. Aparantly, worms prefer one type  
of humanoid, whom they evolved with one would suppose.
From: tchua@soda.qmw.ac.uk (Terence Chua)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.tech
Subject: Re: AirForce/Army vs StarFleet
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:07:22
Organization: QMW Department of Laws
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In-reply-to: 's message of Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:50:11 EST

In article <93011.095011TMS139@psuvm.psu.edu> <TMS139@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

   Does anyone know whether Mars and the Earth will actually be nearby on the
   date in question?  --(Borg invasion of Solar System)

   Of course, that person who knows would also have to know the date in question.
   I don't.

   Tim.


If it helps, best estimates (thank you, Robert Oliver) would place it at
the first week of January, AD 2367.
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