On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 5:02:13 PM UTC-5, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > Mike Van Pelt  wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > > BTR1701   wrote:   
   > >> I'm still wondering why Burnham is the only crewmember whose uniform has   
   > >> silver piping when everyone else's is gold.   
   > >   
   > > It's a warning flag:  "If this crewman disagrees with your orders,   
   > > she will Vulcan Nerve-Pinch you and do what she darn well pleases   
   > > while you're unconscious."   
   > >   
   > > As to why such a person would be trusted to be on a starship in   
   > > any capacity ... I have no clue.  Perhaps they explained it at   
   > > some point, but I don't get that CBS special pay TV thing.   
   > > I tried to think up something that might approach a logical   
   > > explanation for why Star Fleet would consider her worth the   
   > > risk, or even let her out of prison, and came up empty.   
   >   
   > That's less absurd than them putting a former Klingon overlord and the   
   > psychopathic Terran Emperor from the alternate universe in the Starfleet   
   > equivalent of the CIA.   
      
   And what is that alternate universe crap about anyway?  In the other series   
   they did not have episodes like those until they began to run out of ideas in   
   the later seasons.   
      
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