Of course she could be. I'm just looking at the track record of the producers involved. The ones that gave us long distance Sarek in the Discovery pilot.
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Of course she could be. I'm just looking at the track record of the producers involved. The ones that gave us long distance Sarek in the Discovery pilot.
Well, let's see, she was - Okuda timeline - born in 2239 so she'd be roughly 20 when SNW debuts. The right age to be a Sylvia Tilly-style Cadet serving time on a starship to earn credit towards graduation and promotion.
Gooding is 21. The right age for a cadet or first year officer depending on when she joined and how quickly she moved through the Academy.
I'm not sure the multiverse can handle another Tilly.
Kirk was serving on the Republic at 17 and was already an Ensign even though he wouldn't graduate for another four years. 
I know, early TOS is a mess when it comes to a linear continuity for Kirk's Academy years but still...dude was already on a starship and wasn't even a legal adult.
I know, early TOS is a mess when it comes to a linear continuity for Kirk's Academy years but still...dude was already on a starship and wasn't even a legal adult.
Kirk was serving on the Republic at 17 and was already an Ensign even though he wouldn't graduate for another four years.
According to TNG, one can join the Academy at fifteen or sixteen. So a 20 year old junior officer would seem to fit in with established precedent.
Kirk joined at 17, Picard tried at 17 and failed on his first application and Saavik was still a Cadet with the rank of Lieutenant in TWOK.
Wasn't Wesley 15 when he attempted to join in "Coming of Age"?
Yep. He was born in 2349 and that episode was set in 2364.
I'd agree if the current group wasn't addicted to Small Universe Syndrome.
I would too and am hoping this occurs.
I'm just at a point where I'm hoping they make the show entertaining. Even if I have to put up with Lt. J.G. Jim Kirk, Assistant Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy and Engineer's Mate Montgomery Scott rounding out the crew.
The production teams shouldn't have as hard a job as they seem to have simply making something entertaining.
They should give Uhura some tragic past like she wanted to go into show business and be a singer but accidently got someone murdered so she joined Starfleet to sort of seek redemption. The reason why she never uses her first name is because she feels guilt and shame over the person she use to be.
Somehow, I like this.
I mean, I struggle with entertaining my kids. I can imagine its more difficult.
And that's the problem Kurtzman and his team have. Honestly, they have trouble writing consistently good Star Trek. Even PIC Season 1 ended on almost inexplicable idiocy and falling back on alien AI robot tentacles threatening existence.
While I hope for an original character, I am not concerned about if they have a few cast members who are known to survive. In all the years of Trek have even two cast members ever died (and not just brought back) on a show. ever? All I can think of for cast is Yar, Jadzia, Lorca (always intended to die) and Shaxs. We have also had a few characters written out of shows like Kes Tyler and the Empress. But killed off, they could still quadruple the death count and have a spare versus any previous (to date) Trek series. Now if they did use Uhura, unlike Spock we really know very little about the character. She is competent in her long career, and achieves career advancement and lives until at least Undiscovered Country. Besides knowing she sing, there is almost knowing we know about who she is, versus what she does.
Oh, I'm not expecting them to kill anyone. It would be nice to have unknowns in there rather than the new Trek theme song be "It's a Small World. "
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