Thirty Days of Star Trek: Wanted: Crew Position

[selenak]

Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want

Frankly, none. Just about the only one I‘d be sort of qualified for would be historian, and these only exist on Kirk‘s Enterprise in order to be seduced by charismatic fascists they fangirl, or, even worse, they‘ve already established a Third Reich Cosplay world, because sure, a historian would think that was a great idea the first time around.

(Gene Roddenberry had weird ideas about historians.)

Now, Jake Sisko, budding writer and aspiring journalist, is someone whose job I imagine I could do, but he‘s never part of Starfleet (except in a canonical AU), and I really like that about Jake. So: can‘t pick his occupations, either, for the purpose of this question.




Day 1 - Favorite TOS Episode

Day 2 - Favorite Federation Race

Day 3 - Favorite Starship

Day 4 - Favorite Captain

Day 5 - Saddest Event

Day 6 - Happiest Event

Day 7 - Favorite TNG Episode

Day 8 - Favorite Federation Enemy

Day 9 - Favorite Character

Day 10 - Most Shocking Moment

Day 12 - Crew Position You Wouldn't Want
Day 13 - Favorite DS9 Episode
Day 14- Favorite Time Travel Episode
Day 15 - Favorite First Officer
Day 16 - Favorite Voyager Episode
Day 17 - Favorite Trek Novel
Day 18 - Favorite Non-Aligned Race
Day 19 - Favorite Enterprise Episode
Day 20 - Character You're Most LIke
Day 21 - Least Favorite Character
Day 22 - Favorite Trek Film
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

Comments

[jesuswasbatman]

It seems to be a thing about SF creators and history, given Straczynski's notorious attitudes as displayed in a certain notorious episode of Babylon 5. (According to him, he started doing a history course at university and was HORRIFIED and OUTRAGED when it was all about economics and large-scale social change, when he thought he'd be learning to write INSPIRING biographies of GREAT MEN.)

And then there's the historian who turned up in the one Big Finish Doctor Who drama I've heard, who was basically a female David Irving, but for Davros. (She found out that you should never meet your heroes.)

And Isaac Asimov's "psychohistory" as, basically, history as a way of learning lessons to manipulate entire cultures better.

[selenak]

That Davos Big Finish Audio was actually good, though, as far as I recall (it’s been years). :). But yes, various sci fi folk really have it in for historians!

(BTW, I have a bit more tolerance for the JMS thing than I used to, not that the episode in question isn’t still The Worst, because post memoirs I’m aware that he had a really spotty education (what with Terrible Dad changing places of residence a lot), making it to college at all was a major achievement, and looking for heroes an escape strategy to stay sane.)

[ratcreature]

I'm pretty sure there must be space historians on the second wave exploration ships that serve different sciences, and don't get into weird scrapes and battles all the time. But in the ST universe non-crew positions would be much better for writers and artists. I bet even with advanced computers there would be still a ton of holodeck scenario designers for example, to make that recreation feasible in the first place.

[selenak]

Well, we know there are space archaelogists, but that’s not quite the same. :) Agreed on the holodeck scenario designers, btw - in fact, wasn’t Bashir friends with one who was responsible for his Bond stories and who created Vic Fontaine?

[ratcreature]

I'm not that fluent in ST canon detail.

[4thofeleven]

The Enterprise-D had a literary historian for some unknown reason in "The Big Goodbye". Then again, given how often ships get thrown back to the 20th century, having someone onboard who can carry a conversation about pop culture while you're trying to blend in might not be a bad idea...

[selenak]

Very true, that, and I had completely forgotten the s1 historian!