From: myempire@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Matt J. Martin)
Subject: The Official Dorm-Rec Review of "Chain of Command -1" (spoilers)
Summary: Bravo!  Brilliant!  Bravissimo!  
Keywords: Kick-ass captain!  troi gets slammed!   
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:50:06 GMT


  We're back!  And we're happy!  

  This was, quite simply, the most outstanding episode this season!  

  Spoilers ahead.  


  We love Captain Jelico! He was amazing, brilliant, and he kicked some
serious ass!  It's about time someone gave this crew a kick in their 
complacency.  It's about time someone demonstrated a little discipline
and command authority.  With all due respect, Picard has been a bit of a
softy lately.  Also, it's about time someone put Troi in her place and 
made her get a real job!  

  As far as the implications of this episode are concerned, this should prove,
beyond a doubt, that Star Fleet is a military organization.  Not a very good
one, but military nonetheless.  Of course, the tree huggers out there who
happen to like startrek will remain unconvinced, but who cares.  Proof is 
proof.

  We simply have to reiterate, Jelico is brilliant.  He instantly took 
control of the ship, and made the shit fly.  Not only did he demand the kind
of excellance in performance that should be expected of the Flagship, but he
demonstrated it within himself first.  He immediately demonstrated his 
mastery of ship operations knowledge as well as having the complete biography
of his senior officers memorized.  This man knows his shit!  He knew what
had to happen before he got there, and he ensured that everyone could, and 
would, get it done.  

  Troi's worthlessness is proven, and finally we've seen someone with enough
guts to put her in her place.  She came in, whimpering and whineing about the
bellyaches of the crew, so Jelico made it her problem.  Beautiful!  It was
simply brillant how Jelico threw Troi condescention right back in her face.
And getting her out of the Counselor-cleavage suit and back into a real 
uniform was a great idea.  (Her butt doesn't look nearly as monstrous in a 
real outfit) We would just like to say that anyone who treats Troi like
shit is OK in our book.

  This episode wasn't perfect, however.  We sincerly question the logic of
Star Fleet high command sending three of its most decorated and honored
officers into a suicide mission.  First of all, we highly doubt that they
are the three most qualified people, in all of Star Fleet, for this mission.
Surely Star Fleet must have some specially trained Marines somewhere who are
up to the task (the appearance of Colonel West in STVI gives credance to this
theory)  Second of all, even if you could prove that Picard, Crusher, and 
Worf are the most qualified, it makes much more sense to send peons on 
a suicide mission.  If peons are captured, you can always deny your affiliation
with them and no one really cares.  If Picard is captured, you won't be able
to keep the mission secret.  Sooner or later some big-wig diplomat will
notice his absence and bam, intersteller incident.  Covert operations and
famous people simply don't mix.

  One among our ranks did suggest the interesting hypothesis that some corrupt
admiral wanted Picard to get captured, and therefore set him up for an ambush.
But if this is the case, we're afraid its an old story.

  We're eagerly awaiting next weeks episode.  But if it's a dissapointment, 
we're gonna be pissed!  

  Let the flames a-fly!  

  By the way, we realize that it's not very polite to tie up the net with our  
personal flame wars.  So we encourage any personal attacks to be directed to
one of the following accounts:  
	analog@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
	myempire@mentor.cc.purdue.edu  
	sager@sage.cc.purdue.edu

  But if you have any legitamate disputes however, that's what the net is for.

  With great affection,

  The Boys of Dorm-Rec, in MyEmpire


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