[crazy_diamond]

I would have said something to Janeway about that

[Johnnie]

At least he got to sit in on the senior staff meetings.

[Chris]

That's just it, they treated him like an experienced officer and not some trainee ensign. I suppose knowing that you had the respect of your peers was something.

[MistyMountainHop]

Originally Posted by Chris (View Post) Completely agree that Harry remaining an ensign was ridiculous. As a junior lieutenant he still would have been given all the boring jobs.

That's right.

And, in a total opposite move, in Deep Space Nine, Nog starts working on Deep Space Nine as a full ensign after only a year (or two?) at the academy -- and then becomes lieutenant junior grade by the finale (and he never graduated from the academy, as far as I remember. Or it's never mentioned that he was in accelerated program and graduated).

[crazy_diamond]

What is going on with the ranking system

Originally Posted by Chris (View Post) That's just it, they treated him like an experienced officer and not some trainee ensign. I suppose knowing that you had the respect of your peers was something.

Exactly

[Chris]

Good point about Nog. While we know that he attended Starfleet Academy, I don't remember anything about him graduating. Although there was a war on in his storyline, and that does tend to accelerate possibilities of promotion.

[MistyMountainHop]

Originally Posted by Chris (View Post) Good point about Nog. While we know that he attended Starfleet Academy, I don't remember anything about him graduating. Although there was a war on in his storyline, and that does tend to accelerate possibilities of promotion.

Yes, special circumstances.

[crazy_diamond]

Kes/B’Elanna from Star Trek: Voyager*

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[Chris]

Nice set! It would have been interesting to see the Kes & B'Elanna friendship developed a bit more.

[crazy_diamond]

Agreed, would have been nice to see

[Chris]

Guess we can't have everything.

[crazy_diamond]

, looking back I think we could have had a bit more of female friendships

[Chris]

I agree. The relationship between Seven and Janeway was more mentor than friendship. And most of B'Elanna's free time was spent with Tom

[crazy_diamond]

think we got it in the first couple of years then it sort of faded away

[Chris]

You may be right. I enjoyed seeing B'Elanna & Tom's relationship develop and grow, but the writers had time to maintain Tom's friendship with Harry, so it would have been nice to have some female friendships for B'Elanna.