Nice to see that the new films are making Enterprise almost part of a new cannon, so while it may not necessarily be considered cannon with the likes of TNG, DS9 and Voyager it still has continuity of its own with this universe (baring in mind Enterprise had it's fair share of future meddling thanks to the Temporal Cold War.
I have been trying to think back to season 3, I have not yet got there in my re-watch yet but I cannot remember any other MACO officer being on Enterprise during the Xindi mission. If I recall correctly just before Major Hayes dies he named either a Sargent or a Corporal as his successor, which I assume meant there were no other MACO officers aboard and no mention of a new officer becoming CO in season 4. I know it's possible for a NCO to get a commission but I don't know how rare it is in modern military (I am thinking like this because I am seeing MACO's with more in common with modern military practices than anything else I have seen on trek).
This is going to make rewatching Season 3 interesting... trying to spot any unnamed MACO crew member, who fits and could end up becoming this particular character from Beyond.
He was a Major by the founding of the Federation, and after the Romulan War they rewarded him a Captaincy. So taking part in the Xindi War, 7-8 years before that, could only really place them aboard the NX-01. He'd be of a lower rank at the time, subordinate to Major Hayes and Lieutenant Reed.
Yeah, obviously not going to find Idris Elba there in 2003/4. He was already a big deal in The Wire at the time!
Incidentally I think you could call what happens at the end of Season 2, an act of war. I mean we've been involved in a so called War on Terror for a while now... A military man who saw fighting off in a distant land, would call it like it is. Certainly the millions who lost family between Florida and Venezuela, could strongly claim it was a war.
I have been trying to think back to season 3, I have not yet got there in my re-watch yet but I cannot remember any other MACO officer being on Enterprise during the Xindi mission. If I recall correctly just before Major Hayes dies he named either a Sargent or a Corporal as his successor, which I assume meant there were no other MACO officers aboard and no mention of a new officer becoming CO in season 4. I know it's possible for a NCO to get a commission but I don't know how rare it is in modern military (I am thinking like this because I am seeing MACO's with more in common with modern military practices than anything else I have seen on trek).
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