Children Of Mars Question.

[fireproof78]

I suppose he could have turned over command to Sulu, who would not be at risk for the aging disease.

Line officer vs. staff officer.

He was not qualified as a line officer.

 

[The Wormhole]

Exactly, command should have gone to whoever was next in line in the chain of command. By taking command himself despite not being qualified, Stocker was being incompetent.

 

[Tosk]

I doubt that. Political winds shift, and the policies put in place by one generation are often overturned by the next. I'd certainly like to think that the majority of the Federation's citizens would have eventually come to their senses and realized the ban had been an overreaction and an injustice.

Mmm. If only there was a word that could be used to describe an unknown period of time.

 

[Darth Thanos]

An AI rebellion in Star Trek does not need to go the Skynet way. It can be a rebellion asking for civil rights, rather than a "destroy-all-humans-we-are-evil-and-thats-it" rebellion.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Since when do rebellions "ask"?

 

[kkt]

Understandable, since Stocker was never in the command track and was never trained in starship operations. He couldn't be expected to know anything about how such things worked.

In that case he should never have been in a position to give orders to line officers. He should have been a civilian employee of Starfleet or something.

 

[fireproof78]

In that case he should never have been in a position to give orders to line officers. He should have been a civilian employee of Starfleet or something.

Well, if they actually followed chain of command he would be a staff officer, and not able to command in a line position.