quote:Originally posted by Woodside Kid: TUC (Valeris' line): "We have a crew of 300..."
Addendum: I never took that line to mean the total crew numbered 300, but rather that 300 of the crew had been detailed to that task. The whole line was something like, "we have a crew of 300 searching their quarters," or some such. Other crewman were searching the halls and so on, and I'm sure even with the urgency of the search and Kirk's life and all, there were a few guys down in Engineering making sure the ship didn't blow up.
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You think so? To me the line sounds weird if it IS supposed to refer to the entire crew. If Valeris meant the whole crew, why wouldn't she have said "the crew is searching their quarters." She didn't even say the crew, she said a crew.
I don't have a problem with the Enterprise being undermanned for TUC, and I really don't care exactly how many people are on board, but I just don't get that impression from the Valeris dialogue.
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I just dont see what the heck even 300 people could possibly have to do on a ship that can operate just fine with a crew of far less than 50 (STIII, STV).
Watching STVI is like watching any Tom Clancy novel made into a (*sort of) sci-fi movie.
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Yes, because even normally the Enterprise is outmatched by a 12-man Klingon runabout, even after getting the drop on him before he can raise his shields. You're just being silly at this point.
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