Archive of Our Own

Summary:

According to the computer, Captain Kirk and Commander Spock were correct; John Burke had been the Chief Astronmer of the Royal Academy of London, Old Britain, during the mid- to late 21st century. He had said the wrong name; Ivan Burkov, not John Burke. Now they believed his history was 'faulty'.
That was not acceptable. The Enterprise had very high standards. Pavel would not allow himself to make such a mistake again - even if it meant he must spend all of his leisure time reading and listening to history texts in Federation Standard to learn the Federation Standard version of every name.