From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Kirk's Boo-Boos?   
      
      
      
   "Marcovaldo"  wrote in message    
   news:a36194de-500c-4fbd-a4a4-d9d9403c1655@gd10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Sep 25, 1:19apm, Ron  wrote:   
   > > On Sep 25, 9:23aam, Rocinante  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > I believe he made a tactical error at the beginning ot ST: The Motionless   
   > > > Picture, but I will have to review it to see what it was. Anyone?   
   > >   
   > > I'm pretty sure Deker thought he did since Ilia got technically   
   > > killed, though V'ger might have gone after her anyway since she was   
   > > Deltan, and like Spock, different from all the other humans.   
   > >   
   >   
   > He may have been refering to the near-miss with the asteroid. Kirk   
   > ordered firing the phaser, which would not have worked. Then Decker   
   > saved the day by ordering the firing of photon torpedoes.   
      
   Yes, although even there Decker realized that only someone highly    
   familiar with the refit Enterprise's redesign would have known that the    
   phasers would be cut off in that situation.   
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
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