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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Mr holodeck-biofilter-cleaner-upper-guy 🎶

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do they mistake it for odo?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Real warriors drink prune juice. “Drink Worf’s, with Honor!”

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Going to the bathroom used to be a real war of attrition..."

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've always wondered: who is in charge of the ship while the Captain and their Number One are asleep?

Like, wouldn't a starship realistically need a rotating staff and be manned at all times?

Edit: Doody shifts. Hehehehehehe.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

There's one episode where Data takes over for night watch.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yes, Beverly Crusher, too.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wasn't there an episode where Troy took that test and kept failing it?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And he ordered everyone to bed.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure I've seen Star Trek episodes where they wake the captain because something happened during one of the other shifts.

Edit: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Duty_shift

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

What a yutz!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

[clarinet noises]

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

who is in charge of the ship while the Captain and their Number One are asleep?

The night crew, of course.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

NIGHT CREEEEEEW!!!

Beer me!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

There are officers in chatge of different watches on naval vessels. You don't want someone equal to the captain running things, potentially undermining each other. A senior officer would oversee the night watch while the captain sleeps.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They have duty shifts, each will have an officer in command. In a three-shift system (i.e. where each shift lasts 8 hours), you might have the captain commanding the day shift, the first officer the second shift, and another more junior officer on the night shift. Other times (like when Jellico commanded the Enterprise) there can be a four-shift system. If something important happens when the captain is off duty or asleep then the shift commander can always wake the captain - but the vast majority of the time (i.e. all the days in between episodes, which we never see) then nothing eventful happens during the night shift.

On the Enterprise D, Data often commanded the night shift since he didn't need any sleep, but in principle any officer (even at Lt Junior Grade or Ensign) could be put in command.

I ended reading up a load on this for a Star Trek Adventures game.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ensign Harry Kim

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Picard ran the ship with the shifts per day. Jellico tried moving to a four shift rotation, there was some resistance from the senior staff.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The delta shift is non standard on the enterprise, only being utilized by Captain Jellicle

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well yeah, Picard was having everyone work extra hours by only having three shifts. Jellico gave people a break.

There's a reason the Cerritos has a delta shift even though it's a smaller ship.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

It's frustrating the amount of times Jellico was right or did good captain things. I want to not like him but he's so damn competent.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That was sort of the point, I think. And to show that Picard's way was not the only way captains did things.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He got Troi to dress like a professional instead of a cheerleader.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jellico was absolutely right. The only thing you can really argue he did that was wrong was suddenly change shifts with zero notice, even if they were to shorter shifts.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Now an image of Jellicle Jellico won't leave my mind, and I don't like it

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Jellicle songs for jelllicle capts

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, it's Kurt Hectic.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Make sure you bring plenty of lemon pledge for the away mission

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