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They don't have navigators in the 23rd century now either. The nav station was referred to as Ops on the Shenzhou.
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They don't have navigators in the 23rd century now either. The nav station was referred to as Ops on the Shenzhou.
Another example of Shenzhou being a relic of past. The NX-01 didn't have one either
But it does pose the question why we had this small slice of the 23rd century where the helm and nav were separate?
Chalk it up to different command priorities. Most ships can probably get away with a single officer running both, but it means in a tight spot your helmsman might not perform as well if they're also plotting the course. Kirk liked giving Sulu the breathing room for those edge scenarios.
Didn't Seven effectively serve as their navigator in VOY for a while?
Of course it raises questions as to why the computer isn't doing all that to begin with.
Didn't Seven effectively serve as their navigator in VOY for a while?
Of course it raises questions as to why the computer isn't doing all that to begin with.
Tough Union
Sort of, she worked in astrometrics, IIRC. But that wasn't on the bridge.
Because it would be boring.
Yeah, you don't want the computer to get bored. You never know what's going to happen. Ask James T. Kirk about that. He had to deal with bored computers more than once.
Alara. All the trailers even included the scene of her telling Mercer about the message coming in from Admiral Halsey.
Did this bother you in TOS? If not, why does it bother you here?
Besides, navigator and helmsman are separate jobs on ships today.
Yeah, communication was merged with Security in TNG. Worf screened calls better than he protected the ship.
Yeah, communication was merged with Security in TNG. Worf screened calls better than he protected the ship.
You know, I understand why from a story point of view they eliminated the communications officer in TNG (really, sometimes Uhura was only a glorified telephone operator). But from in-universe it doesn't make much sense because a Starship can receive comunication virtually from all the galaxy. It would be probably a full-time job. And I imagine that during a battle who involve a lot of enemies an allied ships, It would be a little difficult for the tactical officer fights and coordinates with the other units.
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You know, I understand why from a story point of view they eliminated the communications officer in TNG (really, sometimes Uhura was only a glorified telephone operator). But from in-universe it doesn't make much sense because a Starship can receive comunication virtually from all the galaxy. It would be probably a full-time job. And I imagine that during a battle who involve a lot of enemies an allied ships, It would be a little difficult for the tactical officer fights and coordinates with the other units.
It would probably be a fairly complex job if it involves continually monitoring for signals in space and recording the "background noise" of galaxies. Also, assuming coded channels require expert technicians to recognize and decode, as well as the linguistic knowledge needed, it easily becomes a full time job.
By the way, they didn't even have a full-time linguist (or xeno-linguist). When the Universal Translator failed to do its job (Darmok) Troy (the on-board therapist!) had to assume the role. Yes, I know they would never introduce a new character just to do a little exposition, but still (in-universe) it seems incredibly dumb .
But was there ever a cunning linguist?
Once, I head and idea for a TV show where someone discovers a PDA from the future filled with people's obituaries from the local paper, and the person decides to save people before they die. Six months later, Early Edition aired its first episode.
When I was in college, inspired by reading the Foundation novels, I had an idea for a show where a ship from a Galactic Empire goes on a top secret mission and the crew end stuck up in suspended animation for 100 years. When they wake up, the Galactic Empire has collapsed into many independent worlds constantly fighting with each other, and the ship's crew decides to travel the galaxy trying to reestablish the Galactic Empire. One year after I came up with this idea, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda first aired.
So in answer to your question... No.
That's just something they told people. In reality it was just a holodeck for Picard's different programs
So all the children on the Enterprise-D are actually holograms he created, and Picard's supposed dislike of children is really just an coping mechanism for never having started a family?
Part of his therapy.