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She’s both, the Captain of the Athena (which houses the Academy) and the chancellor of Starfleet Academy. “Chancellor” can be a leadership title in education.
You didn't address my real question, though. Kelrec is pure galactic dark age stock.
I get the sense that Kelrec born and raised on Earth, which seems to be relatively strong and spared somewhat (or recovered better before he was born) from the effects of the burn - possibly because Earth didn't use dilithium-based reactors on the planet surface.
Chancellor of a university is also a title.
Are you from the year 3192 to know what humans do?
When in command of a ship I think one is always called Captain. I mean Dax was being called that when she in command of the Defiant on missions in season 6 when Sisko was assigned to the starbase.
Famous last words.
Sure, but it's a very silly Trek thing because in real life, navies commonly assign Lieutenants or Commanders to command smaller ships and bases because the height of one's rank is roughly proportional to one's ability to manage larger sizes of personnel. You then end up with the ridiculousness of the recent SNW season 3 episode that was a transparent backdoor pilot for the proposed Star Trek: Year One, going as far as not saying "Acting" for Acting Captain Kirk despite lots of other times it was naturally done.
This is tradition, yes, and Star Trek muffs this all the time because it treats O-6 Captains as the only ones who can command starships full-time, rather than real world practice of utilize commanders and lieutenant commanders to command smaller vessels based upon crew compliment and ship size.
What it does to Starfleet is create a much smaller experienced commander pool to draw upon in crises.
Kelrec grew up in the Federation's ruins so he's very much of the, "We're the last best defense of what passes for civilization."
Which is a different creature from those who grew up in the post-apocalypse galaxy.
Or in Fallout terms:
* Kelrec is a Vault dweller
* The students of Starfleet Academy are Wastelanders
Jeez, everyone's pissed off on the interwebs about this:
I can't believe that in-universe all the commanders sit on the edge of their seats, muscles tense, staring at the primary screen for hours on end in silence while the ship warps, ready for any unexpected event.
Maybe they forget that in other series, we only see our heroes when something happens. Although I would have loved a TNG episode where the Enterprise, in real time, warps for an hour and nothing happens. The characters chat about this and that to pass the time, and Picard reads some archaeology book and takes notes.
I can't believe that in-universe all the commanders sit on the edge of their seats, muscles tense, staring at the primary screen for hours on end in silence while the ship warps, ready for any unexpected event.
Maybe they forget that in other series, we only see our heroes when something happens. Although I would have loved a TNG episode where the Enterprise, in real time, warps for an hour and nothing happens. The characters chat about this and that to pass the time, and Picard reads some archaeology book and takes notes.
I doubt anyone important is on the bridge when the ship is in lengthy warp flight. Picard would have been sat in his ready room, Riker would have been in Holodeck 2, Deanna would be doing some counselling, Worf shouting at Alexander, leaving just Data on the bridge at a pinch.
'Disaster' is a good example of what it's probably usually like. Lt Noname is sat in the chair.
'Disaster' is a good example of what it's probably usually like. Lt Noname is sat in the chair.
Sure they do! And everyone knows it’s only a real captain when he’s carrying a swagger stick and always has a nail file on him.
You have a pointSure they do! And everyone knows it’s only a real captain when he’s carrying a swagger stick and always has a nail file on him.
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My understanding is that,in real life, the captain is rarely on the bridge. Maybe rarely is the incorrect word. The captain has too many duties and responsibilities to spend time sitting on the bridge staring off into space.
The simplest answer is that Anke needn't be captain. Of course, the creators want to eat their cake have it too. Can't be Star Trek without a starship going off on adventures and can't have our big name star be subordinate to anyone other than Vance.
Or maybe she just loves reading a good book, in a comfortable armchair, while stars and galaxies scroll by on the screen!
We would see Picard reading in his Ready Room all the time. As the Athena doesn't seem to have a Ready Room for Ake to read in, I'm really not seeing the difference.
Has there been any suggestion as to where her office actually is? It seems to have direct turbolift and corridor access.
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