>In Captain Davidson's case, I suspect she'd have done considerably
>better if she'd been allowed to manage the affair the way she wanted,
>but - as Jim Kirk has noted with chagrin many times during his career
>- in the 25th century, with instantaneous galactic telecommunications,
>a captain is virtually never really the final authority in these
>matters.
>
I expect Jim Kirk has learned the method of The Final Report; and probably the WDF and the IPO are comparatively tolerant of Captains who Solve Things even if they don't let their shoulders be jogged.

Earthforce, OTOH, even in the original canon before the takeover weren't known for such enlightenment :-)

S.