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Post by suzukichan24 on Jul 8, 2009 13:58:40 GMT -6
Haha,.. I just recently watched this episode! What I want to know is why the main characters are always on the away party! I guess it's because if they only sent red shirts, no one would come back, haha. But seriously.... shouldn't they send down some secondary characters instead of half of the bridge and the most important doctor from sickbay?!
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 10, 2009 8:04:48 GMT -6
Well, the main characters aren't always on the away party, Suzuki-chan. They just happened to be in this one, probably because it was a First Contact situation, and no one had ever met the Melkotians before.
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Post by suzukichan24 on Jul 10, 2009 14:25:25 GMT -6
I suppose that's true, and I guess I haven't seen an episode where they aren't on the away party... does anyone know of an episode where the main characters aren't on a away party?
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Post by Luke on Jul 11, 2009 10:01:10 GMT -6
right off hand "The Enemy Within". Sulu was in command of the away team. Kirk was there for a little bit but he returned to the ship.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 13, 2009 7:37:06 GMT -6
I can think of a few more as well. Although it's probably not a good idea for the Captain and First Officer to beam down at the same time, Spock was usually along in his capacity as Science Officer, and Kirk was there because he was just a "hands on" type of Captain. McCoy often went down on biological survey missions. Generally speaking, it seems that all three only went down when there was a potential First Contact situation.
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Post by Luke on Jul 15, 2009 11:01:48 GMT -6
In this case you have to wonder if the Melkots themselves didnt pick the away team.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 17, 2009 7:51:35 GMT -6
If they never left the ship, that could very well be the case.
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