From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: anim8rfsk{at}cox.net
Subject: Re: STAR TREK THE WRATH OF KHAN: was What Did You Watch?
2013-06-01 (Saturday)

In article ,
 wdstarr{at}panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:

> In article ,
> anim8rFSK  said:
> 
> > wdstarr{at}panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:
> >
> >> Incremental testing: first you try creating just a life-bearing
> >> planet, then you try creating a life-bearing planet _and_ a star
> >> for it to orbit.
> >
> > Except the stolen unit was preset to make the latter.
> 
> Was it, or was it just preprogrammed to "If you're on a planet,
> remake the planet.  If you're in a big pile of disorganized matter,
> and there's enough of it to make a star and a planet, make a star
> and a planet."?

Fair point, but what does it do if you've just got, say, Yonada, or the 
asteroid headed at Mirimani?
> 
> (Or, could Khan have reprogrammed it?  Probably not.)

Yeah, he didn't have access to Carol, who programmed it in the first 
film, or David, who programmed it in the retcon.

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