Indistinguishable from Magic??
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Round about February 2383 (i.e. a few months after Paths Of Disharmony)
Well, I guess that rules out Geordie as the captain of the Challenger. Don't see anyone going from Chief Engineer to Captain in a few months.
Hah, hadn't thought of that.....
The choice of ship is not a coincidence.
I never thought of that either that this might be the way LaForge ends up as CPT on the ship. I certainly hope so as this would like a Tales of Dax on the Aventine. As Dax on the Aventine isn't really a series, but stories that involving Dax & the Aven I'm all for...just I would be for stories of LaForge on the Chall (either a stand alone tale or incorporated into other books)
Geordi coming to Picard's rescue like Sulu did for Kirk in TUC?
I've always felt that Geordi has been given the short end of the stick as far as character development was concerned, both on-screen and in-print. He became the chief engineer on the Enterprise in TNG's second season, and other than a couple of promotions and his upgrade from the VISOR to occular implants, he hasn't changed much. He's a senior officer and one of the highest ranking people on the Enterprise but I can't remember any situation in which he was really placed in command (I think the season 1 episode "The Arsenal of Freedom" may have been the only time he was placed in command of the ship). I've wondered if/how his character might be developed further. Would he ever seek command experience, or was he really just happy to be an engineer? I honestly can't believe that he'd go from engineering to Captain in the blink of an eye (at least, I hope that's not what happens) but perhaps this will spark something in Geordi that will take him down a new and interesting path.
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To some extent Troi and I believe Crusher did sort of decide to go on the command track in the blink of an eye, though Troi had some inspiration I think from the time she was on the bridge when the ship hit that microfilament. As for Crusher, I think she just wanted to enhance her skills and take on a new challenge.
Why not the same for Geordi? I agree with you that Geordi has been given short shrift. He's perhaps the most calicified of the TNG crew. Everyone has moved on, died, or changed in significant ways except him. I haven't finished reading Paths of Disharmony so I'm not sure what will happen in his personal life as a result of that book, but I think its high time that Geordi get some spot light and much needed character development. He's been stagnant for far too long.
Perhaps Geordi can have that proverbial long look in the mirror moment and realize how much everyone else has changed except him and resolve to do something about it. I would think with Data's death he would be thinking about a lot of things, including his own life. So I think there are ways to have Geordi make a change with it being organic.
My one fear is that if he leaves the Enterprise he will be forgotten or bumped off by the writers. However, for the sake of his character, I want him to leave, to get his own command. I would rather have him show up from time to time in a TNG book as captain of the Challenger instead of dwelling in engineering, not growing or changing, not experiencing the human adventure, and isn't the human adventure what Trek is all about?
To some extent Troi and I believe Crusher did sort of decide to go on the command track in the blink of an eye, though Troi had some inspiration I think from the time she was on the bridge when the ship hit that microfilament. As for Crusher, I think she just wanted to enhance her skills and take on a new challenge.
Why not the same for Geordi? I agree with you that Geordi has been given short shrift. He's perhaps the most calicified of the TNG crew. Everyone has moved on, died, or changed in significant ways except him. I haven't finished reading Paths of Disharmony so I'm not sure what will happen in his personal life as a result of that book, but I think its high time that Geordi get some spot light and much needed character development. He's been stagnant for far too long.
Perhaps Geordi can have that proverbial long look in the mirror moment and realize how much everyone else has changed except him and resolve to do something about it. I would think with Data's death he would be thinking about a lot of things, including his own life. So I think there are ways to have Geordi make a change with it being organic.
My one fear is that if he leaves the Enterprise he will be forgotten or bumped off by the writers. However, for the sake of his character, I want him to leave, to get his own command. I would rather have him show up from time to time in a TNG book as captain of the Challenger instead of dwelling in engineering, not growing or changing, not experiencing the human adventure, and isn't the human adventure what Trek is all about?
Prediction: Challenger's captain and XO snuff it, visiting Geordi takes command, the end.
And Scotty perfects Transwarp beaming.
Oh, and Guinan and Nog have a steamy affair!
pass the brain bleach!
If Geordi became captain the same way as Dax, Picard, and every fan fiction captain, then i will puke.
I have never understood this idea that becoming a starship captain is the only worthwhile goal for an officer and that anything less is a failure. That's completely unrealistic. Only a very small percentage of officers can ever become captains (there's only one to a ship, after all), and there's no reason why every single officer would want to. Command is merely one specialty out of many. And captains would be useless without their first officers, science officers, engineers, CMOs, ops managers, helm officers, counselors, etc. There are many personally and professionally fulfilling command tracks in Starfleet other than captaincy.
Indeed, Geordi said as much in Q & A, as I recall. He recognized that being the chief engineer of the most advanced and powerful starship in the fleet was anything but a career dead end, that it was in fact a culmination. He'd already reached the most fulfilling possible level in his chosen career. He already had his own ship, in a far more direct and hands-on way than a captain has a ship. Moving to a captaincy wouldn't be progressing forward, it would just be giving up the role where he's most satisfied.
Hah, hadn't thought of that.....
I've been wondering if this was the case since the book was first announced.
Although I haven't read Q & A yet, I have to disagree that Geordi's highest goal is to be the Enterprise's chief engineer. Unlike Trip, Scotty or O'Brien, I never thought of him as a career engineer but as a guy using it as a stepping stone to greater things. That's not so say he doesn't find engineering rewarding, just that it's not all he lives for.
When we met Geordi, he was the Enterprise helmsman on command track.
When we met Geordi, he was the Enterprise helmsman on command track.
Nope, totally different. This Challenger was seen in an alternate future during "Voyager," under the command of Captain LaForge.
For one season. He's been an engineer for the subsequent 18 years (in universe). That doesn't sound to me like someone who was passionately committed to the command track.
And even if a given character didn't define himself by what he does now, why this kneejerk assumption among so many fans that the only valid career ambition for any Starfleet officer is to become a captain? Most military personnel don't become command officers. They progress as far as they can in the service, then they retire into civilian life. Even if Geordi isn't committed to being an engineer for the rest of his life, why assume the only alternative is commanding a starship instead of, say, leaving Starfleet to become a novelist like he did in the "All Good Things..." future or a ship designer like in Countdown? It's utterly ridiculous to say that someone is a failure if he doesn't become a ship captain. There are a lot of ways to succeed besides that.
No. From what I can tell, it's the ship that was featured in Voyagers 100th episode, Timeless.
As for Geordie becoming a Captain, didn't he wear command red back in TNGs first season and because of that, I agree with Kingdaniel, being CE of Enterprise was a stepping stone, a very long one, but a stepping stone nevertheless.
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