• limelight79@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I mean maybe not, but I find it hard to believe he’d get promoted to lieutenant commander if he couldn’t lead. So people had to have trusted him, like the guy eventually did in the episode where he had command of that ship.

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      13 days ago

      heh. Pretty sure a rock with googly eyes would be a better leader than half the Admiralty. Just saying. plenty of turdlings getting promoted who shouldn’t have been. And plenty more were promoted merely on competence with little regard for leadership.

      He also got plenty of awards for bravery and courage. There are tons of socially awkard leaders. Like Gen. Sherman (union army, civil war,) Brilliant tactician, socially worse than the average redditor.

      (anybody else remember pet rocks from the 90’s? those were fun.)

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        12 days ago

        Aren’t we talking about Star Trek? Most of the admirals are pretty competent in ST, when they aren’t being occupied by an invading force or something.