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Startrek is amazingly devoid of status conflicts. Everybody takes for granted the the BigCaptain is BigCaptain for life and that the SeniorOfficers are SeniorOf
by angelzen 5y ago
Startrek is amazingly devoid of status conflicts. Everybody takes for granted the the BigCaptain is BigCaptain for life and that the SeniorOfficers are SeniorOfficers for life. The crew is content to work routine boring jobs for years on end with exceedingly rare promotions (where to promote to other than a new ship?). Even in a society of small scale material affluence, there are scarce coveted goods, for example, being the captain of a starship.
- justinator 5y agoThat borrows heavily from the idea of just how navies works though, yeah? In a submarine, you don't wanna do a stupid. I bet you could take the script for the Hunt for Red October and make it a TNG three parter and barely anyone would notice. Outside of the fancy starships, it does seem like it's more business as usual when it comes to the failings of people and their better wants and desires. How many plots lines dealt with trade disputes or colonies that need to do something (like leave) but don't wanna, etc.