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0|0|0|||1||In Which Life Imitates Art|The Traitor||17:50:17|10/31/2013|%5Blink%3Anews.yahoo.com%2Fcaptain-kirk-navy-destroyer-135551630.html%7CThe USS Zumwalt%2C a new destroyer%2C has a familiar sounding captain...%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old and lame and barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|MuninsFire||18:19:00|10/31/2013|At least his middle initial is not %22T%22...%0D%0A%0D%0ATrue story%3A I went to high school with a guy with the first name of %22Kirk%22...after the Enterprise%27s captain%2C rather than after the star of Spartacus.  His dad was a Trekkie.  Between that and a truly epic case of acne%2C he never did have much of a chance for a social life.  Nice guy%2C though%3B I still talk to him now and then.
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|cyberpagan||13:36:49|11/01/2013|At least he wasn%27t made Captain of the %22Enterprise%22 %3AD%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A
5|3|2|||1||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|Prince Charon||02:09:00|11/04/2013|%3EAt least he wasn%27t made Captain of the %22Enterprise%22 %3AD %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AGive him time%2C the new one isn%27t launched%2C yet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%22%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington
6|4|5|||||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|BLUE||20:59:00|11/08/2013|%3E%3EAt least he wasn%27t made Captain of the %22Enterprise%22 %3AD %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGive him time%2C the new one isn%27t launched%2C yet. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AHe%27s not a pilot%3B Enterprise has already been assigned to a new carrier%2C and only former pilots captain carriers.
7|5|6|||||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|Polychrome||20:34:31|11/09/2013|%3E%3E%3EAt least he wasn%27t made Captain of the %22Enterprise%22 %3AD %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EGive him time%2C the new one isn%27t launched%2C yet. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3EHe%27s not a pilot%3B Enterprise has already been assigned to a new %0D%0A%3Ecarrier%2C and only former pilots captain carriers. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C since all of the big carriers like the Enterprise are nuclear%2C he would have to have a nuclear engineering qualification.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome
3|1|0|||||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|SliderDaFeral||13:46:16|11/02/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-02-13 AT 01:46 PM (EDT)]And from all scuttlebutt reports%2C he has more in common with Captain Styles than his famous namesake.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Slider Da Feral %28NYAR%21%29
4|2|3|||1||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|Mercutio||15:56:14|11/02/2013|Well%2C that%27s to be expected. Kirk would probably not have even made it through Annapolis%2C and if he somehow became a commissioned officer in the USN his career would likely have ended in a DD. Officers like Styles%2C on the other hand%2C are a dime a dozen.%0D%0A%0D%0AKirk only really works in the far future or in the Age of Sail. There ain%27t a lot of room for guys like him in the context of a modern real-life navy.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
8|3|4|||1||RE%3A In Which Life Imitates Art|Prince Charon||03:35:45|11/22/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-22-13 AT 03:35 AM (EST)]In the early seasons%2C he%27s not nearly as maverick... unless you%27re talking about the twit from nuTrek%2C who wouldn%27t have made it to Lt JG in the classic series.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%22%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington