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Brown_supahero
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Why does the Lt. need a shuttle can't he take a transport the rest of us

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He probably got a ride with a starship going close to Jupiter, then took a shuttle "out on loan" from that ship seeing as he would be at Jupiter Station for a while.
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Why is Barlay still a lieutenant? He's been holding the same rank for like...forever. The guy deserves some praise.
SF is doing a BAD job in praising its officers. Psychologically speaking, praising improves performances in students. I'm sure the same can be applied to SF officers.

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I doubt the shuttle was Barclay's personal property. On TNG though, Geordi mentioned something about an old assignment he had right out of the Academy. The Jovian run they called it. Something about a cargo run traveling back and forth from Jupiter to Saturn everyday on a shuttle. The episode was "Chain of Command." Apparently such a trip is old hat, so I bet it is relatively easy to procure a shuttle on Earth and zoom on out to Jupiter Station. Saturn's average orbit is over twice that of Jupiter's average orbit so that at least part of the Earth year, Earth is closer to Jupiter than Saturn probably ever will be. On average that is.

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As best as I can tell, Barclay is now a full Lieutenant. So it looks like he did get promoted. Also, if you look closely, the shuttle still has the "74656" markings on the side.

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Promotions aren't really the standard method of rewading personnel of extraordinary achievments. People get medals and commendations for those.

As for the shuttle - perhaps this was the one Stadi had to give in exchange for the NCC-73-something she used in "Caretaker"? :-) Barclay could have acquired it for personal reasons, to match his current obsession.

In any case, the shuttle is good continuity. Had Barclay used a transport, he would probably have had to use a transporter when moving to the station (I didn't see any obvious docking ports for large vessels). And he doesn't like transporters all that much.

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NCC-71325 I believe Timo, which magically became NCC-1701-D as it accended to Voyager.

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"Realm of Fear" establishes that Barclay is extremely afraid of transporters and that he spent his entire career on shuttlecraft of one kind or another.

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What was the name of that shuttle anyway? I know he said it...

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Dat
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Close captioning says he said "Dawkins". Who this person is is beyond me. Perhaps they meant Hawkins instead.

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Well, if you don't know who Dawkins is, why change it to "Hawkins"? Are there any famous Hawknises in the science/exploration business you can think of?

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Stephen Hawking!!!
Don;t you know him!?

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Of course, I saw him at McDonalds last Thursday. Everyone in my town knows Stephen Hawkins, him being the best accountant in town.

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New, in a Spacedock near you:

RENT-A-SHUTTLE

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Prakesh: Certainly, I know who Stephen Hawking is. But what about this "Hawkins" fellow?

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