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minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoHot 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.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoYeah, I’d put the empathic mediator on the bridge too. Seems like it would give a massive advantage all the time.
minus-squarehowsetheraven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI’m all for some bullwork but it’s bulwark.
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNo rank? She was a lieutenant commander. Wrong think? What scene did TNG enforce some sort kind of “right think”?
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI totally blanked on her rank, I honestly thought she didn’t have one. Thanks for pointing that out
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’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.
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo 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
minus-squareverity_kindle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI appreciated the hot take, Tovarisch!
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.
Yeah, I’d put the empathic mediator on the bridge too. Seems like it would give a massive advantage all the time.
I’m all for some bullwork but it’s bulwark.
No rank? She was a lieutenant commander. Wrong think? What scene did TNG enforce some sort kind of “right think”?
I totally blanked on her rank, I honestly thought she didn’t have one. Thanks for pointing that out
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.
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
I appreciated the hot take, Tovarisch!