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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] [QUOTE]...and yet when the cadets of dead...er...Red Squad do the same damn thing, they're considered foolhardy and their captain was "bad".[/QUOTE]I haven't seen the episode in a while. But, frankly, YES! I forget how the comissioned officers were killed, but I think it was because their comissioned captain decided that Red Squad was fit to see combat and serve duty. Well, maybe. But his flaw was in thinking that Red Squad was ready to make command decisions -- and they AREN'T! Their original captain should've high-tailed it back to base, gotten an experienced crew, and probably could've done a lot more damage against the Dominion then with a bunch of snobby know-it-all cadets without the practical experience to make the decisions that Varley and Picard did. Just because you're the top Red Squad cadet commander, when all you have is four years of Academy marching and lectures, you're going to fall well short of the command abilities of someone like Picard, with literally decades of experience under his belt. The original captain of the Valiant should have been aware of this. The Red Squad captain was too ARROGRANT to be aware of this, and he got his crew killed on account of his own pride ... and that's something Picard or Varley wouldn't do. As a side note: the fact that Red Squad's CO misled (LIED THROUGH HIS FUCKING TEETH) Starfleet as to the status of the Valiant's commissioned crew, simply points to his unworthiness to command. He was so desperate for the opportunity, he got himself and most of his crew killed, and destroyed an expensive and powerful starship in the process that could've been a greater asset to the Federation in the hands of a capable commander. Don't compare this ignorant snot to Picard, or Varley. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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