I mean I get what you’re saying, but in the case of TNG specifically it’s a little bit easier for me to forgive it as this is the flagship and there are 100s of billions of people in the Federation from which to choose the absolute most competent people. In the other shows yeah… There’s no reason that Voyager should have the same level of competence as the Enterprise. No offense to Voyager but it’s just Voyager is a random ass Intrepid class that’s only claim to fame is getting thrown halfway across the galaxy.
I kinda get what you’re saying about the differences in crew quality, but it’s been said that to even get into Starfleet Academy you need to pass entrance exams which both Picard and super-boy-genius Wesley Crusher didn’t accomplish on their first try. It’s one thing to say the best of the best get posted to the flagship. But the best of the best they selected from were already made up of the best of the best applicants. And even then, this is post-scarcity where people apply to the Academy because they legitimately want to, but like current times where you are almost forced to go to college for a better shot at jobs, or join the military for reasons beyond wanting to or some patriotic sense.
Yeah, Voyager was comparably a less impressive ship than Ent-D but it’s still a brand new, state of the art science ship with experimental technology. The mid-at-best officers and crew would be the ones assigned to remote outposts (not by choice), aged Miranda, Oberth, Jenolan class ships doing supply runs deep within Federation borders, and other middling assignments.
I mean, there still aren’t that many Intrepid-class ships (or even California-class, for that matter), compared to the population to draw staff from. Comparing them unfavorably to the flagship is quibbling about slightly different positions that are all still way off the top end of the bell curve.
I mean I get what you’re saying, but in the case of TNG specifically it’s a little bit easier for me to forgive it as this is the flagship and there are 100s of billions of people in the Federation from which to choose the absolute most competent people. In the other shows yeah… There’s no reason that Voyager should have the same level of competence as the Enterprise. No offense to Voyager but it’s just Voyager is a random ass Intrepid class that’s only claim to fame is getting thrown halfway across the galaxy.
I kinda get what you’re saying about the differences in crew quality, but it’s been said that to even get into Starfleet Academy you need to pass entrance exams which both Picard and super-boy-genius Wesley Crusher didn’t accomplish on their first try. It’s one thing to say the best of the best get posted to the flagship. But the best of the best they selected from were already made up of the best of the best applicants. And even then, this is post-scarcity where people apply to the Academy because they legitimately want to, but like current times where you are almost forced to go to college for a better shot at jobs, or join the military for reasons beyond wanting to or some patriotic sense.
Yeah, Voyager was comparably a less impressive ship than Ent-D but it’s still a brand new, state of the art science ship with experimental technology. The mid-at-best officers and crew would be the ones assigned to remote outposts (not by choice), aged Miranda, Oberth, Jenolan class ships doing supply runs deep within Federation borders, and other middling assignments.
Then there’s little ol’ field recruit Motherfucking Miles Edward O’Brien.
“Rocks into replicators, my boy.”
I mean, there still aren’t that many Intrepid-class ships (or even California-class, for that matter), compared to the population to draw staff from. Comparing them unfavorably to the flagship is quibbling about slightly different positions that are all still way off the top end of the bell curve.