Message Forum: Re: 7th *Heaven*?

Re: 7th *Heaven*?

Posted By: wintermute, on host 195.153.64.90
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2001, at 01:11:30
In Reply To: Re: 7th *Heaven*? posted by Grishny on Wednesday, September 26, 2001, at 10:34:32:

> > I think, if a soldier only fought in one *battle*,
> I wouldn't call him (or her) a veteran, even if
> they were a ranking officer.
>
> Not even if that one battle was a huge,
> important one like Gettysburg or D-Day?

Hrmm... Difficult to call, I suppose.

> > On a related note, does anyone know why
> they swapped the colours of Command and
> Operations between the times of Star Trek
> and TNG? And why are Operations personnel
> still called "redshirts" even though they're now
> wearing gold?
>
> Perhaps it had something to do with
> Starfleet's change of policy concerning
> commanding officers taking part in landing
> parties. Red shirts made for more obvious
> targets (hence the higher mortality rate); now
> that ship captains don't beam down as often,
> perhaps they decided to try to lower the
> casualty rate among the marines.

Given the huge death rate amongst redshirts, it can't have been a very auspicious omen to put all the senior officers in red.

> Gri"I feels silly"shny

winter"I saw The Wrath of Kahn again last night. Teh bets ST movie. Yay!"mute

Replies To This Message

Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Thu, 9/27/2001, 05:48:27
- Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Thu, 9/27/2001, 06:03:34
  - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Thu, 9/27/2001, 08:28:15
    - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Nyperold - Thu, 9/27/2001, 10:46:55
      - Who - Grishny - Thu, 9/27/2001, 12:08:54
        
        Re: Who - Nyperold - Thu, 9/27/2001, 14:47:50
        
        Re: Who - Grishny - Fri, 9/28/2001, 12:01:02
        
        Re: Who - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 01:10:42
        
        Re: Who - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 05:55:31
        
        Re: Who - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 06:08:50
        
        Re: Who - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 06:17:40
        
        Re: Who - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 06:29:55
        
        Re: Who - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 08:17:36
        
        Re: Who - Faux Pas - Fri, 9/28/2001, 05:28:40
    - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Thu, 9/27/2001, 08:48:28
      - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Thu, 9/27/2001, 10:00:19
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Fri, 9/28/2001, 01:07:37
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Fri, 9/28/2001, 06:07:28
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Fri, 9/28/2001, 06:19:54
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Fri, 9/28/2001, 08:58:55
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 01:02:18
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 05:47:43
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 05:56:30
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 06:10:28
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Mon, 10/1/2001, 06:44:35
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 08:20:41
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Faux Pas - Mon, 10/1/2001, 07:05:15
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Mon, 10/1/2001, 08:23:06
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Fri, 9/28/2001, 09:20:10
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Grishny - Fri, 9/28/2001, 09:58:57
        
        Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Brunnen-G - Sat, 9/29/2001, 22:25:33
  - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - Zarniwoop - Thu, 9/27/2001, 08:19:18
    - Re: 7th *Heaven*? - wintermute - Thu, 9/27/2001, 08:32:55
      - Star Trek etc. - Nyperold - Thu, 9/27/2001, 10:55:37