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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:   
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   >> If memory serves, they wanted a companion for Vina, possibly to repopulate   
   >> the planet.   
   >   
   >They'd decided humans were unsuitable, though.   
      
   In both versions? I do remember them having that revelation after scanning   
   the Enterprise's data banks, but I also remember them noting that humans   
   fared better than the other races they tried.   
      
   >It's interesting to see him walking back in happily. No one says it, but   
   >there are worse things than a gilded cage.   
      
   Beats living in a wheelchair that can only blink "yes" or "no".   
      
   You know, Star Fleet could have made asomething better for him. I always   
   wondered why they cheaped out with his space-wheelchair.   
      
   >> >A question about both versions: since Vina was put back together so   
   >> >clumsily that she could barely walk, how in the galaxy did they expect   
   >> >her to bear children? If they just didn't realize how dangerous that is   
   >> >for humans, they might have had to rebuild her again after the birth.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, there was that... maybe they had IV technology (AKA "test tube   
   >> babies").   
   >   
   >Possibly. They seemed to have good medical tech.   
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