Why Wasn't Rand Court Martialed?

[Therin of Andor]

Well if Rand killed Sonak to make way for Spock then she was doing her duty for the universe too. At this rate all she has to do is up her kill rate and she'll be an admiral in no time.

Actually, her participation in ST III and ST IV were personal invitations from the director, a very close relative of Mr Spock.

 

[Pauln6]

I was planning on using fallout from the transporter accident in my fan story. Rand will have a nightmare where it's her dead daughter, Annie (established in the novels the Captain's Daughter and affirmed in Ex Machina), that dies on the transporter pad on her watch. I thought exploring her guilt could add a bit of drama while building on some of the 'fanon'.