posted
Is it just me, or did towards the end of TNG (7th season)and the end of DS9, that all of the Admirals went crazy and started doing things that were against Federation/Star Fleet law? A good example of this is Adm. Pressman and the phase cloak (TNG: The Pegasus), which by terms violated the treaty of Algeron. Another good example is Adm. Leyton, who tried to initiate a coup against the Federation (DS9: Paradise Lost).
-------------------- Fry- How will we get out of this? George Takei's head- Maybe we can use some kind of auto-destruct code like one-A, two-B, three-C... (Bender's head blows up) Bender- Now everybody knows! -Futurama's obligatory Star Trek episode
Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged
capped
I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP
Member # 709
posted
The Star Trek magazine actually did a ststistic/pie chart on the issue.. it wasnt just at the end of those shows, they found that, statistically, a hefty percentage of admirals or flag officers seen on Star Trek went crazy or became criminals... even Kirk, when he became an admiral, ended up stealing a ship and blowing it up.
-------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?"
Registered: Sep 2001
| IP: Logged
posted
And even Voyager continued this trend: Admiral Janeway and her little trip back in time which violated the Temporal Prime Directive.
-------------------- "Most Trek chicks are fat ugly dogs who could burn the plating off a starship with their looks." --The Ultimate Trekker, TrekBBS, December 26, 2001
Registered: Apr 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
Yeah, but it's a small percentage of the total number of admirals in SF. We just hardly see the sane ones because they don't do anything interesting. :-)
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
That's true. I bet that Admiral S'toyi is a really normal and well-adjusted admiral. It's just that isn't seen to be interesting since he heads up Inventory Control.
-------------------- The philosopher's stone. Those who possess it are no longer bound by the laws of equivalent exchange in alchemy. They gain without sacrifice and create without equal exchange. We searched for it, and we found it.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
-------------------- I'm slightly annoyed at Hobbes' rather rude decision to be much more attractive than me though. That's just rude. - PsyLiam, Oct 27, 2005.
Registered: May 1999
| IP: Logged
Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
posted
Dougherty. Don't forget Morrow, who was crazy just be sheer dint of believing that Jim Kirk would listen to him.
-------------------- "The French have a saying: 'mise en place'—keep everything in its fucking place!"
Registered: Jun 2000
| IP: Logged
posted
Or Admiral Cartwright. He participated in an assassination and the attempted assassination of the President of the Federation and the new Chancellor of the Klingons.
-------------------- The philosopher's stone. Those who possess it are no longer bound by the laws of equivalent exchange in alchemy. They gain without sacrifice and create without equal exchange. We searched for it, and we found it.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
I wonder what this shows about the screening policy at the starfleet academy? LOL
-------------------- "Tom is Canadian. He thereby uses advanced humour tecniques, such as 'irony', 'sarcasm', and werid shit'. If you are not qualified in any of these, it will be risky for you to attempt to decipher what he means. Just smile and carry on." - PsyLiam; 16th June
Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged
Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
posted
It shows nothing except what anyone who works in retail already knows: once you become a member of management, your DNA is recoded to become either a blistering idiot, a maniacal tyrant, or both.
-------------------- "The French have a saying: 'mise en place'—keep everything in its fucking place!"
Registered: Jun 2000
| IP: Logged
posted
So. . . I wonder if it's something to do with the number of pips enclosed in a rectangle they have? So that, like the number of a little stars on a McDonalds assistant managers namebadge, it drives them crazy somehow?
posted
Even Admiral Ross had ties to Section 31. But, yah...overall he's a pretty decent fellow.
My addition to the least...Admiral Reiner (sp?). Never seen, but Riker mentioned her as the head of Starfleet security, I believe, and was involved in the Pegasus coverup.
Printer-friendly view of this topic
