--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 COURT-MARTIAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WRITER: Don M. Mankiewica and Stephen W. Carabatsos GUESTS: Percy Rodriguez (Attorney?) Elisha Cook, Jr. Joan Marshall Richard Webb Alice Rawlings Hagan Beggs Winston DeLugo AIRED: February 2, 1967 HACK-MAN rating: .325 Usenet rating: .532 QUOTES: ======= - "You may be able to beat your next captain at chess." --Kirk. COURT-MARTIAL PLOT: ===== Kirk is placed on trial when the ship's records show that he committed an error that cost a crewmember's life. The "dead" crewman changed the ship's computer tapes so it shows Kirk jettisoning the pod during YELLOW alert instead of red alert. Spock wins at 3-D chess against the computer five games in a row, convincing him that the ship's computer has been tampered with (the best he should have been able to achieve was a draw since he programmed the game in himself.) McCoy masks out the heartbeat of all remaining crewmembers after most have beamed down to see if anyone is hiding. For some reason they can tell how many life forms are on a planet they are orbiting, but not on their own ship! McCoy masks Spock's heartbeat out as if it were in the human position rather than the Vulcan position. They then listen to the noises with the heartbeats masked out and hear another single heartbeat (and for some reason don't hear their voices amplified about a billion times). FACTS: ====== - The crewman "died" at stardate 2945.7. - Kirk was an ensign on the USS Republic NCC-1371. - Kirk's serial number is S [D|C] -937-0176-CEC (Captain, Starship Commander). - Spock's serial number is S-179-276-SP (Lt. Commander, First Officer, Science Officer). - McCoy is Lt. Commander, Ship's Surgeon. - Kirk mentions amplifying "one to the fourth power" - Kirk was hot for Areel Shaw. He might also have had a tryst with Yeoman Helen Johannson. OPINIONS: ========= Pretty minor offense for losing one's captaincy over. Seems like they'd be firing captains every day if this were the policy. They make a big deal of "books" and "rights of the accused".