To celebrate all that Labor has done for me, I spent the day sleeping and watching Star Trek the Next Generation on BBC America. T'was good fun.
But a thought occurred to me: is it normal for a ship to have that many Officers of Command rank on a single ship?
I wikipedia'd it, and any Star Fleet officer who holds the rank "Commander" is able to command a ship of the fleet, and the only ship-board rank higher is Captain.
By the end of the series and the associated movies, the list of Commanders was quite long. Riker (became a Captain), Troi, Crusher, Data, LaForge, and Worf were all Commanders by the end. When we look at other ships, there are significantly fewer Commanders around. When the series started, Troi, Data, LaForge, and Worf were all Lieutenant Commanders.
Meh. It just struck me as odd.
But a thought occurred to me: is it normal for a ship to have that many Officers of Command rank on a single ship?
I wikipedia'd it, and any Star Fleet officer who holds the rank "Commander" is able to command a ship of the fleet, and the only ship-board rank higher is Captain.
By the end of the series and the associated movies, the list of Commanders was quite long. Riker (became a Captain), Troi, Crusher, Data, LaForge, and Worf were all Commanders by the end. When we look at other ships, there are significantly fewer Commanders around. When the series started, Troi, Data, LaForge, and Worf were all Lieutenant Commanders.
Meh. It just struck me as odd.
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You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.- Churchill
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Star Trek
07/09/2010 05:29:20 AM
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Well I'm a huge Trek fan.
07/09/2010 06:00:10 AM
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Nice.
07/09/2010 07:06:44 AM
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