What Starfleet position would you aim for? (Choose up to 3)

Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by bbjeg, Jan 22, 2014.

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What Starfleet position would you aim for? (Choose up to 3)

  1. Administration

    20.6%
  2. Cartography

    8.8%
  3. Counseling

    11.8%
  4. Engineering

    38.2%
  5. Intelligence

    20.6%
  6. Medical

    5.9%
  7. Operations

    47.1%
  8. Research and Development

    29.4%
  9. Security

    5.9%
  10. Science

    35.3%
  11. Tactical

    32.4%
  12. Neither - I'm a civilian at heart

    5.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    ^ Scotty never seemed to be lacking in command ability. He showed several times that he was an excellent commander. He could have been as good a CO as he was an engineer.
     
  2. sonak

    sonak Vice Admiral Admiral

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    of the ones give, I'd choose administration, research and development, and counseling. I'm a bureaucrat at heart, not an adventurer. I'd want a position that didn't involve lots of traveling and deep space.
     
  3. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

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    He is. What I meant was you wouldn't choose Scotty for an away mission evolving scanning an area, which Spock would be better at with his science background regardless of the fact they both have command experience.
     
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  4. cal_nevari

    cal_nevari Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Well I went Intelligence (data analyst, not spa), R&D, and lastly, counseling.
     
  5. Saito S

    Saito S Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Wait... what?

    (If you were just joking, then disregard.)
     
  6. USS Triumphant

    USS Triumphant Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Half-joking. Not "bigoted", exactly, but I really don't think he thought that the situation they were in was a good time to test whether or not the artificial man could be a good exec - and I'm not sure he'd have had that doubt about a human crewman that had served with him for as long and in the same capacity.
     
  7. Saito S

    Saito S Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    If you were to argue that Starfleet in general, and not Riker in particular, would no doubt have some misgivings about Data being XO, then that's entirely possible. "The Offspring" takes place only shortly before BoBW, and shows that Starfleet is still shaky about some aspects of Data's status and rights as a sentient being (and of course, there's Christopher Hobson in "Redemption" later on - I believe his reaction to represent an extreme, not mainstream, reaction to Data being in command, but still, it shows that at least some in Starfleet would be uneasy about it).

    But Riker, specifically? He would be less inclined to think poorly of the idea than the average non-Enterprise Starfleet officer, if anything, considering Data already is the 2nd officer on the Ent-D during the entirety of Riker's time on the ship and has been given command of the bridge several times when Riker and Picard are away. And of course, his feelings on Data were made pretty clear in "The Measure of a Man."
     
  8. Runetouch

    Runetouch Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Me?
    Engineering, Tactical or Intelligence.
     
  9. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I thought that was just Hobson's POV and no one else's. Clearly Starfleet, as such, has no problem with Data being in command, otherwise they wouldn't have let him have one.

    As much as we all love Data, though, I find it difficult to oppose Hobson, at least on principle. He has never served with Data before and so he couldn't be expected to know Data's command abilities. So therefore it's understandable that Hobson is uneasy about serving under Data.

    Plus, if I were Hobson, I would have pointed out that Data's angry outburst against him (threatening to relieve him of command) has to be fake, since it's general knowledge that Data doesn't have emotions.
     
  10. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

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    ^True, and Data can give simulated responses (that look emotional) in order to command or do anything evolving communication. When I saw that scene I hoped Data would learn his emotions like that (excluding that episode when he dated that girl). He just installs a chip though. Fun but less of a journey.