Figured it was time to start this thread since they're making announcements now.
Erin Gray returns in STC Episode 7 as "Commodore Gray"!
Erin Gray returns in STC Episode 7 as "Commodore Gray"!
STC Episode 7 (News and speculation)....
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You do realize that that's NOT how the chain of command works?
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Kirk bucked the chain of command more than once. It's one of the things I liked about him.
Saw this bit of news this mnorning.
Well for one thing, Decker was not enforcing Starfleet policy at the time, they were engaged in a life-or-death battle with an unknown cosmic-level weapon of mass destruction that had no diplomatic relations with the UFP. Not to mention the man who might have brought Kirk up on charges, justified or not, died in that conflict.
Ferris is more iffy, Kirk if he hadn't ultimately been right and had reconciled with the Commissioner at the end would likely have suffered a very real punishment.
As for Admiral Grey, Zaminhon said Kirk should ''give her hell about her decision''...well, no, it WASN'T her decision, she as a higher-ranked member of the military, it is her job to enforce Starfleet and UFP law that was established by HER higher-ups. Kirk would be very foolish to ''give her hell'' for this when he HIMSELF is likely to be often forced to make decisions which results in the life or death of people under HIS command.
Look, Lolani was charming and all, but what do you think would have happened HAD he rescued her in time? War between Starfleet and the Orions?
If Kirk did dare attempt to show anger towards Admiral Grey, she'd be completely justified in dressing HIM down publically and giving him a major reprimand or punishment.
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This shows that Kirk was willing to buck the chain of command irregardless of the consequences, because a rescue is exactly what he was preparing to do if the ship didn't explode. That's the same guy who later on in his career stole a star ship and disabled another and was prepared to face the music to save one Vulcan.
But you're right in that Grey wasn't responsible and was just following policy, but some snarkiness against that policy is justified, imo.
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For which he was demoted and his son was killed. And that was a more personal situation. For Lolani, the STC people wrote themselves into a corner that they had to ''cheat'' their way out of. The other two outcomes were letting Zaminhon and Lolani go, or start an interstellar war.
If this was written in the 60s, they would have had another solution where Kirk would have saved the day and Lolani would have been freed. This time they wanted a bleeker ending, but one that wouldn't change the entire M.O. of this series.
Said Policy is the Prime Directive, by the way, one with a very good reason for existing.
Imagine for a second that alien force had zipped in on our planet in the mid-1940s and stopped the Nazis, or 100 years earlier stopping the civil war from ever happening...any other what ifs
Well, I'm not sure if the Orions would have been covered by the Prime Directive. They were a spacefaring civilization.
I think David would have died even if Kirk had not stolen the Enterprise.
If those policies did exist in TOS, they were meant to be broken by Kirk. He played fast and loose with them and mostly ignored them. But so did everyone else, including marooned captains and crews bringing along "historical documents" to pattern societies after. Kirk's biggest pet peeve appears to be civilizations ruled by super-computers. He has no qualms about unilaterally deciding to end their rule.
Erin Gray did a nice job in Lolani... a little stiff at times, but then by not being a full time actor it's hard to keep the skills professionally honed. Still, I like her and it's good to see that she's continuing with STC.
Do any of these actors receive direct compensation for being involved? I imagine it isn't much if there is, and more about the love of keeping old Star Trek alive.
Do any of these actors receive direct compensation for being involved? I imagine it isn't much if there is, and more about the love of keeping old Star Trek alive.
As I understand it, all they get is their food and lodging, and I guess transportation.
As a SAG-AFTRA New Media signatory, our SAG-AFTRA actors are compensated whatever they are able to negotiate with us. Some get food and/or lodging an/or travel expenses. Some (I don't think I'm revealing any big secrets when I identify George Takei by name) have been compensated substantially more. Some do it all out of the goodness of their hearts.
OK, I must admit I know very little about this stuff. 
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