>
>I object to the use of "scam". Only one party receives anything of
>value from a scam.
>

True, and a point. I apologize. Starfleet is getting a major tech upgrade while only 'losing' a captain they were about to lose anyway and a ship that they would have to rebuild.

As a reader, however, I can't help but feel that Starfleet isn't exactly getting the best half of this deal.

>
>Starfleet's PR people will find a way to make the transfer of
>Enterprise and the mass defection of Kirk and his officer corps
>seem like part of a coordinated gesture of extreme magnanimity from
>the Fleet to a storied and much-abused galactic defense organization
>that is getting back on its feet. Since this aligns quite well with
>the WDF Public Affairs Office's own overarching goal in those years of
>shaking off the lingering tendrils of its GENOM-built Exile bad image,
>they're more than happy to let Starfleet's people tell that story.
>

*Clap, clap* There's the sort of spin I was talking about.