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** The prefix code may not actually be the "root password" to everything. The only thing Kirk uses it for is to use the helm console on ''Enterprise's'' to order ''Reliant'' to drop her shields. It may only provide a tie-in on the helm console. Spock also pointed out that Kahn could have changed the code, and it seems that if he knew where the manual override was on the console without having to search for it Kahn might have been able to raise the shields again before ''Enterprise'' could attack. It makes sense to have a code on at least the larger ships like ''Enterprise'' that lets them order an out-of-control Starfleet ship to "drop your shields and stop tumbling" to allow them to beam a recovery crew onboard.
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* My preferred explanation is that the system was originally surveyed by an automated probe, and the names of the discovered planets were assigned automatically by the probe. In the course of later live surveys of systems automated probes originally visited Starfleet learned that the probes often made mistakes, so they learned to take all "remote probe data" with a grain of salt. Some years after the initial probe, ''Enterprise'' came in and planted Kahn's colony. They noted that the probe had named Ceti Alpha V's moon "Ceti Alpha VI" by mistake, probably because it was of comparable size and V and VI were really more of a dual planet system than a moon and its satellite, but they didn't bother to change the name on Starfleet records, and kept the whole "this is where we put Kahn" thing out of the official records. Six months later Ceti Alpha V's moon exploded and shifted Ceti Alpha V's orbit so that it became uninhabitable. Kahn saved most of his people within a matter of days by converting the remains of the ''Botany Bay'' into shelters. Roughly fourteen and a half years later, ''Reliant'' passed by the system and did a long-range scan. They saw that the Class M Ceti Alpha V in the records seemed to be missing - the planet that was still in that orbit was a better match for the original probe's readings for Ceti Alpha VI, so they identified it as Ceti Alpha VI, even though it was now the fifth orbit out from Ceti Alpha (there may have been other planets the probe didn't discover either, meaning the whole numbering scheme wasn't correct anyway). Since there was no Class M planet detectable in the system they figured it might be a viable test sight for Genesis, so they went in for a closer look. They didn't pick up any debris from Ceti Alpha VI on sensors because it had all landed on Ceti Alpha V or traveled far enough away over the last fourteen years to not be immediately identifiable as the remains of a planet that was originally in that orbit. You know the rest.
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**** We actually don't see his funeral in that episode either. We just saw his fiancé mourning him at the end of the episode, which is more than most RedShirts get.
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* The command code. Apparently every federation ship carries the ''root password'' for every other ship. The implications of this are much more blatant in the age of the internet, but even back in TheEighties, it still would be akin to keeping copies of military secrets like nuclear launch codes on every single army jeep. Why is this?
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* The command code. Apparently every federation ship carries the ''root password'' for every other ship. The implications of this are much more blatant in the age of the internet, but even back in TheEighties, it still would be akin to keeping copies of military secrets like nuclear launch codes on every single army jeep. Why is this?
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** To wit: Kirk knows that Marla [=McGivers=] chose to go into exile with Khan, she would be at his side on ''Reliant'''s bridge, the fact that she isn't there leads pretty logically to the conclusion that she isn't ''anywhere'' any more, except possibly six feet under on Ceti Alpha V.
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* Considering we saw in The Doomsday Machine that it's possible for even older ships to be capable of scanning systems from outside of them, there really isn't much excuse. The only plausible explanation is Khan lying, but that doesn't explain what happened to Ceti Alpha V, as Chekhov puts it they had a 'fair chance' at making a good living on the planet, and it's not described quite as the blasted wasteland we see in the movie. If Ceti Alpha VI had indeed exploded though, they should have detected debris or some other signs. So either they were being idiotically lazy (which I think laziness of that magnitude should get them kicked out of Starfleet), or there's some other explanation. I think another idiot moment though should go to Kirk for not putting some kind of warning buoy or even telling Starfleet 'Hey we marooned a dangerous criminal in the Ceti Alpha system, so don't go there."
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** I think also Spock contributed a little bit: he wanted his students to make a good impression on his best friend, so he totally jumped the gun and practically bit Saavik's head off for (in his opinion) acting like a total newbie/patronizing Kirk (when really she was being genuinely helpful). Maybe the regulation she cited wasn't actually supposed to be particularly obvious, but everyone got so jumpy trying to look cool in front of Admiral Kirk, nobody was doing their jobs particularly well.
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**** Except at the end of Balance of Terror, but that one left a widow behind.
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*** Vulcan's being unable to lie is not entirely true. They can lie, but only if it is logical to do so, which is rare in their culture. They won't lie to spare someone's feelings, or lie to advance their own careers etc, but will lie if it involves deceiving an enemy because that's the logically tactical choice such as Tuvok in Voyager starting as an undercover officer in which case he had to lie to do his job. It would seem here that Saavik would have deemed it more logical to be honest with repair estimates giving the severity of the damage but Spock who's more familiar with Khan than she is realized he'd probably be eavesdropping and Kirk would catch his hidden meaning and therefore it was more logical to lie.
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*** Vulcan's being unable to lie is not entirely true. They can lie, but only if it is logical to do so, which is rare in their culture. They won't lie to spare someone's feelings, or lie to advance their own careers etc, but will lie if it involves deceiving an enemy because that's the logically tactical choice such as Tuvok in Voyager starting as an undercover officer in which case he had to lie to do his job. It would seem here that Saavik would have deemed it more logical to be honest with repair estimates giving the severity of the damage but Spock Spock, who's more familiar with Khan than she is is, realized he'd probably be eavesdropping and Kirk would catch his hidden meaning and therefore it was more logical to lie.
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*** The Reliant being easily outclassed by Enterprise was exactly what Khan was thinking. That meant that Kirk would underestimate the threat from Reliant, and that threat being that Khan knew exactly where to target Enterprise to incapacitate it despite Reliant's weaker weaponry.
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*** Vulcan's being unable to lie is not entirely true. They can lie, but only if it is logical to do so, which is rare in their culture. They won't lie to spare someone's feelings, or lie to advance their own careers etc, but will lie if it involves deceiving an enemy because that's the logically tactical choice such as Tuvok in Voyager starting as an undercover officer in which case he had to lie to do his job. It would seem here that Saavik would have deemed it more logical to be honest with repair estimates giving the severity of the damage but Spock who's more familiar with Khan than she is realized he'd probably be eavesdropping and Kirk would catch his hidden meaning and therefore it was more logical to lie.
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* How did they get Ceti Alpha V and Ceti Alpha VI confused? Maybe the explosion of Ceti Alpha VI may have moved V into VI's orbit, but surely the ''Reliant'' crew would have noticed that there was one less planet in the system than the records said there should have been. This doesn't even get into how you would think Starfleet would have put a big red flag on the Ceti Alpha system because of Khan being left there.
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* How did they get Ceti Alpha V and Ceti Alpha VI confused? Maybe the explosion of Ceti Alpha VI may have moved V into VI's orbit, but surely the ''Reliant'' crew would have noticed that there was one less planet in the system than the records said there should have been. This doesn't even get into how you would think Starfleet would have put a big red flag on the Ceti Alpha system because of Khan being left there.
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* How did they get Ceti Alpha V and Ceti Alpha VI confused? Maybe the explosion of Ceti Alpha VI may have moved V into VI's orbit, but surely the ''Reliant'' crew would have noticed that there was one less planet in the system than the records said there should have been. This doesn't even get into how you would think Starfleet would have put a big red flag on the Ceti Alpha system because of Khan being left there.
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**** Why would he get in trouble for taking a defensive posture? It's not like he's opening fire on ''Reliant.'' The worst that would happen in the case of a misunderstanding is that Terrell would be a bit miffed at not being trusted.
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**** The Genesis wave explicitly destroys everything it touches, including life. Spock says so in so many words, and that's why it makes such an effective weapon. And if the wave propagates at the speed of light (which seems reasonable), then no, a ship restricted to impulse can't outrun it.
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**** Chekov says "on Ceti Alpha V there was life" when he still thinks they're on Ceti Alpha VI. That seems to support the theory that he'd simply forgotten until his memory was jogged.
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*** Except ''Enterprise'' was frantically trying to make contact the whole way in, with the added wrinkle that Regula's communications were identifiably being jammed. That would have raised just as much suspicion. (FridgeBrilliance: what if that's what got [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Kruge]] interested in the first place?)
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*** My guess is that the eels aren't as effective as Khan thought. Chekov and Terrell are the first infected people who weren't already inclined to obey Khan's orders. The extra resistance could be why Terrell was able to disobey, and why Chekov's eel was driven out.
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*** Kirk calls down several times and gets no answer. Not even a low level engineer is responding to direct calls to the bridge. Spock leaves without Kirk noticing until the ship escapes, so he wasn't delegating responsibility. As for TOS, give it a watch again. Kirk is always in engineering during a crisis. He rarely calls down. Kirk in TOS is essential to solution process. Scotty rarely has ideas on his own.[[note]]it would be nice to see examples from the series if this is the case.]]
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** Kirk has made plenty of enemies over his life and it's a fair assumption he knows from experience what a vengeful man looks like. Kirk probably could tell from Khan's body language and how he spoke that Khan wasn't just getting back into his world conquering hobby from the old days like they'd feared but that Khan was coming after Kirk for payback, which could only mean something had happened on Ceti Alpha that Khan blamed Kirk for. The rest wouldn't be hard to figure out.
