General Order 15

PST: discuss Star Trek without "versus" arguments.

Moderator: Vympel

Post Reply
User avatar
paladin
Jedi Master
Posts: 1397
Joined: 2002-07-22 11:01am
Location: Terra Maria

General Order 15

Post by paladin »

General Order 15

No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.

I watched The Wrath of Khan today, in it Kirk said like "There is no such order." Now, does mean that General Order 15 does not exist or relates to something different?
Top
User avatar
Superman
Pink Foamin' at the Mouth
Posts: 9690
Joined: 2002-12-16 12:29am
Location: Metropolis

Post by Superman »

Doesn't exist. Kirk would have been violating it throughout his entire career...
Image
Top
User avatar
Uraniun235
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 13772
Joined: 2002-09-12 12:47am
Location: OREGON
Contact:
Contact Uraniun235

Post by Uraniun235 »

Captain is a flag rank?

I think the lowest flag officer in Starfleet is Commodore... I'm pretty sure there's mention of this in TOS "The Deadly Years".
Top
User avatar
Superman
Pink Foamin' at the Mouth
Posts: 9690
Joined: 2002-12-16 12:29am
Location: Metropolis

Post by Superman »

Oh, my bad. I forgot he was an admiral...
Image
Top
User avatar
Uraniun235
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 13772
Joined: 2002-09-12 12:47am
Location: OREGON
Contact:
Contact Uraniun235

Re: General Order 15

Post by Uraniun235 »

paladin wrote:General Order 15

No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.

I watched The Wrath of Khan today, in it Kirk said like "There is no such order." Now, does mean that General Order 15 does not exist or relates to something different?
Or, Kirk was lying.
Top
User avatar
Patrick Degan
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 14847
Joined: 2002-07-15 08:06am
Location: Orleanian in exile

Humour. It is a difficult concept.

Post by Patrick Degan »

paladin wrote:General Order 15

No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.

I watched The Wrath of Khan today, in it Kirk said like "There is no such order." Now, does mean that General Order 15 does not exist or relates to something different?
No, that was simply Kirk being Kirk. Don't take everything so literally.

Ah... As Saavik observed: "Humour. It is a difficult concept."
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln

People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House

Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
Top
User avatar
Isolder74
Official SD.Net Ace of Cakes
Posts: 6768
Joined: 2002-07-10 01:16am
Location: Weber State of Construction University
Contact:
Contact Isolder74

Re: Humour. It is a difficult concept.

Post by Isolder74 »

Patrick Degan wrote:
paladin wrote:General Order 15

No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.

I watched The Wrath of Khan today, in it Kirk said like "There is no such order." Now, does mean that General Order 15 does not exist or relates to something different?
No, that was simply Kirk being Kirk. Don't take everything so literally.

Ah... As Saavik observed: "Humour. It is a difficult concept."
It seemed to me merely Saavik's way of reminding Kirk to be more careful or he will end up getting caught with his pants down again.
Hapan Battle Dragons Rule!
When you want peace prepare for war! --Confusious
That was disapointing ..Should we show this Federation how to build a ship so we may have worthy foes? Typhonis 1
The Prince of The Writer's Guild|HAB Spacewolf Tank General| God Bless America!
Top
FTeik
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 2035
Joined: 2002-07-16 04:12pm

Post by FTeik »

Or a single ensign with a phaser-pistol and in a red shirt is viewed as a properly armed escort.
The optimist thinks, that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist is afraid, that this is true.

"Don't ask, what your country can do for you. Ask, what you can do for your country." Mao Tse-Tung.
Top
greenmm
Padawan Learner
Posts: 435
Joined: 2002-09-09 02:42pm
Location: Hilliard, OH, USA
Contact:
Contact greenmm

Post by greenmm »

FTeik wrote:Or a single ensign with a phaser-pistol and in a red shirt is viewed as a properly armed escort.
Since the station didn't have a big complement, it might have been enough. Since McCoy would worry about life signs, and Kirk would handle tactics for the team, Saavik could play gun bunny full-time during the mission...
Top
User avatar
Publius
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1922
Joined: 2002-07-03 08:22pm
Location: Novus Ordo Sæculorum
Contact:
Contact Publius

Re: General Order 15

Post by Publius »

No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.
Does this mean that a flag officer may not come aboard a Galaxy-class starship without suitable armed escort?

Publius
God's in His Heaven, all's right with the world
Top
User avatar
Isolder74
Official SD.Net Ace of Cakes
Posts: 6768
Joined: 2002-07-10 01:16am
Location: Weber State of Construction University
Contact:
Contact Isolder74

Re: General Order 15

Post by Isolder74 »

Publius wrote:
No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.
Does this mean that a flag officer may not come aboard a Galaxy-class starship without suitable armed escort?

Publius
That might be the exception as said armed escort is likely yo set the thing off :lol:
Hapan Battle Dragons Rule!
When you want peace prepare for war! --Confusious
That was disapointing ..Should we show this Federation how to build a ship so we may have worthy foes? Typhonis 1
The Prince of The Writer's Guild|HAB Spacewolf Tank General| God Bless America!
Top
User avatar
Jaded Masses
Jedi Knight
Posts: 566
Joined: 2003-01-27 09:13pm
Location: Pasadena,CA

Post by Jaded Masses »

I thought that was just Saavik's way of asking to go along on the mission without really asking for it..... (ie she just made it up) :?
Top
User avatar
Jason von Evil
Sol Badguy
Posts: 8103
Joined: 2002-11-29 02:13am
Location: Writer of the fictions
Contact:
Contact Jason von Evil

Re: General Order 15

Post by Jason von Evil »

Publius wrote:
No officer of flag rank may travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.
Does this mean that a flag officer may not come aboard a Galaxy-class starship without suitable armed escort?

Publius
ZIIIIIIIIIIIING! :lol:
"It was the hooker rationing that finally drove people over the edge." - Mike on coup in Thailand.
Image
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Pure Star Trek”