18. Justice for Necheyev

We're talking about Starfleet's admiralty!

• Just how many Starfleet admirals are evil? Liz ran the numbers!
• Why are so many admirals antagonistic, if not outright villains?
• And what are the qualities which make a good admiral?
• Apparently we have more sympathy for Admiral Norah Satie than most people
• We're still pretty mad that Kat died
• Anika proposes a game: which Star Trek characters should or definitely should not be admirals?
• Career paths of the future: in a utopia where people are free to choose their paths achieving/not achieving flag rank shouldn't be the measure of a character's worth

Specific characters discussed: 

• Patterson (VOY - "Relativity")
• Hanson (TNG - "The Best of Both Worlds")
• Haftel (TNG - "The Offspring)
• Patar (DSC - "Project Daedalus")
• Cornwell (DSC)
• Satie (TNG - "The Drumhead")
• Necheyev (TNG -- particularly the "Chain of Command" and "Descent" two-parters)
• Janeway (VOY and Star Trek: Nemesis)
• Kirk (TOS and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock)

Content note: We discuss the telepathic sexual assault of Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Nemesis for about sixty seconds, starting at around the 40 minute mark. 

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