I’m proud to say I’ve written another Insane Admiral. They must put something in the water at Federation Headquarters.
— Ronald D. Moore, on his creation of Admiral Pressman for Star Trek: The Next Generation
Did… he actually say that?
I got the quote from here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsaneAdmiral
Counter example:
And then there’s Admiral Hardass, formerly Captain Hardass.
Is this from some mobile game? Makes me think of Sims 2/4.
Now that I think of it, is there a Star Trek game where you play as a crew member and go about doing daily stuff? Or maybe even manage the entire crew, like lemmings.
No, it’s from Star Trek: Prodigy, the best Star Trek show in years.
Damn, that’s a big swing. I think Lower Decks has been one of the best Star Treks of all time. I’ve only seen a couple episodes of Prodigy so far, so I’ll have to catch up.
It takes about half the first season to feel familiar as Trek, so stick it out.
No worries, I’m already on board. I’ve just been putting off actually watching it because it’s impossible to get my partner to watch stuff lol
I liked Astra Lost in Space, and it’s giving a lot of the same vibes so far. Voyager for Kids lol
Oof. I hope the plot is better than the animation. But I’m judging solely based on those 2 images.
Janeway was under the effects of a mind swap in the first image. That at least explains the weird pose.
I guess you haven’t watched Lower Decks or Strange New Worlds
I have. I stand by my statement.
We can at least all agree that there’s a pretty big gulf in quality between later three NuTrek shows (Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, and Prodigy) and the first two (Discovery and Picard).
I like the story, but as a kid’s show it’s a little bit on the "simple solutions always work " side of things. Like the first thing the kids come up with fixes the problem. It’d be like if in the other shows reversing the polarity or shooting tachyon beams worked right away, rather than being the first failed idea in the problem-solving process.
Also a lot of science ex machina going on.
I liked Disco, I love SNW and Lower Decks, and I’d agree that Prodigy is somehow still the best Trek of the current era. It’s actually amazing when I think about it.
“But it’s just a cartoon for kids”
And yet. Here we are.
Most are in better shape than I’d be. At least through the mid-2300s, most Star Fleet admirals were the captains that encountered the least explained and weirdest stuff the alpha quadrant has to offer. And they probably only became captain after seeing their old cap turned into an incubator in a alien zoo or something.
Or the early captains in older ships were exposed to far more radiation, chemicals, substances, parasites, bacteria, viruses, telepathy, hallucinogenic and whatever other unknown energies that were then unknown during their time.
They would have lived with these effects for a lifetime before it was discovered that they might have been exposed or affected by these exotic conditions.
Which may explain why many of them who became admirals were so unbelievably stupid.
Admiral Forrest erasure. He was a real one, always had Archer’s best interest and gave his life protecting someone even if that someone had been a major dick to his organization.
I feel like only Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross were the only decent admirals, but then they actually had commands.
Admiral Nakamura would like to have a very calm cool level-headed word with you.
As would Fleet Admiral Shanthi, the admiral that approved Picards blockade in Redemption.
She was also in Community. That’s Nana “How many men do you think I’ve laid with?” Barnes.
Admirals James T. Kirk and Jean Luc Picard absolutely malding right now.
I mean Kirk got demoted hard lol. Still a great Admiral.
I always respected Nechayev.
See, I was going to say almost all…
Because fuck her.
What did she do, and why do I have the distinct feeling that she has a backpfeifengesicht?
What about Admiral Kirk?
In 2286, Rear Admiral Kirk was demoted to captain by the Federation Council for disobeying a direct order from the Commander, Starfleet, Morrow.
Yes, but he saved the Federation doing it.
My point is he was too good to be an Admiral, so they had to get rid of him.
Especially Admiral Kirk
Hot Shots!
The Peter Principle in action.
