Babylon 5
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He wasn't "just a doctor", he was effectively the chief of medicine for a small city, overseeing several medlabs with a combined staff in the hundreds from specialists all the way down to medtechs, catering to a mostly transient population of about 250,000 from dozens of species, with all the complications that implies.
That's more responsibility than most non-medical officers of his rank usually have to take on. And at the end of the day, that's all a military rank is: a measure of responsibility.
It's literally a matter of life and death, and a White Star is literally the fastest means available...and since Marcus also took off in a White Star with a massive head start, there really isn't any time to loose. As for why Franklin: name one other person in that operation that 1) had more experience with the alien device and 2) would be of any use in a life threatening medical emergency.
Anla'Shok don't think that way; just ask Sech Turval about flowers and mountaintops.
No, he actually was Earthforce military (though not an officer.) All the personnel under him like Zack, Lou, etc. were however exactly as you say: non-military peace officers employed by Earthforce. This is why Garibaldi wore the same style of uniform as other EF military officers with the EA badge on the breast, with the EA Security Division badge on the shoulder (see also the kid of Garibadi's dead friend from Mars back in season 1), while his staff just had the non-EA diamond security badge on the breast. Also I think they were slightly different shades of grey.
For clarity, he was EF infantry during the war, demobbed after it ended and went on civvie street, mostly as a shuttle pilot, which is where he was when Sinclair met him and later convinced him to re-up.
What exactly WAS Garibaldi's rank, anyway?
1. Steven had a Radar somewhere, that let him be a doctor.
2. If he truly did have that much responsibility, then his drug problem was criminal negligence, and poor Hobbs demotion back to the trenches when the junkie claimed to be clean, was tragic.
Considering that Vir seemed to be in his early-20's in the first part of the series, during the war Vir was probably a kid and, with Centauri Prime not involved in the war, there was no reason to see him, since that would probably be a story that didn't go with the rest of the movie.
As for Garibaldi, he was a groudpounder as he told Dwight Schultz's character in that Season 1 episode.
And if they weren't a rogue, independent state with exactly zero chance of recruiting a replacement with even 1/10th of his expertise and experience, then Sheridan might have been a bit more choosy about it. That said, he wasn't fired, he resigned before it became the kind of problem where lawyers need to get involved. So, as long as he cleaned up, no harm no foul...but just barely.
And his promotion near the end?
He'd have to have been made a general to get that Job, which he was eventually by the point of Sleeping in the Light.
Beverly?
Was Beverly Crusher briefly promoted to Admiral to over see Starfleet medical on Earth during TNG Season 2?
He'd have to have been made a general to get that Job, which he was eventually by the point of Sleeping in the Light.
Beverly?
Was Beverly Crusher briefly promoted to Admiral to over see Starfleet medical on Earth during TNG Season 2?
Possibly. The rank generally goes with the position. Not that the Trek writers ever seemed to spend much time thinking about that kind of thing, what with Starfleet crews being made up of mostly Lts and LtCmdrs and about three or four non-coms tops....and that time the E-A was crewed by no less then THREE Captains...
Dekker became a real turd, when he suffered a temporary reduction in rank to keep the command structure familiar. Although, Kirk was imagining most of that turd behaviour too.
Garabaldi's rank was Chief Warrent Officer, which has a nickname of Chief.
Was his rank the first 4 seasons till he bailed for private life.
A warrent officer isnt a "Real" officer as in he didn't go to collage or academy, but he was an enlisted and got a "Warrent"
pretty much the same as an officer, maybe he got promoted when he accepted the security gig on B5.
Was his rank the first 4 seasons till he bailed for private life.
A warrent officer isnt a "Real" officer as in he didn't go to collage or academy, but he was an enlisted and got a "Warrent"
pretty much the same as an officer, maybe he got promoted when he accepted the security gig on B5.
What, the bob haircut didn't convince you?
We also didn't see Lennier, and it makes sense that those characters would be skipped since at that point, they really weren't doing anything of particular note and their personal stories don't really intersect with that point in their lives. Garibaldi as noted above served in the war, and while he no doubt came out of it with plenty of war stories, his "drama" all seemed to happen in the decade after. Lennier was just a temple acolyte, studying, meditating, doing acolyte things. He did have family on the Black Star, but there's really not much to go on there. As for Vir...I have no idea what he did before being assigned to Londo, besides generally disappointing his family.
Side note: it's only ever mentioned in one of the canon novels, but Marcus was in the war too (advanced recon IIRC.) Indeed, given that there was a draft, pretty much every human of a certain age probably served, Earth born or otherwise. Martians probably less so since IIRC Mars declared itself neutral, which naturally caused a stink. Corwin is probably too young, but the likes of Lou and Zack are a fair bet (also recall those militant ex-security Nightwatch nutjobs like Boggs and his friend that liked to "disassemble" Minbari.)
Oh yeah, no Lennier either.
So the season 5 premiere (Babylon 5-5!) introduced us to a new captain (again) and on-the-run telepaths.
Best part.
G’Kar: You want to be President?
Sheridan: I do.
G’Kar: Place your hand on the book.
Sheridan: *places hand on book*
G’Kar: Fine. Let’s eat.
So the season 5 premiere (Babylon 5-5!) introduced us to a new captain (again) and on-the-run telepaths.
Best part.
G’Kar: You want to be President?
Sheridan: I do.
G’Kar: Place your hand on the book.
Sheridan: *places hand on book*
G’Kar: Fine. Let’s eat.
The problem, as you probably know, is that season five wasn't confirmed till late on, so what were originally going to b or c plots overshadowed by the end of the civil war became main plots too early, rather than building up in the background and then taking over.
The Very Long Night Of Londo Mollari was very good. Having Londo deal with his past mistakes was interesting.
On a lighter note seeing the support group of Vir and Lennier again was nice, and having them discuss the Shirley Temple was great!
On a lighter note seeing the support group of Vir and Lennier again was nice, and having them discuss the Shirley Temple was great!
G'Kar was a great character
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