Pilot episode name

[Christopher]

I think it would be appropriate to name the first episode "Some People Will Hate This No Matter What We Do"

Heck, you could use that title for just about anything.

 

[m.lp.ql.m]

And then the third one will be called "Number Five" because they'll air them out of production order

Then the fourth one will be called "Number Six," and self-righteous Trekkies will complain about a recycled plot from The Prisoner.

 

[Relayer1]

Then the fourth one will be called "Number Six," and self-righteous Trekkies will complain about a recycled plot from The Prisoner.

But we want...information !

 

[Kevin Wolff]

"A Gornn's Tail"

 

[Nerys Myk]

My impression is that Tyler was the pilot-helm-navigator during The Cage, and Number One's console was the mid-23rd century equivalent of Data's station.

She seems to be running the helm in this scene:

SPOCK: Check the circuit.
TYLER: All operating, sir.
SPOCK: It can't be the screen then. Definitely something out there, Captain, headed this way.
TYLER: It could be these meteorites.
ONE: No, it's something else. There's still something out there.
TYLER: It's coming at the speed of light, collision course. The meteorite beam has not deflected it, Captain.
ONE: Evasive manoeuvres, sir?
PIKE: Steady as we go.
GARISON: It's a radio wave, sir. We're passing through an old-style distress signal.
PIKE: They were keyed to cause interference and attract attention this way.
GARISON: A ship in trouble making a forced landing, sir. That's it. No other message.
TYLER: I have a fix. It comes from the Talos star group.
ONE: We've no ships or Earth colonies that far out.
SPOCK: Their call letters check with a survey expedition. SS Columbia. It disappeared in that region approximately eighteen years ago.
TYLER: It would take that long for a radio beam to travel from there to here.
SPOCK: Records show the Talos group has never been explored. Solar system similar to Earth, eleven planets. Number four seems to be Class M, oxygen atmosphere.
ONE: Then they could still be alive, even after eighteen years.
PIKE: If they survived the crash.
SPOCK: We aren't going to go, to be certain?
PIKE: Not without any indication of survivors, no. Continue to the Vega Colony and take care of our own sick and injured first. You have the helm. Maintain present course.
ONE: Yes, sir.

 

[Tenacity]

Número Uno: " Evasive maneuvers, sir?"
PIKE: Steady as we go."

I think this is a case of either the First Officer making a suggestion to the Captain, or the First Officer nudging the Captain to make clear his wishes.

Similar to when Riker suggests shields to Picard, even though Riker isn't the tactical officer.

Pike: "You have the helm. Maintain present course."
Número Uno: "Yes, sir."

Wouldn't be somewhat strange for Pike to tell the helmsman, who is currently seated at the helm, that they have the helm, if all that means is that they're the helmsman?

I think that "you have the helm" is another way of Pike saying to the First Officer "you have the con."

Part of this is I personally think it make more sense for a First Officer to be at "Ops," than to be just the helmsman. A big part of a First Officer's job is to run the ship, leaving the Captain free to concentrate on what the ship is going to be doing. With a ops panel in front of her, she would be better able to monitor and control the ships internal workings, the crew's activates, allocate resources. And also be aware of what situations are developing outside the ship.

At the helm, she's basically just be "tied down." The helm would prevent her from doing her job.

 

[jaime]

The first episode will be called "Number One."

Then the second episode will be called "Number Two."

Episode three "wipe" episode four "busted flush" episode five "where no one should go for a while" episode six "for the hand soap is empty, and I have touched the rim"....

 

[Logopolis]

The Neutral Menace

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wouldn't be somewhat strange for Pike to tell the helmsman, who is currently seated at the helm, that they have the helm, if all that means is that they're the helmsman?

I think that "you have the helm" is another way of Pike saying to the First Officer "you have the con."

Yes, I agree. It means Pike was leaving the Bridge and Number One was taking the conn, but he wants the ship to remain on course.

Part of this is I personally think it make more sense for a First Officer to be at "Ops," than to be just the helmsman. A big part of a First Officer's job is to run the ship, leaving the Captain free to concentrate on what the ship is going to be doing. With a ops panel in front of her, she would be better able to monitor and control the ships internal workings, the crew's activates, allocate resources. And also be aware of what situations are developing outside the ship.

At the helm, she's basically just be "tied down." The helm would prevent her from doing her job.

But it rarely plays out that way in Star Trek, even in the later shows with dedicated XOs. In TOS Spock was primarily the Science Officer, only assuming command when Kirk was away. His advice was mostly science related. Riker at least was involved in things like reviews and disciple on occasion, but that was on an episode by episode basis. Don't recall how much XOing Kira or Chakotay did. Trek seems to treat XOs as backup Captains. Riding the bench until needed.

Then we have the fact "Ops" was made up to give Data a job when blue turned out not to be his color. He still wound up being the defacto Science Officer. What exactly did Harry do on Voyager? I always saw "Ops" as being the person on the bridge who monitored ship's systems. Co-ordinating with Engineering and Command.

As for Number One, most sources list her as helmsman.

 

[saddestmoon]

First Ep name:
Embark

 

[saddestmoon]

Double post! Sorry...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

First Ep name:
Embark

Second Ep name: Adero