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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hot take - the Consoler is just the Federation's Political Officer.

Space communists need their space commissars... no rank, they exist parallel to the military structure as a bullwork against wrong think.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 26 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'd put the empathic mediator on the bridge too. Seems like it would give a massive advantage all the time.

[–] howsetheraven@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I'm all for some bullwork but it's bulwark.