What happened to Captain Stiles of the Excelsior?

[Malleus]

Nebusj said:

-Brett- said:
Maybe Starfleet demoted him to kitchen duty when they noticed that he was more concerned with filing his nails than with running the ship.

That'd be a devastating critique of his command style if it actually matched his behavior.

What if Styles were off-duty at that time? Personal affairs are personal affairs.

 

[Jarok]

Written by cardinal biggles:
"It's entirely plausible that Styles was promoted.."

Beauracracies always promote the biggest horses's asses they can find, so I would not be surprised to find an Admiral Styles roaming the halls of Starfleet Command.

 

[Therin of Andor]

cardinal biggles said:
In Peter David's TOS novel The Captain's Daughter, he also gets the nickname "Styles Without Substance."

That nickname is also referenced in the new "Excelsior" novel, "Forged in Fire" by Martin & Mangels, which works both as a prequel to DS9's "Blood Oath" (TOS Klingons and Dax vs the Albino) and a follow-up to the Sulu/Kang sequence in "Flashback" (VOY).

The authors also tell how the transition was made from Styles (and his swagger stick) to the recently-posted First Officer Sulu. It's a great read, and Styles gets some good lines.

 

[Aragorn]

He lost command of Excelsior to his 12-year-old prodigy son Doogie.

 

[Amaris]

I love James Sikking, I think he's a great actor, but my God he made me despise Styles with a passion.


J.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Well, you're supposed to despise him, so I guess Sikking did a good job.

 

[MoonlightSinatra]

Hooking in Times Square in the 1970's after an accidental slingshot back in time. He was later knifed by a pimp named Bob.

 

[Red Ranger]

Well, for an interesting proposed take on a younger Styles, see the novel, "Prime Directive," where Lieutenant Styles is made acting captain of the wrecked Enterprise, and he's a total pain in the ass to Scotty. -- RR

 

[Peach Wookiee]

No wonder Scotty had no problem messing with the Excelsior...

 

[misskim86]

They also list Trek IV as being set a year later than III, so presumably, he was Captain of Excelsior for a while longer. If one likes apocrypha that is.

No way, Trek 4 takes place like a week or so after 3

 

[cardinal biggles]

According to Captain Kirk's log entry at the beginning of the film, "We are in the third month of our Vulcan exile..."

 

[misskim86]

Alright 3 months works.. but certainly not a year

 

[CorporalClegg]

I thought one of the Brass at the conference in TUC was supposed to be Stiles?

 

[Therin of Andor]

misskim86 said:
Alright 3 months works.. but certainly not a year

Depends on which stuff you include in your personal continuity. DC Comics had Kirk captain the Excelsior for many exciting adventures between ST III and ST IV before Styles won it back.

 

[shipfisher]

Jarok said:
Written by cardinal biggles:
"It's entirely plausible that Styles was promoted.."

Beauracracies always promote the biggest horses's asses they can find, so I would not be surprised to find an Admiral Styles roaming the halls of Starfleet Command.

Totally mate.

Always kick the arrogant blow-hards far enough upstairs so that the only people they need piss off are their caddies and golf partners.

 

[Elder Knight]

Therin of Andor said:

misskim86 said:
Alright 3 months works.. but certainly not a year

Depends on which stuff you include in your personal continuity. DC Comics had Kirk captain the Excelsior for many exciting adventures between ST III and ST IV before Styles won it back.

I certainly don't envy the DC writers and editors. They had to spin off a year or two of new adventures, then set everything back exactly as it had been for the next movie installment!

 

[Therin of Andor]

Well, of course, when they started post-ST III stories, DC didn't know exactly what ST IV would do with Spock. Paramount could have just set the movie a few months/years after ST III and had Spock fully recovered, in which case the comics-induced virus that sent Spock back to an inert state (fixed once already by Mirror Spock's mindmeld) would have been unnecessary.