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Topic ID: 186
Message ID: 23
#23, RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture
Posted by Peter Eng on Feb-14-18 at 01:20 PM
In response to message #22
>That's a ship that just sailed
>back into port after the government's first successful
>around-the-world trip. It should be on every "Join Starfleet and See
>the Stars" poster and vidcast for the next half-decade or so.
>
>Sure they can spin it, an already successful ship is getting an
>upgrade that puts it decades in advance of its neighbors, but
>still...

Starfleet would have been faced with difficulties in pointing out the success of Enterprise's five-year mission while spinning the departure of James T. Kirk even if they had been fools enough to reject Gryphon's offer. Enterprise without Kirk in Starfleet is a hollow shell for purposes of public relations, particularly since it's the most successful Constitution-class ship, and still had roughly 20% of its crew die. "We don't have the man who could teach you how to get through all that, but we have his mission logs," won't exactly be reassuring, no matter how good a face they put on it.

Peter Eng
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