Yep, it does. And they even explained why! In that shuttle ride, where Kirk and McCoy first meet, when McCoy talks about his divorce, he says and she got the whole planet. That was a bitter pill to swallow! Mystery solved. *snerk*
His problem with authority (which shows how the early death of his father changed his life and who he is) aside, you do not make a cadet captain. You make him an ensign, then a lieutenant, then a lieutenant-commander, then a commander, then a captain. And by then he'll be mature and responsible. Now, if the ships that were destroyed at Vulcan had been the main fleet and not a handful of cadet!ships, then they could promote people by skipping ranks, arguing that they just don't have enough officers left since they all got killed. *sigh* They did just skip three years of academy (thus robbing us of watching Kirk and McCoy grow the close friends they are). Why didn't they just do that again, fastforward to graduation, and then add a little for services rendered, blah blah blah, special circumstances speech? Just to make it not as complete and utter nonsense?
Is there any reason he can't be called Bones? XD idgi...
Yes. That's what bugged me; the total lack of reference to a proper chain of command after the event. I do hope there was some additional explanatory stuff written that never got into the final cut of the film.
Because, while today the occasional name escapes undubbed, back when TOS first came here English words on German tv were so unacceptable it's a miracle they didn't translate Enterprise. And Knochen (bones) just doesn't sound as good as Pille.
I know! *resumes her No sense!-flailing* I mean, it was bad enough omn the Enterprise, where they didn't seem to have any officers at all, which is clear from the fact that they had to put a 17-year-old boy on the bridge, a suspended cadet got promoted to acting first officer, and te position of chef of engineering was just waiting for Scotty to stumble into it. But well, those were special circumstances, and maybe all of the normal crew suffered from whatever Sulu said the pilot had, so there were no officers but Pike and Spock, who ate at the academy instead of in the mess. Later, though? No reason. No, no reason. There's about ten thousand Star Fleet members just waiting to sue the PTB for pretermission (I'm sure that's not the right word, but natch), and they are right to do so. *glares at Star Fleet* I want my militariness back!
His problem with authority (which shows how the early death of his father changed his life and who he is) aside, you do not make a cadet captain. You make him an ensign, then a lieutenant, then a lieutenant-commander, then a commander, then a captain. And by then he'll be mature and responsible. Now, if the ships that were destroyed at Vulcan had been the main fleet and not a handful of cadet!ships, then they could promote people by skipping ranks, arguing that they just don't have enough officers left since they all got killed. *sigh* They did just skip three years of academy (thus robbing us of watching Kirk and McCoy grow the close friends they are). Why didn't they just do that again, fastforward to graduation, and then add a little for services rendered, blah blah blah, special circumstances speech? Just to make it not as complete and utter nonsense?
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Yes. That's what bugged me; the total lack of reference to a proper chain of command after the event. I do hope there was some additional explanatory stuff written that never got into the final cut of the film.
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I know! *resumes her No sense!-flailing* I mean, it was bad enough omn the Enterprise, where they didn't seem to have any officers at all, which is clear from the fact that they had to put a 17-year-old boy on the bridge, a suspended cadet got promoted to acting first officer, and te position of chef of engineering was just waiting for Scotty to stumble into it. But well, those were special circumstances, and maybe all of the normal crew suffered from whatever Sulu said the pilot had, so there were no officers but Pike and Spock, who ate at the academy instead of in the mess. Later, though? No reason. No, no reason. There's about ten thousand Star Fleet members just waiting to sue the PTB for pretermission (I'm sure that's not the right word, but natch), and they are right to do so. *glares at Star Fleet* I want my militariness back!
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