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Captain, remember your breathing exercises. They're not worth it. (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

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

[–] howsetheraven 19 points 11 months ago

I'm all for some bullwork but it's bulwark.

[–] confusedbytheBasics 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No rank? She was a lieutenant commander. Wrong think? What scene did TNG enforce some sort kind of "right think"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] confusedbytheBasics 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] verity_kindle 1 points 11 months ago

I appreciated the hot take, Tovarisch!