Jeyl said:

doubleofive said: I'm saying if AltUhura had magic alien powers that she never uses and was replaced by a robot halfway through the movie then vanishes at the end, sure, we can cut it out.

But Ilia does use alien powers, at least in the Director's Edition. She uses her powers to relief Chekov of his pain after being electrocuted. And who knows? Maybe Ilia telling Kirk about her oath was her way of stating to him "Not going to happen" in a professional manner. She doesn't really have a friendly expression going on when she says it to his face!

It would be a nice way of telling the Admiral that. ;-)

And Chekov can just get a hypospray and feel better. I think that's what FF is going for.

You know Jeyl, it seems like you don't like any of the changes FF is making... What do you want to be fanedited? :-P