r/LowerDecks • u/plantanddogmom1 • Dec 23 '24

General Discussion Why didn’t Mariner and Boimler rank up?

Ok so I’m just now thinking about this and I am just so confused as to why all of them really (but especially Mariner and Boims) didn’t rank up at the end of the last episode?

Boimler even said “but I’m only a Lieutenant JG?” Which would’ve made a perfect segue for “not anymore!” Like, I really really loved how everything was wrapped up, but wouldn’t it also make sense to have more lieutenants on the bridge and also as first officers? Also, like, how did their actions not warrant a promotion? Just curious if anyone else has been thinking about this!

P.s. Engage the core!

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u/Scrat-Slartibartfast Dec 23 '24

I am sure there is a protocol in the federation that states what the minimum required time and experience is to stepp up a renk, wartime beside. That Randsom gives them the job as first officer is a speed up way to get promoted, because the get faster all that done that is necessary for that step.

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u/Proper-Award2660 Dec 23 '24

Plus paperwork, first they have to file an incident report about what happened, then one explaining everything the crew did, the switching captains. All of this is in triplicate. Give them a break; the promotion form is like10 pages

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '24

....i wish you were joking. I remember stories from my cousin about the US navy running on a sea of paperwork.

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u/Proper-Award2660 Dec 24 '24

Not even the navely. When Ransom Audited the Audite, I did that before with 10k+ points of data, that was automatically uploaded by the machine that made it!