• IninewCrow
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    84 months ago

    Which begs the other side of the question … what organization would place someone with so much trauma, PTSD, unresolved issues and psychological disturbances in the leadership role of a major ship that is responsible for diplomatic missions, first contact, military engagements while at the same time protecting the lives of a crew of hundreds of individuals.

    It would be like having a captain of a modern aircraft carrier, who had been in the second world war, held hostage by the Japanese for months, psychologically tortured, had served in Europe and tortured by Nazis, been placed in psychotic/psychedelic testing after being kidnapped by Communist Russia … had his body surgically altered and had seen death and destruction to cause lifelong PTSD

    It’s pretty wild that they kept piling on the stress after every major life event and kept putting him in the captain’s chair.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      114 months ago

      Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

      We never hear about how the replicator can replicate lots and lots of drugs, but it clearly can replicate lots and lots of drugs.

      And if you get addicted, sickbay has the cure!

    • @ashok36@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      Just use the teleporter to remove the traumatized parts of his brain. Or something. They have space magic level technology. Who’s to say?