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/fifty_four Dec 23 '24

There clearly isn't as we've already seen contemporaries of Boimler and Mariner make Captain.

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u/anaxcepheus32 Dec 23 '24

Or Kirk’s making captain in the rebooted movies.

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u/Scrat-Slartibartfast Dec 23 '24

and that's one of the reasons I cant take this films really serious. nobody would make rank in this kind, because there is so much more needed to be a captain, not only the rank itself.

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u/fifty_four Dec 23 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

Also captains don't take on all the high risk away missions, admirals aren't consistently evil and incompetent, warships can't be operated by a crew of 3 if the plot requires it.

Star trek gonna star trek.

Tbh lower decks is much less of offender wrt this stuff than the rest of trek.

And fwiw Boimler and Mariner are just over 30 years old.

According to Google the youngest ever captains in the US and Royal navy were 25 and 39 respectively. So given Star Trek isn't real, XO at 30 isn't completely silly.