Stick in the hand of the captain of the excelsior
What in the hell is that stick that the captain of the excelsior has? - User:Lt Colonel Huljev
- It appears to be some sort of a Starfleet baton. There are no references to it (or why he has it) in the script, so the rest is speculation. --Alan del Beccio 00:37, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- It's a "swagger stick", an accessory that used to be popular with aristocratic officers. It might be a tip of hat to James B. Sikking's role on "Hill Street Blues", where his character emulated Gen. George S. Patton, including his taste for elaborate uniforms. Patton also carried a swagger stick. --Aurelius Kirk 01:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, yes swagger stick. --Alan del Beccio 03:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- Or perhaps a swagger stick.--Tim Thomason 03:56, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- You could make a loooooong list of film officers (mostly Brit, I'd guess) who wielded swagger sticks. But ... the one that comes to my mind, and has some resonance for this Capt St(y/i)les is Lt. Col Nicholson (Alec Guinness) in The Bridge On the River Kwai.(Or maybe it was the pompous Col. Saito who carried one....)
I presume that it's been argued and researched and established that this isn't another one of the insufferable Stiles family? When this film came out, and I heard a page for "Captain Stiles, to the briefing room" in the lounge where Kirk and Morrow are arguing, I thought, "Oh %&#*, that bigoted LT from Balance of Terror?! He made CAPTAIN??" Kojiro Vance | Talk 02:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- You could make a loooooong list of film officers (mostly Brit, I'd guess) who wielded swagger sticks. But ... the one that comes to my mind, and has some resonance for this Capt St(y/i)les is Lt. Col Nicholson (Alec Guinness) in The Bridge On the River Kwai.(Or maybe it was the pompous Col. Saito who carried one....)
Styles's First Name?
Has there ever been a mention in the books of Style's first name? User:Capt. Jeff Pierce
- You might want to check the non-canon wiki for more books data: Styles at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works -- Captain M.K.B. 16:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)