Shipmaster Sane
You have been weighed
I'd take Hugh before Seven if I wasn't selecting a sexual object.Then she can be a diversity hire. Get you those tax credits.
I'd take Hugh before Seven if I wasn't selecting a sexual object.Then she can be a diversity hire. Get you those tax credits.
I'd take Hugh before Seven if I wasn't selecting a sexual object.
Brain damaged,
will literally disobey orders and bicker with her superiors even when they've given their final word.
Her literal only upside is that she's hot, and thats the part you want to remove.
Err... you misread what "Relics" was having Scotty say in those scenes then. Safety regulations for engineering, even in REAL LIFE, are engineered to be considerable more stringent than what the actual safe point is which is ALSO considerable different from the failure point. He didn't write the book to look like a miracle worker, he wrote the book to ensure maximum safety for all parties. Good engineers know the tolerances and how much they could be pushed and can know when it's worth going past the normal "Safe" threshold. Further, he never claimed to write the safety book to look like a Miracle Worker, he just was conservative in his estimates there (which, again, is normal in engineering, always be more conservative where safety is concerned, while knowing you can push past them if absolutely necessary).
What he said he did to look like a "Miracle Worker" was pad his time estimates for work to be done. If he thought a repair would take five minutes, he'd double it to ten. If it would take a day, he'd add another day or two. This might seem dishonest at first, but it's actually a very normal thing in business and services when giving time estimates to customers. There's a twofold reason for this, the first is, of course, reputational, getting work done faster than your time estimate for it looks good. However there's a second, much more important reason for it: you don't know if anything else could go wrong or interfere. By saying something will take longer than you think it will, if an unforeseen problem comes up that you did not anticipate, you can deal with that and STILL finish your original goal within your time estimate. This is part of time management 101: always give yourself more time to accomplish something than you think it will.
In other words, Scotty shows himself as both a better engineer (by knowing the tolerances beyond simple by the book, while also being conservative in what he put IN the book to idiot proof the regs) and better manager (by practicing good time management skills) than LaForge just in that episode alone.
Otherwise, fair points, esp. on the Security choice (had I not put Tuvok for Tactical, I probably would have put him as Security for much the same reasons you did).
Never going to agree on Picard though...
Yes, 7\9's brain is crippled in the same way Professor X's legs are crippled.In the same way that, say, Professor X is crippled. Yes, it's technically true but it's not actually an issue that stops them from doing thier job.
I'm pretty sure everyone in Starfleet has done that.
I'd think something like being incredibly intelligent and having the collective knowledge of the Borg at her fingertips would be the primary upside.
Ah yes, unlike... Picard?I decided with Kirk since he can represent the values of the Federation, while also being willing to take action against dangerous threats.
Ah yes, unlike... Picard?
Picard did not -immediately- order the execution of a lethal alien that he had just established a means of communicating with, which was virtually helpless against him. You might as well blame him for not immediately shooting Q when the continuum dropped him, mortal, onto the bridge.Picard took actions I have issues with, like how he wouldn't neutralize the threat of the Crystalline Entity, even though it had a history of attacking civilian colonies/ships.
I mean, he was willing to break with the Prime Directive on multiple occasions to satisfy his moral position, he just had a strong understanding of why it was important.Plus any TNG episode with the Prime Directive has a tendency to annoy me.
Picard did not -immediately- order the execution of a lethal alien that he had just established a means of communicating with, which was virtually helpless against him. You might as well blame him for not immediately shooting Q when the continuum dropped him, mortal, onto the bridge.
I mean, he was willing to break with the Prime Directive on multiple occasions to satisfy his moral position, he just had a strong understanding of why it was important.
Q maybe not but stopping them from infecting Hugh was a dumb move.Q, for all of his annoyances, was more of a nuisance, and hell, he even warned the Federation of the approaching Borg threat. He was a dick, but unless I'm forgetting something, Q never murdered anybody.
Hmm, funny thing about the Prime Directive. They're willing to have teams take active surveillance, greatly increasing the chance of discovery and thus, interference, but won't stop a disaster from destroying a world, even though they'd have the technology to do so without the natives being any wiser. It's really...offputting.
Anyway, I'm curious what your all-star lineup would be?
Whats the Starfleet policy on suicide bombers, anyway?Q maybe not but stopping them from infecting Hugh was a dumb move.