Yeah, Riker isn't my favourite character either, but I came to respect him. His mature and lovely relationship with Deanna was one of the reasons, but I think the first time I really took notice was Measure of a Man, where he has the thankless role opposite Picard, arguing against Data's personhood, because someone has to in the court of law. And he does his duty and his best there despite his personal feelings on the matter, something Data later thanks him for. That certainly stuck with me.
Re: Saru, I agree that he was a good XO in the first season and also the total opposite of Lorca. Which, as we see in your list of criteria, is a wanted trait, but still made me scratch my head a bit because I kept wondering why Lorca would go for that. If he thought it would help him keep up appearances or if he underestimated Saru.
Does Chakotay fall into the Spock category of being too into his captain? :-D
(Also, to complete the line-up, this post made me google who the First Officer on ENT was, because even though I watched all four seasons quite recently, I still couldn't remember. Apparently it was T'Pol, which makes some sense, but somehow I thought it couldn't have been because she wasn't Starfleet...)
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Re: Saru, I agree that he was a good XO in the first season and also the total opposite of Lorca. Which, as we see in your list of criteria, is a wanted trait, but still made me scratch my head a bit because I kept wondering why Lorca would go for that. If he thought it would help him keep up appearances or if he underestimated Saru.
Does Chakotay fall into the Spock category of being too into his captain? :-D
(Also, to complete the line-up, this post made me google who the First Officer on ENT was, because even though I watched all four seasons quite recently, I still couldn't remember. Apparently it was T'Pol, which makes some sense, but somehow I thought it couldn't have been because she wasn't Starfleet...)