Star Trek

[Snowreap]

sometimes it's really better not to think about things too hard.

yes, there are issues, but think about the alternatives. can you imagine the outcry if, in the sequel, we found the cast had all been promoted to bridge officers due to their heroism, and assigned to run a ship more suited to their age and experience level? a replenishment ship, perhaps? or a small destroyer tasked to escorting merchant convoys?

you know the first thing that would happen is they would, by mere chance, happen to cross paths with the Enterprise, whose entire bridge crew has been disabled by some mysterious ailment or weapon (along with the first medical officer, and first engineering officer, who happened to be on the bridge at the time), and they would be forced to take over and save the day.

better to save us the time and bother and just put them on the Enterprise now.

-ken