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Steve Cole Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I could actually see the counselor. You're talking about a ship with a couple of thousand people on board away from home for years. People get anxious and morale becomes a problem. In the US Navy they call them "chaplains". _________________ The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander
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storeylf Fleet Captain
Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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But does the chaplain sit next to the captain and offer advise during combat?
What's her name in TNG seemed more a mix of Soviet Commissar and Health and Safety officer. She'd have worked better if her position was with the nurse in med bay, and not someone who sat next to the captain on the bridge. |
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Kang Fleet Captain
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1976 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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She was ok if the Captain wanted to know if the other bloke was lying or not. But, given that they usually were, or were at least hiding something, it makes her a bit redundant. _________________
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DNordeen Commander
Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 564
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:10 am Post subject: |
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She does sort of remind you of a commissar with a nice and gentle manner. Considering the Fed was kind of a socialist utopia, maybe that's what she actually was. _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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Dal Downing Commander
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 651 Location: Western Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:21 am Post subject: |
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Actually she always struck me as a Cultural/Diplomatic Ambassador that also happen to be the ships councilor.
She was a Blue Blood Royalty and didn't she take the Bridge Officer Course which means she already had some other background in how ship things work.
The real problem seem to be that Picard already was an Ambassador at Large basically already so why did he need another one. _________________ -Dal
"Which one of you is the Biggest, Baddest, Bootlicker of the bunch?"
"I am."
"ARCHERS!!! THAT ONE!!!!" |
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Spacecowboy87 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 03 Jan 2012 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:34 am Post subject: |
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I once heard Roddenberry say that Picard, Riker, and Wesley were all avatars of himself. That would make the counselor his daughter, lover, and mother. Geez, I wish I hadn't thought of that _________________ Damn, these dice are cold! |
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DNordeen Commander
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Eww...gotta scrub out my brain now! _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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