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Hot take - the Consoler is just the Federation's Political Officer.
Space communists need their space commissars... no rank, they exist parallel to the military structure as a bullwork against wrong think.
Yeah, I'd put the empathic mediator on the bridge too. Seems like it would give a massive advantage all the time.
I'm all for some bullwork but it's bulwark.
No rank? She was a lieutenant commander. Wrong think? What scene did TNG enforce some sort kind of "right think"?
I totally blanked on her rank, I honestly thought she didn't have one. Thanks for pointing that out
I'm curious if you have more to say about Starfleet being some sort of soviet style political party. I don't see that in Starfleet or the Federation at large. At least not in the TNG era.
No I don't have systematic evidence. It was a hot take.
Having a counselor as part of the bridge crew, feels like a political officer appointment. That's all
I appreciated the hot take, Tovarisch!