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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [qb]Regardless of the actual usefulness of the navigator's position, it *was* there and I'd have hoped that it wouldn't end up on the list of "things that were, then weren't, then were again".[/qb][/QUOTE] I've always believed that the navigator's actual purpose during the original series wasn't navigation (something easily handled by the ship's computer), but bridge experience. It's a post almost always filled by junior officers on their first few tours of duty. It lets them observe the captain and senior officers at work, gives them a useful skill, and even allows them to serve as relief for other stations as needed. It's busywork for young officers on the command track. If that's accurate, there's not really anything too horrible about there being a helmsman [i]sans[/i] navigator in any particular time period. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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