Subj : Re: Star Trek II: Death of Khan?
To   : Kostie Muirhead
From : Chris Krascek
Date : Sun Jul 04 2021 14:12:04

 KM> A Miranda class is nowhere near the same league as a Constitution. In a
 KM> straight up fight with all other factors being equal, the Connie wipes
 KM> the floor with the Miranda every day of the week, even with a trainee
 KM> crew. It's one of the things I like most about WOK - the baddie doesn't
 KM> have a bigger badder ship.

fair point. WOK is somewhat a bit of an underdog story in that regard. Good thing Kirks quick thinking and action against an adversary that took him off guard compensates for his silly mistake.
 KM> I would imagine some level of ruse would have been concocted along the
 KM> lines of

I don't know. With Spock scanning, he's bound to pick up that they are lying. They tried to say the the coils were overloading.

Either way, it was a great story but I felt that everything that made Khan a great character in TOS space seed wasn't explored enough in WOC. I did however, enjoy the moby dick parable to it.
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