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"I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a cadet..."

WalkinMan

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"....first year cadet again." - Riker in BoBW.

Does anyone have an idea what Riker was going to do to Shelby, how he would make good on that threat?
 
I don't even think he knew at that point. I think he was irate at her for undermining him and his authority blatantly several times, and snapped at her.

I don't know what he could have actually done to her besides put her on report for violating regulations, the chain of command, and putting crewmembers at unncessary risk when she and Data beamed to the planet.

Other than that...???
 
That would be pretty much sufficient, for an ambitious officer.

I don't guess he could cite her for looking like Brian Dennehy in drag.
 
Re: "I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a cadet.

I always figured that being first officer of the flagship must carry some weight and that someone somewhere owed him a favour or two. I envisage he was thinking of calling in one or two of those favours. Either that or he had friends in higher places.
 
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He was probably going to do her really hard like she was a drunk freshman in college who didn't know any better.

Just a thought.
 
I thought he was just saying that he would ream her ass (er, in the figurative sense) with a dressing down that she'd feel like an Ensign getting yelled at by a far superior officer.
 
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Trekker4747 said:
I thought he was just saying that he would ream her ass (er, in the figurative sense) with a dressing down that she'd feel like an Ensign getting yelled at by a far superior officer.

That or having her scrub a Jefferies Tube with her sonic toothbrush.
 
Trekker4747 said:
I thought he was just saying that he would ream her ass (er, in the figurative sense) with a dressing down that she'd feel like an Ensign getting yelled at by a far superior officer.
Considering how Riker got around in the first 3 seasons, I imagine her ass-reaming would be literal.
 
Re: "I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a cadet.

Interesting ideas...although I think either in the 21st or 24th centuries, there is a standard of sexual decency and I don't think he would force her to do any personal acts she didn't want.

That said, I think a dressing down (he was starting to), plus report for insubordination (note in file), plus perhaps removal off duty shifts (I wonder whether he could order her to clean plasma injectors, maybe that's the captain's perogative), relieve her of duty....call in favors.
 
Trekker4747 said:
I thought he was just saying that he would ream her ass (er, in the figurative sense)...

I figured he might have wanted to do that in a literal sense. After all, she didn't fall for the Riker charm like some females, and she threatens his position. Remember Riker bangs Ro later on, both have amnesia, but still...Riker likes hostile women more than he's willing to admit. We never saw what happened on that Klingon ship Riker served on. "One or both?" Oh, yeah, Riker wanted to get his King-on. :guffaw:
 
I always figured this was Riker warning Shelby that he was more than prepared to put her in her place. At the time, he was XO on the Federation flagship, while she was a young upstart working in a Starfleet defense R&D think-tank. Riker would have had more than enough clout to damage her career with a scathing report regarding her disobeying orders and taking, ‘unnecessary risks.’ And even Admiral Hansen would have been hard pressed to squash such a black mark on her record.
 
Re: "I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a cadet.

What was he going to do?

The third hole.

And with gusto.

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Re: "I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a cadet.

I figure he'd get knock her out, beam her naked into Ten Forward, sling her over the bar and have Data practice deficating on her. I mean, he is fully functional. Then Riker would snap some pictures of the spectacle and send them all over the comm system.

That'll teach 'er.
 
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