• @jetA
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    8 months ago

    Hot take - the Consoler is just the Federation’s Political Officer.

    Space communists need their space commissars… no rank, they exist parallel to the military structure as a bullwork against wrong think.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      318 months ago

      Yeah, I’d put the empathic mediator on the bridge too. Seems like it would give a massive advantage all the time.

      • @jetA
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        18 months ago

        I totally blanked on her rank, I honestly thought she didn’t have one. Thanks for pointing that out

        • @confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          I’m curious if you have more to say about Starfleet being some sort of soviet style political party. I don’t see that in Starfleet or the Federation at large. At least not in the TNG era.

          • @jetA
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            18 months ago

            No I don’t have systematic evidence. It was a hot take.

            Having a counselor as part of the bridge crew, feels like a political officer appointment. That’s all