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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Plot for STIV
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 11:47:29 EDT
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{ Scotty!  Save my ass! }

I like your story.  It is rather amusing.

They still have that one captured Klingon and the Vulcans could always use the
Mind Meld or whatever it is to pick the information out.

...EXCEPT, Vulcans don't like to do that.  Spock, I don't remember, ever doing
it without the other being's permission (Except in the novel "The Price of the
Phoenix."  TRIVIA: Whatever happened to the sequel?)  I don't think we'd get 
the Vulcans to go in and pry this information out of the guy.

The thing about the ship ejecting a log is quite possible.  How do the logs
work?  Any idea.  Because, after all, if the log didn't get far enough away,
when Genesis went kerboom, it might have gotten swallowed.

As I said, what information does Starfleet have?  They are missing two
Starships: the Grissom and the Enterprise.  Assuming neither got logs
out, or they were eaten, Starfleet has no information except what Jim says
and what the Klingons say.

And, while originally the Klingons were the Russians and the Federation was
the U.S., there is one distinct difference between the Klingons and the 
Russians: The Klingons CRAVE WAR.  They love it.  It's the next best thing
to sex.  The Russians don't.  The only reason the Klingons signed that damn
treaty in the first place is that they realised that they were going up
against an unbeatable foe named THE ORGANIANS.  Not the Federation.  Kor
was quite sure that they could whip the Federation with one arm tied behind
their backs.  They weren't afraid of the Federation.

Now, if the Organians have suddenly decided to go on Vacation and let the
battles begin, I think the Klingons would grab at any excuse to attack.
They want to.  Remember Star Trek: The Motion Picture/Sickness?  They had
new cruisers that were supposed to be more then a match for our silly 
Heavy Cruisers.  Unfortunately, they got eaten by the cloud, but with these
suckers on their side, the only reason that they didn't attack before is
because the Organians wouldn't let them.  If we can be correct in assuming
that a loophole to the treaty has been found, the Klingons will take any
excuse to attack and the Federation will go to any length to try to make
peace, the amazing diplomats that they are.  They'll agree to kick Jim
out of Star Fleet.  Here's my concept of the next movie...it's very close
to the other one.

Jim returns back to shame.  The Federation is blaming him for causing an
interstellar incident.  An a desperate attempt to appease the Klingons,
Jim is kicked out of the service along with his motley band.  The Klingons
babble something about "This isn't good enough.  We're still pissed." and
wipe out a planet or two.  The Federation sends in some cruisers and things
are starting to look bad when Jim pops up in his silly little spaceship and
manages to turn the tide (How, I don't know.  Maybe they end up using Genesis
as a weapon.  I don't buy that one of those wimpy 12 man ships could wipe
out the Klingons new battle cruiser.)  Oh, by the way, in the course of the
battle the Excelsior gets nailed, and there is much rejoicing.  Anyway, so
Jim shows up and saves the day and the Federation decides that since Jim
was so nice and helped them out, they would return his former rank and such
if he promises never to do anything like that again, which he agrees to.
Of course, the camera shows those of us in the audience that Jim had his
fingers crossed and we all get a good laugh.
--
"I'm up the creek" -- Cheap Trick                       Peter Merchant