He does this, but isn't careful in how he applies this copy-modify-paste routine, with the result that similar byte sequences in the computer get modified along with the video log, causing the chess program to go haywire. Presuming (for obvious reasons), there's no dedicated program in the computer to alter ship's official logs, Finney has to manipulate everything on a raw bit-by-bit level.
He watches the video logs of the ion storm, and works out what needs to be done to fake the logs to show Kirk cut him loose early, probably just splicing in a later pod jettison sequence in lieu of the Red Alert call and blanking out the flashing Red Alert indicator on the chair panel. After his suggested death via pod jettison, he hides from the crew and works his way to the computer core. This would make sense if what Finney did was the following: To start with, while that means they could make the modifications, probably Spock would be the only one who could get it done without collateral damage to other programs and logs. Spock mentions that he, Kirk, and Finney are about the only people on board who could've performed the computer modifications.How, exactly, does someone tampering with a couple of data files (the logs Finney tampered with), interfere with the operation of an executable file (the chess program) that would have no reason to access said data files?.So the odds of a skilled attorney being in that range aren't actually that bad. He could have been based somewhere else on the planet (since the starbase was shown to be located on a planet) or even on a nearby ship. He showed up after Shaw asked him to and brought a bunch of books rather than using his own library, so it doesn't necessarily follow that he was based on the starbase. It's not clear that he actually was based on the starbase.It's also a pretty far-fetched coincidence that the best defense attorney just happened to be on base as well.So it's possible they were never Kirk's friends but were Finney's, making their reaction very understandable. However, while at the academy Kirk was apparently a pretty uptight dedicated student and not necessarily the type to have a lot of friends. It was shown they were at the academy together, as Kirk was also shown to have been with the alleged dead man.
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