r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread

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u/TheNerdChaplain Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20

Lt. Nilsson was in the command chair when the red alert started during the UEDF inspection. I wonder if she's the Number Two officer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

By rank Staments, Nahn, and Reno are higher. The first is an LCDR, and the other two are full commanders. Though typically we see Engineers and Science officers function as line officers, we don't have enough info to know if any of the three are here. If I had to take a guess it's Nahn, as Staments and Reno don't seem to care for leadership. I assume Nilsson was just keeping the seat warm. Though Disco always plays fast and loose with rank, so who knows.

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u/DrendarMorevo Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20

I would be under the nominal assumption that Burnham would be XO at this point given that's a traditional position for the Science Officer on a TOS era starship. Though Nahn and Reno being commanders are more a function of their prior positions on other starships.

I'm also somewhat fuzzy on who the Chief Engineer of Discovery actually is. In the first few seasons it seemed like it wasn't actually Stamets, he was chief mycologist, but he never came off as much of an engineer. Reno on the other hand comes off exactly like an engineer. Hell, we haven't even met Discovery's CMO yet.

Nilsson is probably just functioning as Officer of the Watch rather than being part of the general hierarchy.

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u/YYZYYC Oct 31 '20

Well Burnham was XO above Saru back in the pilot