Someone better inform this guy.
Literally. Just ask McCoy. The things hop, skip and jump all over the place.
*rubs hands together gleefully*
Now: Ask me about my feelings regarding the TOS crew purposefully shoving Spock's consciousness into a physical body that clearly already had one in residence.
What are your feelings regarding the TOS crew purposefully shoving Spock's consciousness into a physical body that clearly already had one in residence?
Didn't we already cover this, Not all orders given are legally binding, if the order is illegal then officers are free to disregard it. The excuse I was only following orders isn't a defense.
Okay, fair enough.A
Lawful Order is legally binding. There is still a great deal of difference between a civilian captain of the Love Boat, and a Starfleet Captain, who has the power of
law over his/her crew.
Janeway was emotionally invested in the outcome of what should we do we Tuvix, that alone would disqualify her from sitting in judgement. Ever said on a Jury? If you know the person who is being tried you have to recuse yourself from sitting on the Jury. As for special circumstances because of where VOY was, well they could always have placed him in stasis until such time as someone who wasn't emotioanlly invested in the outcome could hear and adjudicate the case.
Even if she was, the onus is hers to decide the fate of her subordinates. And all of this talk is still taking for granted that the act was indeed murder, which takes for granted that Tuvix was indeed killed. Without that determination, this debate will continue to be unfruitful.
Voyager is only sovereign territory when anyone in proximity chooses to allow Voyager to act like it's self importance is legally binding, because the Federation hasn't been formally recognized as a friendly state by all these far away DQ places who have no idea what the #### Earth is.
Remember the Devour Imperium?
Voyager bit a pillow during regular cavity inspections, because they didn't have the fire power it takes to take on an Imperium all on their own, or the gall to bluff that hundreds of ships much larger than Voyager would avenge their deaths if something iffy happened.
Again, we aren't talking about following the laws of a local world when visiting or passing through, we are talking about a Captain's governance, and the chain of Command, over the crew on board, who are legally sworn in to obey Starfleet regulations, rules of conduct, and legally binding, lawful orders. BTW, & FWIW
Voyager did not obey the Devour Imperium's rules.
If Voyager is also a colony, then Janeway is both the Governor and Chief of Police, and has far more authority over these people than a regular Star Ship Captain.
Starfleet Security seems to double as the only regular police service in the Federation that we have ever seen since the MACOs ####ed off.
Those Guards from Khitomer in Star Trek 6? MACOs?
I don't think MACOs were cops, they were more like space marines. Maybe they had MACOMP's to police other MACOs on MACO bases, i dunno. Anyways, they most likely were just folded into SF. Not SF security, but these guys probably:
(sorry, I didn't feel like croping, and reuploading, part of a pic that I just posted)
