# Wrath of Khan--Kirk's cry of KHAAAN

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**Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-khan-kirks-cry-of-khaaan/723102/8 "2015-06-22T07:47:10Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> In neither case does Kirk have to resort to some NextGeneration-ish technobabble about depolarizing the deflector dish or creating a tachyon pulse or some such bullshit. In a normal engagement and even assuming the ships are equally capable, Kirk would have destroyed him handily.

That was one of the main points of the _ **TOS** _ Writer’s Guide: “Tell your story about _people_, not about science and gadgetry. Joe Friday doesn’t stop to explain the mechanics of his .38 before he uses it; Kildare never did a monologue about the theory of anaesthetics; Matt Dillon never identifies and discusses the breed of his horse before he rides off on it.”

This is one reason why for fans of _ **TOS** _ the later series suck in comparison.

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