XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: sureshot@pcwranglers.com   
      
   David Johnston wrote:   
   >   
   > ToolPackinMama wrote:   
      
   > > As I explained, that doesn't mean that Kirk wasn't able to help them   
   > > some other way.   
   >   
   > How?   
      
   How about if I save a few keystrokes and just repost?   
      
   > Kirk had OTHER things he could do for Tyree, and that is probably what   
   > he actually did do.  Obviously Kirk would not be satisfied to leave it   
   > like that, and I don't think he would.  But he sure as shit wouldn't   
   > require his reluctant shipmates to break the PD against their will,   
   > either.   
   >   
   > Kirk probably dutifully filed a report in which he complained about the   
   > situation and offered his testimony and evidence.  Starfleet probably   
   > called the top UFP guys for a quick conference over the situation, and   
   > probably within hours, or days at the outside, Kirk or someone like him   
   > was properly authorized to kick some Klingon butt.   
   >   
   > Then Kirk and/or his equivalent would go ashore to barter with the   
   > villagers and the hill people, and buy all the Klingon flintlocks back   
   > from them.  Some duly-appointed UFP representative would hang around to   
   > oversee the restoration of normal relations between the tribes.   
   >   
   > The Klingons would be shamed for their dishonorable breaking of a   
   > treaty, and the renegade Klingons who were responsible would get some   
   > justice.   
   >   
   > That's how I figure the situation actually would play out.  I figure   
   > that that is the way it would play out, because that generally is the   
   > way that they do things in TOS.   
      
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