"Shore Leave"...was Ruth Mitchell's blond lab assistant?

[Racer_X]

If David hadn't used protomatter, then who would have been available to go back in time to get George and Gracie and save the Earth in STIV:TVH?

 

[Maurice]

Therin of Andor said:
David lambasted Kirk for cheating on the Kobayashi Maru scenario...

KIRK
I reprogrammed the simulation
so it was possible to save the ship.

SAAVIK
WHAT?

DAVID
He cheated.

KIRK
I changed the conditions of the
test. I received a commendation for
original thinking.

That's all David said. Hardly "lambasting".