Jameson's renown as a negotiator came after, as Commanding Officer of the USS Gettysburg, he negotiated the Mordan IV hostages' freedom -- something which two previous Federation negotiators had failed to do (and paid for with their lives). Jameson reveals to Picard that he did not in fact negotiate (he falsified the reports to the Federation) -- in reality, he gave the hostage taker, Kordas (who is holding the hostages this time, too), weapons to defeat his enemies. To balance out the Prime Directive, he gave the same weapons to Kordas' enemies: and began a four decade civil war.
But that's not what this thread is about. Jameson is identified two ways in this episode that intrigue me.
First, he is identified as being the commander of the USS Gettysburg when he negotiated this release.
Second, he is identified as ranking "Commander" (not Captain) when he negotiated this release.
So, Commander Mark Jameson, captain of the USS Gettysburg, becomes our first canonical incident of someone ranking lower than "captain" yet commanding a Starship.
And, anyone know what class Gettysburg is? (Or was?)
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Average Rated 6.27 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with four eps posted)
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"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"
-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"The candidate who slimed John McCain in the primaries and smeared Al Gore in the general election is now the president who pledges to elevate the nation's tone and bring civility to our discorse. Kind of like Michael Corleone brought peace to the mob by killing the heads of the other four families."
--Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?
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Faster than light - no left or right.
I never thought it uncommon that "lesser" vessels had "lesser-ranked" COs; no point in wasting a full 4-pipper on command of a freighter or tanker when a 1�-pipper will do. Similarly, I'm sure smaller scout & destroyer ships have LCDRs or CDRs as their COs just like today's modern navies. Indeed, two of my characters/soulbonds are "mere" CDRs & have commands of their own on small ships.
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Star Trek Gamma Quadrant
Average Rated 6.27 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with four eps posted)
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"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"
-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"The candidate who slimed John McCain in the primaries and smeared Al Gore in the general election is now the president who pledges to elevate the nation's tone and bring civility to our discorse. Kind of like Michael Corleone brought peace to the mob by killing the heads of the other four families."
--Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?
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"You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit into the wind.
You don't pull the mask off the ole' Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim."
Aban's Illustration www.alanfore.com
I find it far more likely that Jameson WAS the captain of the Gettysburg, but he probably had a history of being a good negotiator. This incident merely helped his already good reputation.
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