Not only that, but Paris doesn't seem like the Captain of a Starship type. Not everyone becomes a Captain. He likes being a Helmsman. From there, he'd find something else to do afterwards.
Tom Paris as Captain of the Enterprise
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I get it. You don't like fan service (fanwank). That's okay. You like plots that make sense. So do I. You value quality storytelling. So do I. This thread topic is simply an indulgence of mine, seeing as Seven can act as a bridge between the world of Picard and that of Voyager of old. How many other crossings can she enable credibly and meaningfully?
I could see him becoming something like Tom Cruise's Maverick. Maybe he hangs around the Academy, training hotshot pilots. Or, teaching isn't his style, so he carries out missions for Starfleet that only a hotshit ace pilot can handle 
I could see him becoming something like Tom Cruise's Maverick. Maybe he hangs around the Academy, training hotshot pilots. Or, teaching isn't his style, so he carries out missions for Starfleet that only a hotshit ace pilot can handle
If anything......
Had Tom not gotten together with B'elanna, I suspect he might stay in Starfleet. But, with Miral there as well, I wouldn't be surprised if both decided to get out of Starfleet and have civilian jobs. Tom becoming a testpilot or working on shipdesigns. B'Elanna becomes a civil engineer.
I know that in the Voyager Relaunch series they both decide to stay in Starfleet. It just never really rung true for me.
There is no reason why he couldn't become a holo author like he did in the original Endgame timeline.
Would make sense to me that he would do the celeb tour in LDS and then by Picard have retired to write stories
Right, there was that. I could see him doing that as well. Thing like designing the Delta Flyer, working on Alice, writing holodeck programs.... That's where he always felt like himself, I feel. Being a part of Voyager's crew was needed to survive, both for himself but also the people he cared about it. But I never felt that that was a path he saw himself on when it wasn't a necessity.
There's also Lower Decks which shows Tom is still in Starfleet as of 2381 or 82 (there's some confusion as to what year season 2 takes place in).
Is there such a thing?
Nah, Janeway welcomes Cadet Miral aboard the Dauntless, for her training cruise.
Personally, I like the idea of Worf as captain of Enterprise, and Commander Harry Kim as his first officer.
Controversial opinion: YES!
I forgot about that.
Apparently Worf's tenure as Captain of the Enterprise-E (from the novel Last Best Hope) is referenced in season 3, but it's 20-year-old ancient history by the time of season 3.
Which means we could have an Ent-E cameo in Lower Decks with Captain Worf!
Which means we could have an Ent-E cameo in Lower Decks with Captain Worf!
Why not Nog as the captain of the Enterprise? Star Trek Voyager has been covered a bit in Star Trek Picard. They should also covered DS9 Characters in Picard.
Well, that would be kind of difficult if we were going to see the Enterprise on the show. I commented above that Robert Duncan McNeil is difficult to schedule. Aron Eisenberg is even more difficult to schedule...
Absent holding a seance ...
Even so...the commute's a killer.
Random, but I'd welcome it. Especially Seven accidentally calling him Captain Proton.
No, it's actually Nick Locarno as Tom Paris.
OMG imagine it as a "shocking" twist on like episode 10 of 13. I can actually see them doing it, the show completely ditches it's established direction to become a hasty "find/save Tom" thing in the last couple of eps and by the end you're left wishing you put anything else on instead.
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