• @BertramDitore
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    1 year ago

    At least Harry gets a pip! The former Maquis are forever stuck with their provisional ranks. These always bugged me…

    • @[email protected]
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      161 year ago

      Janeway had the authority to promote Starfleet officers under her command, but not the authority to recruit new officers. Hence the “provisional” part. But the situation required it so all the Maquis she integrated wore those alternate pips until Starfleet could ratify and approve them (most, if not all of which, they did.)

      • @CosmicTurtle
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        101 year ago

        But didn’t she recruit Tom Paris? Or did she just “restore” his rank of Lt? If she had the authority to restore a criminal’s rank, surely she would have had the authority to recruit, either way.

        • @[email protected]
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          141 year ago

          Paris graduated Starfleet Academy, and had a rank before being jailed. They don’t say it outright, but I think Janeway got Starfleet’s permission to commute his remaining sentence in exchange for being an “observer” on her ship. But even without being part of her crew officially, he was part of Starfleet again (uniform) so she had the power to promote (and demote) him at her discretion.

          • @CosmicTurtle
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            51 year ago

            Ah I think you’re right. I think she says that at the prison colony, that he’ll be free to do whatever he wants in exchange for guiding them through the badlands.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          When she did that, she was in contact with Starfleet. She didn’t do it unilaterally on her own using powers granted to her as captain.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        1 year ago

        I’ve seen Voyager 3 times and never noticed they had alt pips. Wow. 🤦🏻‍♂️

        If you’re looking to hire a private investigator, you should…call someone else. I’m not that observant apparently.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      If it makes you feel better, Captain Chakotay had normal pips by the time the Protostar was commissioned. Guess Janeway just didn’t want to grant ranks away from Starfleet proper.

      • @BertramDitore
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        461 year ago

        I just always imagined an awkward conversation between Janeway and some new species she had just beamed on board: “so uh, Captain, why do some of your crew have different rank pins?”

        “Oh, you mean the terrorists? Don’t worry about it, they’re fine.”

        • Echo Dot
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          11 year ago

          Anyway don’t worry about it because commander Sisco has normal pips, and he’s worse than any of them.

    • TWeaK
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      121 year ago

      Ohhhh I was wondering what those strip badges were. Provisional ranks.