I forget the name of the novel about Capt Sulu where he becomes the captain the of USS Excelsior (this is before STVI) but in this only book written about the exploits of Capt Sulu, there is the background to his story and in it is the story of Styles being the same navigator LT on the helm controls when Cpt Kirk was in command of the Enterprise during the run in with a Romulan commander who ventured across the Neutral Zone destorying outposts. Which we all know as the Balance of Terror episode.

I am paraphasing the story from that novel, but that is the basic outline. Some would say that only the movies make ST history (canon) but I feel the novels can be taken as addtional history or more to the point, fill in the history.

I know some fans like to slam the Berman regime, however, one area they excelled at was finding the hotties.

Hope she and James had a nice birthday.

I must say I was never a fan of Hill Street Blues (maybe because I was a little young at the time) so I do not remember James from that. I do remember him from Doogie Howser MD Though.

And that Sikking story is good.