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- From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Subject: Re: data watch
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:52:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.3208.18336@dosgate> "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com> writes:
- >
- > -=> Dunae babbled to All and look what he said! <=-
- >
- > Du> In Chain of Command part II, Data was wearing a red uniform.
- > Du> He was also in Riker's chair on the bridge. How come Dr.
- > Du> Crusher, Data, Geordi, or Dianna never sit in the command chair?
- > Du> They're all the same rank as Riker. And they also take orders
- > Du> from him, maybe it's because of his uniform colour, or maybe
- > Du> because he's Picard's right hand man?
- >
- >Dr. Crusher is the only other Commander on the ship. Data and Geordi
- >are both Lt. Commanders and Deanna is only a Lt. However, Dr. Crusher's
- >rank is only high in a medical point of view. When both Picard and
- >Riker are gone, Data is next in line (he's third in command). The
- >change in colour denotes a change in responsibilities. I believe Amber
- >was like tech and engineering whereas Red is commanding or official.
- >Something like that.
-
- Data changed uniform colors when he left his position as head of one
- department for the position of First Officer, where he is over all
- departments.
- Troi is a Lt. Commander, and outranks everyone aboard except for Picard,
- Riker, Crusher, and Data. She has more time in grade than LaForge, although
- as Chief Engineer he holds more clout than she does; her rank was established
- as Lt.Cdr. in "Encounter at Farpoint" while Geordie wasn't promoted until
- the beginning of the second season (or was it the third?).
- As it stands, Troi and Crusher are outside the normal chain of command,
- but their ranks are real, and their orders carry the same weight as if
- they were issued by line officers (witness Troi's orders in "Disaster").
- Data is the ship's Second Officer, which puts him third in the chain
- of command, behind Picard and Riker.
-
- James
-
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