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- From: kuchar@buast7.bu.edu (Tom Kuchar)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
- Subject: Re: 3-4 shifts
- Message-ID: <105485@bu.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 13:00:28 GMT
- References: <qAW=pd+@engin.umich.edu>
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- Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- In article <qAW=pd+@engin.umich.edu> (William Johnson) writes:
- >The person who brought up the stupidity of the shift from 3-4 shifts
- >was very correct. Did one ever see in TOS anyone getting up in the
- >middle of battle or a tense situation saying "My shift is over, time to
- >punch out" I didn't think so. So it seems that the person's argument makes
- >sense, whether or not Starfleet is a military organization.
-
- Perhaps you could explain this a bit better. What does this have to do
- with going from 3 to 4 duty shifts. A 3 shift system also could change
- during a protracted battle. Perhaps they should have no shifts so that
- no one can punch out during a battle.
-
- Jellico wanted the new delta shift on duty when they meet the
- Cardassians, but Riker said that gamma shift would still be on duty.
- Apparently Jellico wanted a fresh shift when they confronted the
- Cardassians and not one that was nearing the end of its watch.
- --
- Tom Kuchar
- kuchar@buast7.bu.edu -or- kuchar@plh.af.mil
- Department of Astronomy Phillips Laboratory/GPOB
- Boston Univerity Hanscom AFB
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