Sisko on Eddington (from 'For the Uniform): He worked under me for a year and a half. I saw him almost every day, read his reports, had him for dinner. I even took him to a baseball game in the holosuite once. And I never saw it. It's my job to be a good judge of character and what did I do? Not only did I not see it, I put him up for a promotion.
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McCoy and Spock in front of Kirk? I do agree though that a good leader would stop that
That was playful. It was certainly not with Mike and Saru.
Sisko being deceived by Eddington shouldn't be a mark against him. We've seen lots of corrupt admirals/officers and even a Romulan masquerading as a Vulcan ambassador throughout the history of Starfleet, so perhaps there's a larger problem with Starfleet/Federation, or these people are just very good at hiding their true intents.
When it comes to Georgiou and Burnham I do think that Georgiou's compassion for Burnham blinded her to some of Burnham's flaws. There's little question that based on her knowledge and ability alone, Burnham was ready for command in "The Vulcan Hello", but it was her emotional/psychological shortcomings that would have made her being promoted to the captain's chair, at that time, not a good decision, and even then I think that's only when the Klingons were involved (and DISCO established that the Klingons had mostly been off the scene for 100 years, so the chances of dealing with them regularly would've been small, or it could've been assumed to be before the Battle of the Binary Stars). I see that differently than Sisko promoting Eddington not to command a starship, even though he did have a very important job on DS9.
I wish we had gotten to see more of Georgiou. Michelle Yeoh has the command presence and I liked the vibe of the Shenzhou bridge crew. I would've been fine with a ST: Shenzhou series instead of DISCO.
When it comes to Georgiou and Burnham I do think that Georgiou's compassion for Burnham blinded her to some of Burnham's flaws. There's little question that based on her knowledge and ability alone, Burnham was ready for command in "The Vulcan Hello", but it was her emotional/psychological shortcomings that would have made her being promoted to the captain's chair, at that time, not a good decision, and even then I think that's only when the Klingons were involved (and DISCO established that the Klingons had mostly been off the scene for 100 years, so the chances of dealing with them regularly would've been small, or it could've been assumed to be before the Battle of the Binary Stars). I see that differently than Sisko promoting Eddington not to command a starship, even though he did have a very important job on DS9.
I wish we had gotten to see more of Georgiou. Michelle Yeoh has the command presence and I liked the vibe of the Shenzhou bridge crew. I would've been fine with a ST: Shenzhou series instead of DISCO.
You need to watch hose scenes again. One of the reasons I liked Georgian so much was because of the way she led the battle. She was on top of everything going on, on her bridge. She directs deployment of weapons, positioning of the ship, damage reports, orders injured crewpersons to sick bay. As she sits in her chair, her head is on a swivel, calmly but firmly and confidently being the leader she is supposed to be. Phillipa really was quite something in that battle.
Like I said, you might want to watch those battle scenes again.
Que the “DIVERSITY BAD” crowd.
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Sisko was also called the first black Commander/Captain in the 90s even though we already saw ones in those instances. Same with Janeway being called the first female captain in the 90s.
It's just marketing speak.
Yeah, nothing will stop the talking points. We already had Captain Scott who was a legend.
That was the one that came to mind. I’ve always liked that episode
Must be a horror fan.
She's, at least, the 1st black Mary Sue of Star Trek. Maybe this season she could rival G.OA.T. Janeway in storylines.
No.
Since she isn't a Mary Sue, that's still wrong.
I've long since stopped taking seriously the opinions of anyone who uses the phrase "Mary Sue", because in almost 100% of the instances it translates into "wah! they put a girl in my story".
And for the record, my post above didn’t say Burnham was the first Black female captain in Trek, which is what the question in your post implies.
Geordis mother was a captain too..
But I know, first black female lead that is captain.
No mention of Saru being the first alien lead captain..
Now for asian, hispanic, lead.
But I know, first black female lead that is captain.
No mention of Saru being the first alien lead captain..
Now for asian, hispanic, lead.
We will be getting the first Asian lead in the Section 31 show.Geordis mother was a captain too..
But I know, first black female lead that is captain.
No mention of Saru being the first alien lead captain..
Now for asian, hispanic, lead.
If that show ever happens
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