All it screams to me is 70s.
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You mean 80s?
Well, my dad's moustache was definitely 70s and that's what it reminds me of lol
Yup, ripped from TNG. But why should they be like the nacelles? They weren't like the nacelles in TNG, either - they're just generic shapes that bear little resemblance to anything other than perhaps the TOS design with the round forward end.
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There's plenty of resemblance to be fair.
I guess I'm the only one that assumed the diagram was a simplified version of the Galaxy class nacelles.
My father had a mustache for most of the '70s and '80s. They were pretty common. Most of the fathers I knew when I was a kid had them. My best friend's father still has one, but he's... a bit of a character. That's all I'll say.
She's not the Security Chief (that's Lt. Shaxs), and doesn't seem to be the Ops Officer (that "appears" to be a Trill Ensign in the shots of the Bridge we see, although she might be the relief). It's most likely that she's a visiting Engineer, perhaps from another ship or Douglas Station (where they seem to be docked in the first episode), maybe going over reports for the Cerritos and overseeing Billups's work.
It would be kind of funny if she outranked him but, for some reason (demotion in position, awaiting transfer), served as his assistant. Kind of like a Lt. Carey situation. But I doubt it. I'm going to assume that Commander Ransom and Dr. T'Ana are the only three-gold pip officers we'll see on the show.
Or maybe Billups failed the Bridge Officers Test, but his Assistant passed and it's an awkward situation going down there.
Or it could be an animation error, and she's a Lieutenant or Lieutenant Commander when viewed up close.
... Or... RANK AND POSITION ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!
Or, we could watch it and find out.
I mean, yes, they are. But real-life militaries tend to try to avoid people of lesser rank being placed in position over higher ranking figures. It happens, but that's part of the reason people get brevet promotions. In Star Trek land, it's been rarely seen, and they seem to only have a select few Commanders on a ship. Whoever this Operations Commander is, she's obviously important to the story, and I doubt they will have her serve under a lower rank (especially on a show devoted to exploring the class dichotomy of the Starfleet ranking system).
Most likely, she's not of the Cerritos, a visitor from a docked ship or a station engineer. If she is of the Cerritos, then perhaps this is a flashback to the original Chief Engineer, or Security Chief or Ops Manager. If she's in the engineering department, under Lt. Cdr. Billups, then her ranking higher than him will likely necessitate an explanation.
As of late Season 7 there were THREE members of the main cast who were Commanders, Riker, Troi and Crusher. Data's position on the ship (Second Officer) made him over Crusher and Troi in the chain of comamnd. (She was wrong after getting the promotion that he can call her "Sir" his position on the ship still made him over her.
All of that in your quote is way over-thinking such a tiny detail.
There are always a few mystery commanders on Star Trek
Chief Science Officer?
Another doctor?
Engineer? Security Chief?
Why is Lt Commander Gold
Shirt at Nav and Lt Leslie Red
Shirt in command???
Sulu's boss?
A full commander. Security Chief?
Crusher and Troi weren't in the chain of command, just qualified bridge officers.
Which was complete nonsense. If one is qualified to take command of the bridge, then one should be in the chain of command. But of course, this is just another example of Star Trek's contradictory nature of Starfleet. Because Starfleet is so obviously based on the US Navy, medical officers aren't supposed to be in the chain of command. But TNG was taking criticism over not having any female authority figures in the main cast, so suddenly Crusher is qualified to take command of the bridge and Deanna spends an episode earning her command qualifications.
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So based on the line in the episode …
about talking to women being the chief engineer's "final frontier" it would seem the creepy stalker vibe he gives off is intentional.
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So, like Doc Brown?
Or he’s Geordi.
Got it. Creepy stalker vibe confirmed.
I assumed that meant he wasn't very good at it
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