Picard is canonically an Admiral by 2381, based on the fact that he was wearing his Admiral's uniform in the picture of him holding baby Thad Riker. Which, yes, is still a year away from when Lower Decks is currently set.
Speculation: what will the Lower Decks season 1 finale contain?
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Good point (wasn’t the photo taken in the Enterprise’s ready room, though?). As per background material (which may or may not be confirmed in canon), he becomes admiral in 2381 and leaves the Enterprise then, still no mention of the Verity anywhere.
I really didn't like Badgey. I'd much prefer Dog, but my first choice would be Durga the Vulcan.
Well, he's on A starship when he visits Romulus in Picard. Until we hear otherwise, it's the Verity. Yes, yes -- not on screen, not canon. We've had this argument over and over. But the comic was written by those who worked on the show, so assume in the back of their mind that ship was the Verity.
The ship from the photograph with Baby Thad was identified (by the propmaster) as the Titan. Not canon, but it makes sense and is nice as a glimpse of that elusive ship.
Yes, that was the Titan. But I'm referring to the fact that Picard is in command of some starship for his Romulus mission (which, onscreen, we see him beaming to and from). Also, it's established onscreen that Raffi is connected to this ship as well, which is consistent with the comic.
Schrodinger's Verity?
Picard wasn’t beaming from a ship during his time on Elnor’s planet. He was beaming from a station. The episode doesn’t make it clear if the station is a space station or a station on the planet, but the latter seems more likely.
Picard is a four-star, full Admiral. A four-step promotion from Captain (at minimum), which is crazy. But Admiralty is a weird duck, and perhaps Captain Picard was tasked to fulfill a billet that required a four-star, and received a brevet rank (and later promoted truly).
Since Picard's job has to be really, really important (higher than Chief of Starfleet Operations... perhaps a senior advisor to the C-in-C? Maybe Commander of the Romulan Front?), I doubt he's commanding a starship. He may have a flagship to ferry him around, but it has its own Captain.
Since Picard's job has to be really, really important (higher than Chief of Starfleet Operations... perhaps a senior advisor to the C-in-C? Maybe Commander of the Romulan Front?), I doubt he's commanding a starship. He may have a flagship to ferry him around, but it has its own Captain.
I don't think it's clear from the dialogue that Picard is beaming from a station. I found the following in a transcript of the episode #4. When he first beams down, Elnor asks if he can stay. Picard says:
When he beams away, this is the exchange:
I take that to mean Central Station is somewhere else, and he's visiting on a ship. But, maybe I'm forgetting something about the episode.
Briefing room, actually.
Pike got the same promotion at the end of Trek XI, to say nothing of Kirk getting promoted directly from Cadet to Captain in the same movie.
That is the way it should work, but the novels and comics actually have him commanding a starship as a four-star Admiral.
He carried the rank of lieutenant.
Lieutenant to Captain is still an unlikely, no, impossible promotion.
I agree and I think the follow up films unpack that quite well, but that is a discussion for a different thread
In any case, it is less bad for lieutenant to captain vs. cadet to captain. Not by much, but it works in my book.
Only a three-step, though, as opposed to Picard's (and Pike's) four-step promotion.
And Janeway's too.
Yeah, becoming an admiral apparently ain't not thang in Starfleet.
Mariner gets demoted to Noncom.
Sweet.
I feel like this is pretty much what the finale should have been.
I feel like they're making fun of season finales by making this the big epic one.
I feel like they're making fun of season finales by making this the big epic one.
It's funny, I was recently speculating on what an All Good Things style future for the Lower Decks gang might look like. I imagined Boimler makes it as far as first officer but can't make it any further much to his own frustration, Rutherford is a chief engineer and Tendi a CMO while Mariner is now a Chief Petty Officer which she enjoys just fine because "non-coms have all the real fun anyway."
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