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Post by Luke on Jul 31, 2010 8:11:55 GMT -6
Exploring a quasar called Murasaki 312 the shuttlecraft Galileo gets lost. Carrying Spock, McCoy, Scotty, yeoman Mears, Boma, Gaetano and latimer.
I personally think Spock made the right decsions all along. Did this Boma just arrive on the Enterprise? He acted like he'd never seen a Vulcan before.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Aug 2, 2010 7:43:59 GMT -6
I didn't see where he was making any big errors in judgment. I suppose it was just his Vulcan "cold-bloodedness" that was ticking everyone off. And yes I agree that Boma must have just transferred in. Those tall, bigfoot like aliens were kind of interesting, though.
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Post by Luke on Aug 4, 2010 11:27:14 GMT -6
Yeah the nine foot tall Neanderthals. It makes you wonder what other kind of lifefornms there were. The planet was in the middle of the Murasaki effect so it might have had some kind of influence do you think?
But what if you were in spock's position? Would you really leave two crewmen behind?
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Post by Atoz 77 on Aug 6, 2010 7:56:50 GMT -6
Ah, there you have a good question. It's part of being in command to make hard decisions. Yes, I'd have to go along with Spock. The shuttlecraft didn't have enough fuel to lift off with all seven of them. At least two had to be left behind. It makes no sense logically to expect the other five to stay there and die along with them. Of course, deciding who to leave behind would have been tricky. Your thoughts on that?
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Post by Luke on Aug 11, 2010 11:16:27 GMT -6
I hate to say it but Id be tempted to leave Boma behind just out of general principles. If I was seriously faced with that situation though, I'd probably stay behind myself, with Latimer and Scotty. Logically Id want the people who stood the best chance of surviving.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Aug 13, 2010 7:50:24 GMT -6
Latimer might not have been a good choice in that case! I see your point, though. If you think about it, they were just faced with the problem of communicating with the ship somehow. I would seriously consider just sending the shuttlecraft up with just one or two crewmen (Latimer and Mears maybe) to save weight, while the rest remained on the surface and held out. Once in orbit, the Galileo could make contact with the Columbus and give them landing coordinates.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Sept 12, 2011 7:43:11 GMT -6
Jayzh might find this topic interesting, because I noted a similar one over at Starbase 75 about this episode. If you like old movies, you should look out for a 1956 movie called "Back From Eternity." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_from_Eternity It's not science fiction despite the name. It's about a passenger plane which crashes in the Amazon jungle. They have to frantically race against time to repair the plane before the savage cannibals in the surrounding jungle find them. And at the last minute, they discover that the plane won't carry all of them, three passengers have to be left behind. Sound familiar?
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Post by Luke on Oct 31, 2012 11:28:43 GMT -6
What did they end up doing? did they leave three people behind?
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Post by Atoz 77 on Nov 2, 2012 7:39:49 GMT -6
You know I can't tell you that! It would spoil the ending if you ever saw the movie!
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