It would certainly be fitting that her entire career could be summed up as "she flew the ship".
I think her hero Travis Mayweather got more character development than she has. And what a low bar that is.
I think her hero Travis Mayweather got more character development than she has. And what a low bar that is.
Yes, mother.
Okay, I know this is a tangent but I do want to say one thing. I love the symbolism of there being at least one clone present for the fall of the Empire, as it actually does represent a full circle moment as they were created to serve the Republic and they were represented in the restoration of the Republic.
That said, I will happily discard the whole "Nik Sant", because naming the older guy with a white beard after Santa Claus (Saint Nick) is just stupid.
That said, I will happily discard the whole "Nik Sant", because naming the older guy with a white beard after Santa Claus (Saint Nick) is just stupid.
"Piloting" the ship wasn't even a thing in the 1960s show. Ever since Star Wars made piloting ships manually look fun and exciting Trek's explanations for how starships fly has regressed significantly (the low point was the joystick in Insurrection) to the point that "piloting a starship" is now the defining trait in a character in a franchise that basically all but stated since it was created that computers pilot starships most of the time (the helmsman/navigator just punches in coordinates, enters "evasive maneuvers" that computers automatically calculate, etc).
I Beg to differ.
Sulu was the Helmsman (Pilot) in TOS and plenty of episodes showed him pilotong manually on his own or in response to direct orders from Kirk (See TOS S3 Elaan Of Troyius as a prime example.)
There was a second person who was the Navigator - a role the character of Chekov took from TOS S2 on.
But yeah, manual Starship piloting was definitely an active position on a Starship in the TOS era.
You're simply wrong on this one.
In "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" Sulu struggles to stabilize the ship in Earth's atmosphere, punching in different commands because the Enterprise feels sluggish. Piloting and initiative by the helmsman was a thing in Trek almost 60 years ago.
I think Kirk even compliments Sulu in an episode for his piloting skills, trusting his ability to fly the Enterprise.
Well that's just blatantly untrue.
STII: TWoK:
Kirk (To Sulu): "Well, I for one am happy to have you at the Helm for three weeks. I don't think these kids can steer."
What did he do? Run over them? He's a pilot. He flies the ship. Reed does the shooting
Travis flies, Malcolm unalives.
It is if you want it to be
Just like the unused Planet of the Titans starship design model in Spacedock in TSFS could well be a Crossfield-class refit circa 2285.
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