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   From: no@spam.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    "Steven L."  wrote:   
      
   > Sometimes a starship captain has to play diplomat rather than soldier.   
   > Maybe that's why Scotty was never offered command of a starship, even   
   > though he eventually got promoted to captain (cf. ST III: The Search for   
   > Spock).   
      
   I'm sure Scotty could have had a starship command of his own, if he'd   
   wanted it. He proved time and again that he was a perfectly good ship   
   commander. But I doubt he would have wanted it. His first love is and   
   was engineering.   
      
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