Poll Will Burnham become Captain in Season 3?

[Tenacity]

It seems to me that when the writers wanted to highlight a human condition or societal flaw, they often embodied those things in the aliens they feature.

A good method, downside is it wasn't just Spock who practiced emotional restraint, almost all Vulcans did. It wasn't just a segment of the Fenengi population that fixated on commerce, it was the defining characteristic of their society.

Planet of hats.

 

[Lord Garth]

What if Book is the Captain in Season 3?

 

[dupersuper]

I like to think that Starfleet is significantly less human than it looks. There are tons of species that would be almost indistinguishable from humans on sight. In particular I like the idea that the Fabrini established a new home for themselves and, remembering how Kirk and the Enterprise saved their civilization, joined the Federation and have a strong cultural bend towards careers in starfleet. Or also that for every ship with 75% humans we see, there's another ship somewhere else with only 25% humans.

Yeah, I always like to think a lot of the background crew are Fabrini or Iotian or Roman or Ardanan or Argelian or another human looking Federation member.

 

[Charles Phipps]

Saru: I'm starting to get the whole, "Starfleet is a homo sapiens only club" accusation.

Yes, Saru, it's an Earthlings galaxy.

 

[Tim Thomason]

What if Book is the Captain in Season 3?

Well, if they're in the 31st century for awhile, they might want a local in charge. Saru or Burnham is about as qualified to be a 31st century military leader as Richard III is qualified to be a Starfleet captain.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Yeah, I always like to think a lot of the background crew are Fabrini or Iotian or Roman or Ardanan or Argelian or another human looking Federation member.

I like the fan theory that most of the aliens are on alien-crewed ships adapted for their use. The primarily-human ships are for M-Classers of a particularly temperate range. The Intrepid and ShirKahr were a little hotter for Vulcan use. An Andorian crewed ship would be on the chilly side. Aliens that could work along fine in Vulcan atmosphere or Andorian atmosphere get assigned to those ships.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Well, if they're in the 31st century for awhile, they might want a local in charge. Saru or Burnham is about as qualified to be a 31st century military leader as Richard III is qualified to be a Starfleet captain.

I mean, captain of the Discovery isn't supposed to be the same as a '31st century military leader' to begin with. Also, if the 31st century is really that much more advanced than what they're used to, the Discovery itself should be way more irredeemably outdated than the crew. And since I highly doubt they'll just get rid of the ship, I don't believe the 31st century will actually be that advanced.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I mean, captain of the Discovery isn't supposed to be the same as a '31st century military leader' to begin with. Also, if the 32st century is really that much more advanced than what they're used to, the Discovery itself should be way more irredeemably outdated than the crew. And since I highly doubt they'll just get rid of the ship, I don't believe the 31st century will actually be that advanced.

If the Discovery offers their assistance to whatever organization is running things in that time period, they might get a local seasoned leader to keep them on task and report to HQ, while retaining the crew (sans a few who might leave for opportunities elsewhere) in order to properly run the ship and its antiquated (or not) technology. If the Discovery is really more advanced than everyone else, then they definitely wouldn't want them in a position to lord over the cosmos in their super-ship.

 

[Charles Phipps]

I mean, captain of the Discovery isn't supposed to be the same as a '31st century military leader' to begin with. Also, if the 31st century is really that much more advanced than what they're used to, the Discovery itself should be way more irredeemably outdated than the crew. And since I highly doubt they'll just get rid of the ship, I don't believe the 31st century will actually be that advanced.

This seems to be the post-apocalypse of the galaxy since Craft reacts to the Discovery as if it's impossibly advanced not primitive.

 

[Tim Thomason]

This seems to be the post-apocalypse of the galaxy since Craft reacts to the Discovery as if it's impossibly advanced not primitive.

It's impossible to judge if Craft is 32nd century or 42nd century or some other future period based on what we see in the short. It's also possible that the Alcorians are just way behind in technology.

 

[Charles Phipps]

It's impossible to judge if Craft is 32nd century or 42nd century or some other future period based on what we see in the short. It's also possible that the Alcorians are just way behind in technology.

Possibly but IF and yes, it's an IF, that it is the time they've traveled to then it would be interesting to see that kind of regression.

A Galactic Dark Age.

Perhaps due to infrastructure collapse.