# Enterprise: North Star Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753 "2003-11-12T03:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/101 "2003-11-15T03:01:52Z")
Doesn’t matter. If it does well enough, they’ll make more. There’s plenty in the series that they can cull. **Aes** : Yes, 20 books or so, plus recipe guides, vocabulary guides, and music. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/102 "2003-11-15T03:05:12Z")
No technical manuals? Great works of literature translated into pirate? Cartoons? Action figures? Slash?? Posers. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/103 "2003-11-15T03:08:50Z")
Aubrey/Maturin slash??:eek: It’s probably out there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/104 "2003-11-15T03:17:16Z")
Oh, crap. It is. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/105 "2003-11-15T03:32:00Z")
Aes: There are 20, from Master and Commander to Blue at the Mizzen. Go forth and read. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/106 "2003-11-15T03:34:05Z")
I’m not a big fan of pirates. I’ll stick to my alt-history and sci-fi novels, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/107 "2003-11-15T03:35:54Z")
Yeah, sure, that’s what they all say – until they see that _Star Trek_ animated series episode about the Pirates of Orion! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/108 "2003-11-15T03:39:51Z")
You should read the TOS novel, _Prime Directive_. Chekov and Sulu are part of an Orion Slaver’s crew for a good portion of it. Great book. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/109 "2003-11-15T03:54:18Z")
It ain’t pirates, Aes. It’s the Napoleonic wars. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/110 "2003-11-15T04:02:33Z")
It doesn’t involve America?! It isn’t interesting then! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/111 "2003-11-15T04:08:58Z")
I think the War of 1812 comes in to the Napoleonic Wars somewhere or other… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/112 "2003-11-15T04:14:22Z")
Damn it! I don’t wanna read the books! Quit making me scrounge up excuses! Argh! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/113 "2003-11-15T04:19:37Z")
Der… that was the Brits, you ninny! I’m not sure how they got New Orleans away from the Spanish, though… Yes, the Spanish had it after the French. Funny thing, too. The Battle of New Orleans took place in 1815, after a peace accord was met. But, it still counts as the last battle of the War of 1812. Talk about slow mail. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/114 "2003-11-15T19:07:21Z")
Got the tape today, **viva**. Thanks. By the way, I appreciate you sending them priority now but you don’t need to waste the extra money if you don’t want to. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/115 "2003-11-16T17:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*I think the War of 1812 comes in to the Napoleonic Wars somewhere or other… > 🙂 \*\* Well, Tchaikovsky **did** write his _1812 Overture_ in celebration of Napoleon’s defeat in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/116 "2003-11-16T17:27:54Z")
Don’t forget what Francis Scott Key wrote during that odd war! [War of 1812](http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyharris/1812war.htm) [Causes & Key Events](http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/117 "2003-11-16T17:37:54Z")
[Another very cool 1812 site.](http://www.multied.com/1812/Frame674324.html) _Star Trek_ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/118 "2003-11-16T19:32:42Z")
Saw the episode and somehow overcame my inherent cowboy bias to like it. I forgot to take notes though. So no nitpicks even though I know I had some. Boo. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/119 "2003-11-16T19:49:52Z")
What in the hell are you going on about? Isn’t this a thread about late eighteenth and early nineteenth century military conflicts? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753/120 "2003-11-16T21:20:42Z")
Yeah, really. I mean, my hijack is so friggin’ obvious. 😉 Captain Jack Aubrey kicks butt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753.md?page=7)