How did Janeway ever get a command?
Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Does the dialog specify if it was actually command of a ship, or referring to some other kind of "command"?
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Like a research facility. In the middle of nowhere.
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
I was going to say "under an Admiral's desk", but that one works too.
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
So Tuvok, of all Vulcans, dressed her down in front of three admirals for placing science above tactical stuff... and she's not kicked down to scrubbing plasma conduits? 
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
The proper stunt would have been to promote her, but put her in charge of a research branch of an outpost. She is not in command, and she gets to do science.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So Tuvok, of all Vulcans, dressed her down in front of three admirals for placing science above tactical stuff... and she's not kicked down to scrubbing plasma conduits?
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Maybe they thought the VOY mission was either suicidal, or would be a crushing failure?
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
I wouldn't think so. People tended to say Voyager was capable of navigating the badlands with relative ease, and it was implied to be state of the art. The ship was expeced to survive their initial first mission. So it could hardly have been a suicide mission.
then again, Starfleet Intelligence kicks in, resulting in moronic decisions nonetheless.
then again, Starfleet Intelligence kicks in, resulting in moronic decisions nonetheless.
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Maybe they were hoping for a failure as an excuse to relegate her to the ass end of nowhere.
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Or they figured "let's just give her something relatively easy with no way in hell that she could possibly screw up"Mikey wrote:Maybe they were hoping for a failure as an excuse to relegate her to the ass end of nowhere.
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
As a science officer made Captain, wouldn't you think she would have been better suited to command an Oberth class or Nova class science ship rather than an Intrepid class scout/light cruiser?
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Perhaps Voyager's mission was originaly supposed to be exploring far-flung and uninhabited regions of UFP territory, with the Maquis mission being an unexpected detour?
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Re: How did Janeway ever get a command?
Wouldn't surprise me. They might have just grabbed anyone available for the job.