We're talking about Starfleet's admiralty!
- Just how many Starfleet admirals are evil? Liz ran the numbers!
- Why are so many admirals antagonistic, if not outright villains?
- And what are the qualities which make a good admiral?
- Apparently we have more sympathy for Admiral Norah Satie than most people
- We're still pretty mad that Kat died
- Anika proposes a game: which Star Trek characters should or definitely should not be admirals?
- Career paths of the future: in a utopia where people are free to choose their paths achieving/not achieving flag rank shouldn't be the measure of a character's worth
Specific characters discussed:
- Patterson (VOY - "Relativity")
- Hanson (TNG - "The Best of Both Worlds")
- Haftel (TNG - "The Offspring)
- Patar (DSC - "Project Daedalus")
- Cornwell (DSC)
- Satie (TNG - "The Drumhead")
- Necheyev (TNG -- particularly the "Chain of Command" and "Descent" two-parters)
- Janeway (VOY and Star Trek: Nemesis)
- Kirk (TOS and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock)
Content note: We discuss the telepathic sexual assault of Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Nemesis for about sixty seconds, starting at around the 40 minute mark.
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