Indeed.Space syphilis is most unkind.

Indeed.Space syphilis is most unkind.
If Tom was needed, they would have fetched him. It's not like they didn't know where he was...
I'm going to say that you need a minimum security clearance to pilot a star ship which inmate Paris did not have.
There was a very small chance he could mutiny or steal a shuttle, which was far more likely, but he would have been locked out of everything, otherwise his personal codes should have been able to open the door to his cell.
Harry already drove the ship into a planet three episodes earlier.Stick Tom on Ops, and make him watch Harry drive the ship into a planet.
If Tom's services were required, would the man be site-to-site transported to the bridge (without warning?) or would he have to hoof it the old-fashioned way?
ahahah, you really believe Starfeet cares about securing shuttle access? We’ve had aliens and literal children steal shuttles on several occasions!There was a very small chance he could mutiny or steal a shuttle, which was far more likely, but he would have been locked out of everything, otherwise his personal codes should have been able to open the door to his cell.
Is that from the episode with the Bynars? If so, then, I mean, to be fair, in that scenario there wasn't really a looming crisis at that point.
Is that from the episode with the Bynars? If so, then, I mean, to be fair, in that scenario there wasn't really a looming crisis at that point.
Ship set to go pfoom in five minutes is something of a crisis...
5 minutes in Starfleet emergency response time is an eternity.Ship set to go pfoom in five minutes is something of a crisis...
Neelix used to fly his own ship. Tuvok flew several shuttles.On a more serious note: it does mean they were without their best pilot for 30 days. Hopefully it was a quiet month...
Neelix used to fly his own ship.
Tuvok flew several shuttles.
Very well put because that is exactly how I remember it. The "sexist" charge was usually a cop out coming from voyager fans who couldn't stand criticism of their beloved show. People who have a problem with women or black men in power aren't watching Star Trek to begin with. They might post a snide remark or two online, but they more than likely aren't watching and are just reacting to an image they saw or something they read. Ds9 never got the chance of being the sole Trek show because just as TNG ended, Voyager started up. As a Niner, I was VERY disappointed that Paramount was putting all its publicity behind Voyager when DS9, IMO, was a far superior show. The characters were much more interesting and the show wasn't afraid to take chances. To go from that to a show that was really TNG in the Delta Quadrant seemed like a step backwards. Not saying Voyager didn't have its moments and that DS9 didn't have some clunkers, but overall I just preferred what Ira Behr was doing. There was a large contingent of Trekkies that didn't think a show about a space station was Star Trek, and of course Rodenberry never wanted Star Trek to be about war. But if we're going to talk about issues that affect us in the here and now, how people deal with the tragedies of war are just as important as every other topic the franchise has tackled. So for me DS9 was very much Star Trek, just taken to the next level.Good thing those same ridiculous sentiments DIDN'T effect the very black heterosexual man who spearheaded DS9.
Talking to my Dad and my brother about this when they were introduced to VOY the publicity was HUGE and the GOAT was everywhere and all of it was positive. They said something was also going on where fandom were getting a moment of Star Trek fatigue where at the time, Star Trek was on the air nearly everyday on many cable outlets, TNG was doing movies every couple of years, and DS9 was on the cusp of carrying the mantle. Some fans were hurt that some portions of fandom were claiming VOY was going in the right direction and DS9 was not Star Trek.
They believed the attacks on the GOAT was retaliation for the mean spirited criticisms of the series where DS9 fans believed were unwarranted and more than likely never gave the bold series a chance. In their minds, Star Trek was actually having its own Civil War in the mid to the late 90's, so it was not about sexism at all.
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