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From: YourName@YourISP.com
On 2026-02-08 20:48:37 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 07:11:23 -0500, The True Melissa wrote:
>>
>> Which part [of Star Trek] are you calling the premise?
>
> The idea that exploration and research would be put in the hands of a
> militaristic organization; that first contact with new races would be
> done via heavily-armed warships; that a single ship would need a crew
> of hundreds (don’t they have automation in the future?), yet there is
> only a single “science officer” to manage the research and exploration
> part of the mission.
Spock was "Science Officer" (as well as "First Officer"), so despite
what is shown on-screen, he was basically a manager and would have had
a "Science Team" of crew members and computers helping him, based
elsewhere in the ship (for example, the "Life Sciences Department:
Botany" was on Deck 9 according to one episode of the show). In some
episodes during planetary landings you can see other crew members
running around with tricorders examining things.
The (admitedly fan-created) list here has 59 crew in the "Science
Division", plus of course help from crew in other divisions. Members of
the "Science Division" would have their own speciailities with that,
such as xeno-biology, planetary science, etc.
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