Except for the bit when they reach the middle and realize that they've only counted down as far as Ceti Alpha II, but decide not to worry too much about it. "Probably the guy who wrote the chart got it wrong", they said, "that's far more likely than the possibility that we made a mistake".
Actually, the entire Star Trek oeuvre is a parable about the tragic ramifications of hubris. Spock's death, David Marcus' death, the destruction of the Enterprise, the deaths of Commander Kruge and his crew and the Klingon ambassador's later use of Kirk's status as a criminal in the Klingon Empire to influence the diplomatic situation in the wake of the destruction of Praxis... all the result of the Reliant's stellar cartography duty officer taking the day off. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Also, there's the fact that they don't number planetary systems that way.
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Date: Sat, Apr. 14th, 2012 16:17 (UTC)Actually, the entire Star Trek oeuvre is a parable about the tragic ramifications of hubris. Spock's death, David Marcus' death, the destruction of the Enterprise, the deaths of Commander Kruge and his crew and the Klingon ambassador's later use of Kirk's status as a criminal in the Klingon Empire to influence the diplomatic situation in the wake of the destruction of Praxis... all the result of the Reliant's stellar cartography duty officer taking the day off. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Also, there's the fact that they don't number planetary systems that way.