Most Illogical ...

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Leutenant T'Aral looked upon the Commanche Creek officers preparing on board the Hard Six with a certain level of dissatisfaction. It was illogical, of course; she was simply present to fulfill her duties as medical officer ... providing support to the mission as assigned. Her opinions on the matter carried no weight, and were largely irrelevant.

 

And yet ...

 

The entire mission structure was illogical. As best as T'Aral could determine, the assignment was to identify who was responsible for sabotaging the M-5 on board the Enterprise and then ( as time and resources allowed ) administer what could be best described as 'Fronteer Justice'. All this, however, struck T'Aral as simplistic.

 

Pursuing the 'Wire-Weres' was sensible, as they appeared to be the only beings capable of the act. They were the most logical suspects, except that making a move against the Federation had no logic behind it. Surely the Federation would respond, and the resulting response would be injurous to their organization. Logically, there was a force - an institution or organization who had hired the cybernetic mercenaries. The first goal should be to identify that factor and deal with them directly.

 

This, however, was a task for Federation Inteligence ... not for line officers of a battleship. The Comanche Creek crew was trained for combat, not espionage investigation. Further, under such conditions only specially trained Federation officers should be going on the assignment ... not the Comanche Creek command staff.

 

During her time at the academy, T'Aral often looked with curiousity at the reactions many of the elder Vulcan statesmen had when the question of Starfleet came up. She never understood the negativity they maintained when presented with the potential of working with Starfleet until now. However much good may be accomplished by the Federation, it was typically done in the most illogical of ways.

 

There was nothing to be done. She was a ship's doctor - an extraneous appendage until such time as someone on board is injured and survives long enough to reach the Medical deck. Within the structure of Starfleet this was the way things would be, and there was nothing that could be done about it. As herself, however, there was one thing that T'Aral could send with the Captain ... a gesture, if nothing more.

 

"Kudaya fi'khart-lan ... kudaya fi'ek'etek"

Blessings on the Captain ... blessings on us all.

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This, however, was a task for Federation Inteligence ... not for line officers of a battleship. The Comanche Creek crew was trained for combat, not espionage investigation. Further, under such conditions only specially trained Federation officers should be going on the assignment ... not the Comanche Creek command staff.

 

It's Classic Star Trek and New Star Trek tradition! Most of the entire command staff must go on an away team mission so we can put our eggs in one basket so to speak. And, when something happens, wow, there goes the entire command structure of the ship.

 

One of my personal favorites is Star Trek Five, the mission to Nimbus Three - a fitting example considering we're lurking about Nimbus sectors for this current plot. Kirk, Spock, McCoy (who can prolly take command if needed), Sulu, and Uhuru all head on down with the away strike team, leaving Cmdr Chekov commanding the Enterprise and Scotty working miracles in Engineering.

 

At least Chekov is left in command, but most of the entire command team still heads off for parts unknown.

 

Nice log Lieutenant!

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... Kirk, Spock, McCoy (who can prolly take command if needed), Sulu, and Uhuru all head on down with the away strike team, ...

 

To my memory, Dr. McCoy took command of the Enterprise *once*: in part 1 of "The Menagerie", when Spock surrendered the Enterprise to him rather than see Kirk suffocate in a shuttlecraft.

 

His tenure of command was both brief and uneventful.

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Forgot about McCoy’s brief command stint in the 2-part Menagerie episode. In addition, an excellent, excellent TOS Trek novel showcasing the ‘what if medical doctor in command’ scenario is Diane Duane’s Doctors Orders. Bones gets to lock horns with Klingons and everything!

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That's a mnek'ra io Enarrain. But face it, anything by Diane Duane is good reading. As for McCoy and espionage, also take a look at

Diane Duane's The Romulan Way, where McCoy is set up to be captured by Rihannsu to try to locate a missing deep cover Federation intelligence officer that's went native. He's a tricky little bugger!

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... narrowly escaping the conclusion of a Romulan tribunal through a classic Southern delaying tactic known as a filibuster - which, he was later advised, would not be tolerated in the Vulcan Senate.

Edited December 15, 2010 by T'aral