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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Snay: [QB] [QUOTE]Consider this: would you give command of the Enterprise CVN-65 to the commander of, say... one of the US frigates? (Trivia: Poland recently received two older frigates from the US Navy, although personally I have no idea what for )[/QUOTE]In the US navy, the captain of an aircraft carrier must be an aviator himself. It's not quite the perfect analogy, since Starfleet's mission is not entirely military (and since in comparing the Stargazer and the Enterprise you're comparing similar missions, not armament). [QUOTE]As one of my friends wrote in his fanfic, "One must learn to know how te read between werses. Any captain can be described as 'excellent commander' in his files, but if he's really good, it will be recognized and awarded." What I'm trying to say is, the fact that Picard was in command of Stargazer for twenty years doesn't say good about his command abilities. He may be good, but he wasn't good enough to receive new, better ship. He seemed to be normal, average competent starship captain.[/QUOTE]Picard was an excellent commander. The evidence is right there -- he was trusted with a starship and a crew on a mission beyond the borders of the Federation for an extended amount of time, far from any admiral's oversight, and far from the protection offered by the Federation fleet. You place much weight in what class of starship he commanded, when what you need to be looking at is: a) What mission he was assigned b) his accomplishments on that mission It is not the starship that makes the captain, but it is the captain that makes the successful crew & mission. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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