TNG S6E10/11 - Chain of Command
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
106 points (97.3% liked)
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name
6834 readers
1480 users here now
/c/TenForward: Your home-away-from-home for all things Star Trek!
Re-route power to the shields, emit a tachyon pulse through the deflector, and post all the nonsense you want. Within reason of course.
~ 1. No bigotry. This is a Star Trek community. Remember that diversity and coexistence are Star Trek values. Any post/comments that are racist, anti-LGBT, or generally "othering" of a group will result in removal/ban.
~ 2. Keep it civil. Disagreements will happen both on lore and preferences. That's okay! Just don't let it make you forget that the person you are talking to is also a person.
~ 3. Use spoiler tags.
Use spoiler tags in comments, and NSFW checkbox for posts.
This applies to any episodes that have dropped within 3 months prior of your posting. After that it's free game.
~ 4. Keep it Trek related. This one is kind of a gimme but keep as on topic as possible.
~ 5. Keep posts to a limit. We all love Star Trek stuff but 3-4 posts in an hour is plenty enough.
~ 6. Try to not repost. Mistakes happen, we get it! But try to not repost anything from within the past 1-2 months.
~ 7. No General AI Art. Posts of simple AI art do not 'inspire jamaharon'
~ 8. No Political Upheaval. Political commentary is allowed, but please keep discussions civil. Read here for our community's expectations.
Fun will now commence.
Sister Communities:
Want your community to be added to the sidebar? Just ask one of our mods!
Creator Resources:
Looking for a Star Trek screencap? (TrekCore)
Looking for the right Star Trek typeface/font for your meme? (Thank you @kellyaster for putting this together!)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I always laugh when people bitch about the 4 shift rotation like it's the only thing Jelico did wrong.
Galaxy class ships are interstellar cruise liners. Crew comfort is one of the top priorities and they have about a thousand crew to run a ship that maybe takes 200-250 people run due to automation and how highly trained the crew is (in theory at least.)
So from Jelico's perspective, he's got overstaffed crews bumping into each other during their job and ensigns doing science projects to fill their duty hours, when he can add a fourth shift, reduce work hours to 6 hours and potentially have a second shift on standby while they spend time with their family or relax. It's really only the senior staff that are negatively affected by the change, and at that point... who cares? They are supposed to be the best of the best on the fleet flagship.