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I'm not sure we ever found out when in his career it was that Paris' shuttle accident/coverup got him booted out of Starfleet. He mentioned serving aboard a ship at one point, but this all could've been at the Academy. Just because Janeway granted him a commission of Lt. JG in Caretaker, doesn't necessarily mean he had attained that rank before. She may have felt that he simply warrented that rank based on his experience. There may have been a line somewhere that confirms he did indeed graduate, but if there is I can't remember it.
Why are we calling the pointy eared hottie Torya Ziyal the First? Is it the same actress? I didn't notice.
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Well the Encyclopedia says Tom graduated from Starfleet Academy. B'Elanna may have been referring to the fact he was expelled from Starfleet after the shuttle accident. Though the word expel usually refers to school. It looks like Irina was the only one to get a new ship. Everyone else had reuses from earlier episodes.
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Methinks someone on the writing staff got their Locarnoes crossed.
Of course, it would be cool if Paris went to the academy under an assumed name, was the head pilot of the Academy's precision-flight squadron, hung around with an ex-child-genius late of the Enterprise, was expelled and then found himself back in Starfleet only to be kicked out again a mere two years later.
Improbable, but cool.
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I remember knowing that Paris was expelled since the first episode, but that might have come from the Caretaker novel or some other profile thing.
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