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From: al@escom.com (Al Donaldson)
Subject: Re: DEEP SPACE 9 DRINKING GAME
Reply-To: al@escom.COM (Al Donaldson)
Organization: ESCOM Corp., Oakton VA (USA)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:09:06 GMT

OK, what's all this stuff about DEEP SIX 9 anyway?

And is Sisco's son known as the "Sisco Kid?"

Al

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From: dave@news.ccutah.edu (dave martin)
Subject: Re: DS9 or DSN?
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 01:17:22 GMT

But 9 abbreviates nine so much better than N does.

dave@csulx.weber.edu (ignore the header address, its probably wrong)

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From: dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman)
Subject: Re: More ramblings about DS9
Organization: The Admiral's Unix System & The Grid BBS
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 07:06:42 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.070528.6492@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> cmatting@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Mattingly) writes:
>As one of my friend's pointed out, it is an interesting fact that
>the lead character is only a Commander.  Doesn't this mean that any and all
>ships that come by will have Captains that will outrank him?

In name, yes, not in practice. Sisko is the commanding officer of DSN, he is
THE authority on that station. If Sisko boards any of the ships visiting 
the station, he must defer to the authority of that particular ship's CO. 
But as long as he stays on the station, he is "the man".


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From: lesnyd@monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder)
Subject: Re: What's DSN's preamble? (SPOILER?)
Organization: DSC
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:48:41 GMT


Just in case...







































In article <1992Dec31.165925.560@rivers>, ph9991_manfr@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu writes:
> 
> 
> Question to anyone who has already seen the DS9 premiere....
> 
> How does the preamble go?  
> Obviously this one can't be "these are the voyages of the starship
> Enterprise...." so I'm wondering what it is, but PLEASE reveal nothing
> else in the posting, and be sure to even spoiler protect that.
> 


There is NO preamble to DS9. Just music.


> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Steven.K.Manfred
> 
> 
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From: jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender)
Subject: Re: The fate of Trill hosts
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:07:25 GMT

In article <93011.140023U15289@uicvm.uic.edu> <U15289@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>Thoughts at large, inspired by the arrival of Lt. Dax at DS9:
>
>*How do the Trills select people to act as their host bodies?
>*What happens to these people's own personalities once the Trillcreatures
> are implanted?
>*If the people simply cease to exist as themselves, how does Trill culture
> justify what is essentially a form of homicide?  Do Trills consider themselve
> superior to humans, or what?

	Possible plot for a later DS9 episode?? Could be pretty good.

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From: billma@utoday.com (Bill Mallon)
Subject: Re: DEEP SPACE 9 DRINKING GAME
Reply-To: billma@utoday.com (Bill Mallon)
Organization: CMP Publications, Inc.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 22:52:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.190906.13407@escom.com>, al@escom.com (Al Donaldson) 
writes:
> 
> OK, what's all this stuff about DEEP SIX 9 anyway?
> 
> And is Sisco's son known as the "Sisco Kid?"
> 
> Al
> 
By every two-bit newspaper and the TV Guide, SAD BUT TRUE. Come on people, 
someone here's gotta be more creative than that....

"I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit, using stone knives and bearskins." --Spock
Humble Typesetter
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From: milo@athena.mit.edu (Cole D Robison)
Subject: Re: O'Brien's Going Away Party-NOT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:26:42 GMT

>In article <C0MMuo.LoB@csn.org> pmichals@teal.csn.org (Paul Michals) writes:
>>
>>I could hardly believe my eyes. Here's lovable old O'Brien slinking off the
>>Enterprise by himself. Not one of his so called friends (except the Captain,
>>of course, it was his 'duty') to see him off! Where was the Party, the gifts,
>>the back patting 'You were the best transport chief we ever had' sentiments?
>>Hey, come on even a 2 week temp. worker at least gets a thanks. Of all the
>>flaws in DSN this one takes the cake or not as it turned out. Isn't there a
>>Miss Manners in the 24th Century? :)

I'm sure he had a big party thrown for him by all his friends when he was 
initially transferred to DS9, i.e., two days ago.  Remember, he was there
before Sisko.  He just beamed up for one last look around when the Enterprise
stopped by, and Picard caught him before he left and renewed his farewell. 
This seems entirely unproblematic to me.  Just because it wasn't on camera, 
doesn't mean it didn't happen.

--

                                     Cole D. Robison
                                     internet: milo@athena.mit.edu

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From: 880840m@axe.acadiau.ca (MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY)
Subject: Sisko's kid
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:03:38 GMT

I just saw a teaser ad for DS9, and learned that Picard is implicated 
in the death of Sisko's spouse; Sisko has a kid; the kid wears a uniform;
the kid whines.

Is the kid doomed to be the new Wesley?
From: odlin@reed.edu (Iain Odlin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: ST: Deep Space 90210  ;)
Date: 10 Jan 93 10:36:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1993Jan10.103616.19438
Organization: The Stuffed Animal Trauma Team  (We're Trained Professionals)


  Well, *somebody* had to use that title sometime...

  I just watched "The Emissary" for the second time and, oddly enough, I liked
  it *better*.  I also noticed how good the sound effects were (I especially
  like the new "communicator" beep) and how interesting the make-up jobs were.
  I hope they keep it up.

  A few points that will be considered spoilers by some hyper folks come next,
  so down 25...

























  It has been said by many on this forum that having Kira hit the table when
  first we meet her was a bad bit of overacting.  I disagree:  She hits not
  the table, but the comm-screen's off button.  Have you never slammed the
  phone down?  Yes, it seemed a little awkward the first time I saw it, but
  that's while I thought she simply hit the table in frustration.  It makes
  sense this way.

  It has also been posited that Odo is not merely the bag, but the gold as
  well.  While being a nice try at explaining where the missing mass went,
  it doesn't work.  When the Odo shifts out of being the bag, we clearly see
  the gold get left behind.

  My vote for the best lines of the episode:  "We just landed."  "On what?"

  Enjoy.
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From: omar@kahlua.cc.vanderbilt.edu (Omar Patino-Siliceo)
Subject: ST:DSN Premiere ... I missed it! :-(
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.current
Reply-To: omar@kahlua.cc.vanderbilt.edu
Organization: Vanderbilt University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:17:17 GMT

I'm sorry if this is not the appropriate group to post the following but I  
couldn't think of anywhere else/

Last night was aired here in Nashvegas the 2hr Premiere of DSN. Due to previous  
commitments I couldn't watch it and my %$#@ VCR mis-behaved! Is there anybody  
out there that taped it (or can tape it) and is willing to send me a copy?  
Please, please, please get in touch w/me. Thanks.

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From: mhampsch@boi.hp.com (Mark Hampsch)
Subject: Shuttle Craft Warp??
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 08:46:54 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
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In Relics Scotty gets a shuttle craft to wander in.  Does it have warp abilities or is it going to take him forever and a year to get anywhere?


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From: msmallwo@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (M. Lee Smallwood)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Replacement for Picard
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:51:17 GMT
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)

Edward V. Wright (ewright@convex.com ) writes:
> In <rawdon.726259157@cs.wisc.edu> rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Rawdon) writes:
> 
> >But when Picard DID come back, he assumed command of the Enterprise, and
> >Riker's rank reverted to that of Commander.  If it were really a PERMANENT
> >assignment, his rank would not have been reduced.
> 
> Okay, I won't quibble over words.  The Admiral intended it to be 
> permanent at the time, but it turned out not to be because he
> hadn't read the end of the script.
> 
> Satisfied? :-) 
> 

How about this?
In BoBW, Riker is promoted to Captain (permanently). If Picard
does not return, then Big E is his. Picard comes back, though.
Since Big E was his ship before it was Riker's, then he retains
command. Now, Riker is a Captain without a ship. This is why he
is offered (basically) his pick of the remaining fleet (at the
time, he was the 2nd 'best' captain, with Picard being the
best). When Riker refuses command of any other ship, he also
refuses the rank of captain, and is demoted back to commander.
This (Riker refusing command of any ship) in itself implies
that there are NO more Galaxy class ships (that are in working
order. Any that were in the fleet were either destroyed or
under construction). Does anyone see any holes in this
theory??? (not that I'm trying to boast -- I just want to see a
resolution!)

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From: stanley@skyking.oce.orst.edu (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: DS9: Encounter At Farpoint
Date: 5 Jan 1993 06:27:24 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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Reply-To: stanley@skyking.oce.orst.edu (John Stanley)
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Subtitle: Yet Another Trial For The Species



The wait is over.



We lost.



I hope that Avery Brooks will stop speaking to everyone like they are an
alien -- I just can not take so much hyper precise ee nun cee a shun.

There is noplace to go but up.
From: rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Rawdon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Wherefor art thou Atsushi? (was:Re: DS9 Grade Report: "Emissary"
Date: 13 Jan 93 00:56:22 GMT
Reply-To: rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Dept., Madison, WI

In <1993Jan12.183927.13389@bnlux1.bnl.gov> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
>Aw, give Michael a break.  It's not easy being the Atsushi Kanamori
>heir-apparent.

Last time I looked, I was here BEFORE Atsushi was. :-)

>		Now that Kanamori is gone, who's left to tell us week
>after week how wretched TNG is.  Besides, I'm always entertained by the
>endless string of synonyms for the word "awful" that he's able to find
>in the thesaurus.

Well, y'know, that's why they pay me the big bucks...

-- 
Michael Rawdon				  rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department,  Madison, WI

"Childbirth is NOT a miracle.  Life is NOT sacred.  When you have twenty
 thousand nomads huddled between two rivers in the Middle East and that's it
 for Homo sapiens, when one in five children is a live birth, one in ten
 living past the age of ten, THEN childbirth IS a miracle and life IS sacred.
 When the average age of a grandmother in Philadelphia's housing projects is
 twenty-five, to call childbirth a miracle is at least a tasteless joke and at
 worst a true obscenity."
				- Dave Sim, from Cerebus #142
From: dgthomas@acsu.buffalo.edu (Anne Gilles-Thomas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Use of "sir"
Date: 6 Jan 93 04:14:56 GMT
Organization: UB

Can someone please give specific examples of when a female superior officer
was referred to as "sir" by a crew member?  Was this ever done in the original
series or in the movies?  I know it's been done on TNG but I can't remember
specific instances.

 
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From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Re: CoC Hype.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 16:43:57 GMT


It's odd...the initials "CoC" people use to mean "Chain of Command"
is also used over on rec.games.frp.* to stand for "Call of Cthulhu,"
the Lovecraftian RPG about creatures of the Cthulhu mythos.  There
are probably some people who could make a comparison...

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From: msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik)
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Subject: Re: Galaxy-class Starships
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:33:26 GMT
	<1992Dec29.150250.8316@midway.uchicago.edu>,<C04roL.92E@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
	<0096627B.D824FAC0@vms.csd.mu.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA


*** DS9 possible spoiler follows a ^L ***



Here's my question ... if that *was* a Galaxy class ship at Wolf 359
in the teaser for DS9, why the heck was the saucer attached???  Isn't
battle manuverability one of the reasons for separation?  Besides
offloading civilians and families in the saucer...

					Michael
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:36:23 EST
From: Jeffrey S. Payne <JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Vulcan Captain??? (Major Mistake!!!)
 <1993Jan7.144614@usho72.hou281.chevron.com> <79432@hydra.gatech.EDU>

Except for the pointy ears, they look nothing alike.  As an aside, does anyone
know if the person plays the Vulcan Captain is also one of the brothers on
CBS's The Hat Squad? (yes I know the show is weak but...)

Jeff Payne
Penn State Ogontz Campus              |Bitnet:   JSP6@PSUVM
Computer Assisted Learning Center     |Internet: payne@toto.oz.psu.edu
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 combustion of someone you don't like? That sort of thing..."
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From: cs163wav@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Replacement for Picard
Date: 9 Jan 93 07:08:23 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1993Jan09.055545.3719@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>,
msmallwo@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (M. Lee Smallwood) writes:
}I certainly hope that Riker is not the captain of the E if
}Stewart leaves. My top choices:
}
}1) Data -- an android as a captain???
}2) Lore -- same as 1) except with the word 'evil' stuck in there
}3) LaForge -- let him see that you can't always run a
}              diagnostic. My favorite choice.
}4) Borg -- 'Riker! We can't rescue Hugh now! Hugh is
}            irrevelant.' (of course, they're supposed to be
}            different now...)
}5) that Cardassian torturer -- well, I thought he was a neat
}                               character.
}6) any Fehrengi (sp??) -- forget that! He'd sell the E so fast
}
}Also, Roe would not be bad. 
}
}I don't
}like Riker, but I believe that he could become a VERY viable
}choice for captain. He just needs some work...


Personally, I kinda like the idea of Ronny Cox as Captain Jelico of
the Enterprise.

Tony
From: chan4@husc11.harvard.edu (Derek Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Question about Yesterday's Etnterprise
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:51:30 GMT
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

When was YE shown, 1st season before Yar died?  If so, could someone send me a plot synopsis, if they have one handy.  I keep hearing so many good things about this, but I don't recall seeing this.

Thanks.
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From: chil@fraser.sfu.ca (Keith Lim)
Subject: Re: `Cheers woman
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 08:18:26 GMT

barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett) writes:

>I'm surprised at the "low level" of knowledge on this subject --
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>Kirsti Alley played Savvik in the first movie (Wrath og Kahn)
                                   ^^^^^              ^^^^^^^
                                     |                   |
                                   second!            of Khan!


>Robin Curtis played Savvik in the second movie (Search for Spock)
                     ^^^^^^        ^^^^^^
                       |             |
                     Saavik!       third!

(Sigh.)


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From: marchini@ds10.scri.fsu.edu (Juan Marchini)
Subject: possible ds9 episode.
Reply-To: marchini@ds10.scri.fsu.edu (Juan Marchini)
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 21:58:43 GMT

how about one where some ship comes careening out of control through the
wormhole back from the gamma quadrant and smashes into the station?  perhaps
breaking off some portion of the thing.  then the crew has to deal with the
tragedy, death and re-building of the station.  of course, i hope they do
it better than sttng's "disaster".  it was ok, but could have been done
better, and they stuck to their, "make sure the story is tied up by the
end of the show" rule.

what do you guys think?

juan

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From: dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown)
Subject: Re: Wow! So many new SF shows!
Organization: University of Miami, School Of Medicine
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:32:26 GMT

In article <C0BB3M.CIB@csn.org> pmichals@teal.csn.org (Paul Michals) writes:

>Babylon 5: This show at first looks like a cheap knock-off of Deep Space 9
>           But the plans for this have been around for several years and I
>           suspect that DS9 was developed because of this show. The scenarios
>           for both shows are VERY similar. Stars mostly actors from the NY
>           stage. Special Effects are said to be be state of the art.     

I was under the impression that Babylon 5 wasn't a series but a TV movie.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Dan
.
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: DS9 in Anchorage, AK
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:29:25 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1993Jan3.222955.1@pomona.claremont.edu> jaufrecht@pomona.claremont.edu writes:
<KTUU channel 2 will show DS9 Monday, Jan 8, at 7 pm.  Does anybody know when
<the regular slot will be?

Why not call them and ask?  Then you'll know right away.
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From: S104374@UMRVMA.umr.edu
Subject: Re: 28 Re: Cardassia = Iraq
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:42:44 GMT
Organization: Univ of MO - Rolla

------------------------- 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=-
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on Emissary *** SPOILERS ***
From: stapleton@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu (Dr. Ross Alan Stapleton)
Date: 6 Jan 1993 17:57 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1993Jan6.154331.12899@neb>, prp@neb (Paul Peterson) writes...
>3)  How do the producers decide the order of billing on the credits?
>Obviously it is not in order of importance of the character to the
>story.  I was surprised to see the credits in the following order:
>     Avery Brooks as Commander Sisko
>     Rene Aberjonois as Odo
>     Siddig El Fadil as Dr. Bashir
>     Terry Farrell as Lt. Dax
>     Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
>     Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien
>     Armin Shimerman as Quark
>     Nana Visitor as Major Kira
>I would have expected Major Kira to get second billing and Jake Sisko
>to be last.  I know that in Hollywood billing order has led to many
>disputes and arguments between stars, producers and agents, and there
>must be some formula for working this out based on popularity, name
>recognition, etc., but it looks to me like they just drew the names
>out of a hat.

Is it worth pointing out that, apart from Brooks, the star of the show, all
of the rest of the names were "drawn out of the hat" IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER?  ;-)

Ross
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