Quote (FaTaL eRrOr @ April 25 2006, 4:56 pm)

There's something that I just read in the official press release that I thought was highly important. Quote Abrams' producing partners from Lost, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, are cited as being producers on "Trek XI." This project is separate from the previously rumored script developed by Eric Jendresen and overseen by Rick Berman. The former Star Trek producer is not involved in this project. Berman gone is what we've been asking for for years now, and all I'm seeing are complaints?  Give it the benefit of the doubt.  This is the creator of Lost and Alias, after all.  He knows how to write/direct a good script.  I'm not wild on the prequel idea either, but I'm more than happy to see a non-Berman produced Star Trek in the works.  And don't give me that "the producer doesn't mean it's good or bad" line, we all know the right producer can do wonderful things (Ira Behr - DS9, Michael Piller - DS9, Ron Moore - BSG, JJ Abrams - Lost & Alias, etc.) and the wrong producer can do terrible things (Berman & Braga - all screwed up Trek).

Good posting.

Quote (George W Carver @ April 25 2006, 3:23 pm)

Quote (Captain Seavey @ April 25 2006, 1:32 pm) All the info that's been available on this story (its been batted around for quite a while now) has had them together as students. Sounds like they're rewriting history. There are Star Trek novels about their academy days.

Means nothing, Star Trek novels are and always have been non-cannon.

Quote (YummyPork @ April 26 2006, 7:58 am)

Quote (Gal Dukat @ April 25 2006, 12:07 pm) I'm not saying that they're doing it right, but what do you guys think, that Kirk graduated the Academy and immediately became captain of the Enterprise?  During the 11 years and four months before Kirk became captain, I assume he was working his way up the ranks.  It would still have been possible for Kirk and Spock to have been at the Academy together, if the only piece of information we were given was that Spock served for 11 and a third years under one captain before another one took over.  I know it's not, but what did Kirk do in between when he graduated and when he took command of the Enterprise? That's what I was thinking.

Agian i shall open my Star Trek Encyclopedia and answer that question.

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In 2250 Kirk was serving on board the USS Republic with his friend Benjamin Finney. Kirk's service aboard the Rebublic was apparently while he was still attending the Academy, since he was an ensign on the Republic but he was a lieutenant on the USS Farragut which was described as his first posting after the academy ("Court Martial" [TOS])

Now Kirk was given command on the Enterprise in 2264. Now Spock was there for 11 years and 4 months before Kirk so Spock joined the Enterprise around in 2253 while Kirk was onboard the USS Farragut. As Kirk commanded a survey mission to Tyree's planet in 2254 (Obsession [TOS])

Also acording to there birth dates Spock is 3 years older then Kirk being born in 2230 were Kirk was born in 2233.

So in looking at all of this from the Star Trek Encyclopedia it is accually even though i hate to say it slightly possible they did attend the academy at the same time.

I would have checked the Encyclopedia if I had been near one at the time.  Sorry about that.

Quote (Lord Dave @ April 25 2006, 5:08 pm)

...captain didn't mean you had your own ship. (spock was referred to as 'captain spock' many times.)

If memory serves Scotty was also eventually referred to as "Captain Scott" even though he didn't command a ship.

My guess is they had to be promoted eventually and there was nowhere else to go

STXI: the pacemaker

Actually I'm waiting for Star Trek 12, as predicted by the simpsons: "Old and Tired"