Harry Kim follows the same ethos that Beckett Mariner does. Higher rank means more responsibility, more accountability, and less fun. He’s happy where he is and bless him for it.
Somebody ought to ask Garrett Wang what he thinks about that. (Remind me 11 months from now and I’ll do it at next year’s Dragon Con if I get the chance.)
It’s going to remain my headcanon for now. I’ve started to imagine a subculture within Starfleet of people who join for the experience but not for the ambition of rank and authority.
Poor Data never got a promotion through seven seasons and four movies. The only time he held higher rank might have been the alternate future the Romulans manufactured for Riker on a holodeck to try to trick him into revealing secrets.
Yeah that’s like saying the person in charge of the duty night shift is Captain while they have the bridge. Sitting in the Captain’s chair =/= Captain.
Same. I genuinely think that was Worf realizing what he did and being legitimately afraid of losing a friend. We don’t see that soft human side of Worf very often. We also know that Data can miss people so when Data said he’s sorry if it damaged the friendship… That’s one of the closest examples of Data being human, in my opinion.
So did Picard, a number of times. “Bridge officer goes cuckoo” is a standard theme. Geordi was turned into a Romulan assassin. Worf de-evolves and kills multiple members of the crew.
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