Damn, that's one of those stories that you know just can't be true. But it should be. "I repel Russian invaders with tiger! Is mighty beast for make food of Russian conscript!"
Sulu appears to be twisting a control, but that control is actually a button. Also, it's the button to blow up the ship.
"A doctor can bury his mistakes, while an architect can only cover them with ivy." Frank Lloyd Wright.