You are the Captain... 15

[Trek Writers Room]

Starfleet is rolling out a new class of multi-mission explorer starships, and you’ve been selected to captain one.

As part of your assignment, you must choose between two otherwise identical vessels. The only difference is in how they’re operated:

• One ship has a traditional bridge crew.
• The other is primarily run by a sentient computer interface using technology similar to Zora from Discovery.

Dr. Kovich has certified the new artificial intellect as safe and reliable. However, there’s a caveat. The ship still has a full complement of bridge stations and a capable biological crew, but they are only to be utilized if the AI fails.

Which ship would you choose, the one with the artificial intellect or the traditional bridge crew, and why?

 

[Turtletrekker]

The traditional crew. The other ship sounds boring.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I wonder what the bio crew does when the machine is working normally...you'd think they'd work on personal research projects, hone their skills, but some of them would probably get bored and/or or lead a revolt, depending on what show it's in.