Why Didn't Harry Get Promoted?

[Oddish]

If Voyager and Equinox found themselves as a two-ship fleet (and all of the latter's officers dead or brigged for mass murder), you'd need your most technically proficient people aboard Equinox. And your best engineer on full-time engineer duties. Probably...

USS Voyager
Captain: Kathryn Janeway
First Officer: Tuvok (promote Ayala to head of security)
Chief Engineer: Joe Carey

USS Equinox
Captain: Chakotay
First Officer: Harry Kim (promoted to LTJG)
Chief Engineer: B'Elanna Torres

 

[Farscape One]

Being XO and Chief Engineer at the same time seems like a bad idea, especially if your ship finds itself in the middle of a crisis.

Very true. Likely why the only times we see an XO function concurrently with another position it was always a bridge station. (Spock, T'Pol, Number One.)

 

[FredH]

Well, there was that time Harry made a passionate speech about how deep and all-encompassing his love was for… someone he would shortly leave in the Delta Quadrant, where he apparently had no plans of remaining. That doesn’t speak well of his forward thinking.

 

[Oddish]

Well, there was that time Harry made a passionate speech about how deep and all-encompassing his love was for… someone he would shortly leave in the Delta Quadrant, where he apparently had no plans of remaining. That doesn’t speak well of his forward thinking.

He was in an altered state, mentally. That's why I consider Janeway's reprimand against him to be unjustified.

 

[Shamrock Holmes]

USS Equinox
Captain: Chakotay
First Officer: Harry Kim (promoted to LTJG)
Chief Engineer: B'Elanna Torres

Particularly if you're moving B'Elanna over, then it would make more sense to promote Tom to First Officer rather than Harry, given that except for a small window of time (which I'm pretty sure doesn't include Equinox) he's already the defacto "third officer" anyway.

Harry could still be promoted to LTJG though after moving up to Tom's place in Voyager's chain-of-command.

 

[Oddish]

Particularly if you're moving B'Elanna over, then it would make more sense to promote Tom to First Officer rather than Harry, given that except for a small window of time (which I'm pretty sure doesn't include Equinox) he's already the defacto "third officer" anyway

True. I kept Tom on Voyager because of his piloting proficiency. If there's fighting, they need him flying the tactically superior ship. And they need Harry on Equinox because of his superior technical skills.