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Apparently at one point in the scriptwriting, Data was supposed to be the new first officer.
Go back to the wedding reception scene. Picard is talking about how he'll have to train a new first officer. He says "You all know him...etc" and everyone turns and looks at DATA!
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Riker was leaving the ship, so Data would be the new First Officer. They only needed a new one because Data died.
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...And oddly, though Worf was still wearing Command Red, was not in consideration. This could have been a result of his adventures with Dax, where he was basically promised never to get a command, but this is PICARD we're talking about here...
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: ...And oddly, though Worf was still wearing Command Red, was not in consideration. This could have been a result of his adventures with Dax, where he was basically promised never to get a command, but this is PICARD we're talking about here...
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As far as I'm concerned Worf wasn't considered because he was still an Ambassador, who was only on the Enterprise for the wedding.
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Yeah, I don't know why Picard didn't consider either Worf or LaForge as XO. And to be honest, I'm VERY surprised that Riker didn't snatch one of those two as his own XO.
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Well, LaForge doesn't seem at all like the type who would give up engineering to be the first officer. And I don't think he could do both, since TNG and VOY presented the XO position as a full-time job.
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i still think an XO could double up responsibilities, like Spock did, but i think that non-bridge departments would be excluded.. the Eng. or the CMO are non-bridge officers and probably not qualified.
Historically, Spock doubles as science and XO, and Number One in the Cage seemed to double as Helm and XO (although its unlikely the Mitchell was XO in WNMHGB, it seems it would be possible to navigate and XO at the same time)..
all said, i probably could see Worf doubling as tactical and XO, but then we never did figure if he was assigned to 1701E again or not.
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i agree with phoenix. i think its relatively reasonable to assume that worf was only there because the enterprise was escorting people to the wedding reception on betazed. although what bothers me is that starfleet would let its flagship be a part of all this ceremony. surely they would want it doing more worth while tasks?
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To be fair, the E-D didn't have a very stressful life either post-season two. So, yeah, I can buy the E-E temporarily serving as a glorified transport for the most decorated (?) crew in SF history, blah blah blah.
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Especially seeing as they were going to the wedding of a Daughter of the Fifth House, Eventual Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed.
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Hmm... double post. Haven't done that in a while.
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: i still think an XO could double up responsibilities, like Spock did, but i think that non-bridge departments would be excluded.. the Eng. or the CMO are non-bridge officers and probably not qualified.
Historically, Spock doubles as science and XO, and Number One in the Cage seemed to double as Helm and XO (although its unlikely the Mitchell was XO in WNMHGB, it seems it would be possible to navigate and XO at the same time)..
all said, i probably could see Worf doubling as tactical and XO, but then we never did figure if he was assigned to 1701E again or not.
But there are other department heads who ARE certified to be command officers. Scotty sat the center seat in several TOS episodes. Chief Engineer Logan in TNG (S1) tried to talk Geordi into turning the bridge over to HIM, so it stands to reason that he was certified.
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: i still think an XO could double up responsibilities, like Spock did, but i think that non-bridge departments would be excluded.. the Eng. or the CMO are non-bridge officers and probably not qualified.
Historically, Spock doubles as science and XO, and Number One in the Cage seemed to double as Helm and XO (although its unlikely the Mitchell was XO in WNMHGB, it seems it would be possible to navigate and XO at the same time)..
all said, i probably could see Worf doubling as tactical and XO, but then we never did figure if he was assigned to 1701E again or not.
But there are other department heads who ARE certified to be command officers. Scotty sat the center seat in several TOS episodes. Chief Engineer Logan in TNG (S1) tried to talk Geordi into turning the bridge over to HIM, so it stands to reason that he was certified.
Its called the "bridge officers' test", and since we are stating the obvious here, lets not forget Troi and Crusher are certified for bridge command...
...and Logan wasn't certified, he was just higher ranked than Geordi and was trying to flex his muscles...for that matter Geordi wasn't certified as he was still an ensign...
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