Questions tagged [the-wrath-of-khan]
Questions about Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), where Kirk and crew cross paths with Khan Noonien Singh again. Use this with the [star-trek] tag.
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What is the real-world timeline of the revelation of facts around Kirk's relationship to David Marcus?
Possible spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Picard follow:
I always, perhaps wrongly, thought that David Marcus was completely a retcon invented for The Wrath of Khan. And I ...
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Floor plan for J.T. Kirk's apartment in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"
My brother is building a loft apartment in his new shop building. Being a big Trekkie, he wants to recreate Kirk's apartment in San Francisco . A cursory review of Trek floor plans shows his TOS ...
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Did Captain Terrell and Cdr. Chekov have their phasers when they encountered Khan and his group outside of the Botany Bay?
In the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, did Captain Terrell and Commander Chekov have their phasers when they encountered Khan and his group outside of the Botany Bay?
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Did the Genesis device create planet Genesis?
When Dr. Carol Marcus designed the Genesis Device, it was meant to be detonated on the surface of a planet or moon.
When Khan set off the Genesis device, it was aboard ...
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Why didn't James Kirk destroy the Reliant instead of (or while) trying to escape?
Khan set off the Genesis device during the battle against the Reliant. Kirk's first choice was to beam over and turn it off. When his son said that was a non-option, Kirk's second choice was to escape....
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Why didn't Starfleet ever check on Khan? [duplicate]
Starfleet... never bothered to check on our progress
-Khan, Star Trek II, the Wrath of Khan
I understand that the odds of the neighboring planet exploding and causing the other planet to shift into ...
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Kobayashi Maru - Any known connection to a real person or incident?
While looking up something about the Truk Lagoon, I found that the Japanese naval base there during World War II was commanded by Vice Admiral Masami Kobayashi.
He did indeed face a kind of "no-...
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Why did James Kirk and the Enterprise return to Planet Genesis so soon?
The Enterprise was nearly destroyed by the Genesis device on the Reliant. It barely escaped by going to warp speed at the last second.
When the device detonates, the ...
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Why did Khan ask Admiral James T. Kirk about Project Genesis?
When Khan first defeats Admiral Kirk, he asks about Project Genesis.
Why would he ask about Project Genesis?
Wouldn't the USS Reliant, a ship dedicated to helping ...
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Why didn't Khan get resurrected in the Genesis Explosion?
At the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as the Enterprise escapes the nebula, leaving the dying Reliant behind, we see Khan engaging the memory banks of the Genesis device.
Later we see Spock'...
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Why couldn't Scotty beam Spock out of the radiation chamber in Wrath of Khan?
Spock sacrificed himself to save the Enterprise at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by entering a radiation chamber to re-align the dilithium crystals.
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How did Khan's Noonien Singh's follower know starships are affected by nebulae?
Joachim told Khan right before the final battle the Wrath of Khan how starships are affected by nebulae. This was about when Admiral Kirk taunted Khan into following him into the Mutara Nebula where ...
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Do starfleet ships still have prefix numbers?
In Star Trek the Wrath of Khan, it is revealed that all starships have a prefix number, allowing other ships to order a starfleet vessel to lower its shields. This was created in case a vessel is ...
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Why didn’t Lt. Saavik tell Kirk to bring Spock's body to Vulcan instead of leaving it on Genesis?
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Spock tragically sacrifices himself to save the Enterprise. During his funeral, his body is jettisoned from the ship onto the planet Genesis.
In the following film, ...
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Is Khan Noonien Singh a follower of Sikhism?
In TOS Space Seed, Lt. Marla McGivers identifies Khan Noonien Singh as a Sikh.
(Looking at Khan) From the northern India area, I'd guess. Probably a Sikh. They were the most fantastic warriors.
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