Replace Troi with Guinan
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To be honest, because I'm so withheld on my thoughts, I would rather have Dr Crusher on the Bridge. At least she bothers to study up on other races and if something goes wrong it can be the CMO calling Sickbay and telling them what they need. To be honest the whole bridge crew needs a shift.
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I'd have preferred an actual working bridge to the lounge they had.
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Just be grateful Gene didn't get the coffee table he wanted.
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If the GCS were purely a S&E ship it wouldn't bother me so much. The problem is that the Ent-D was deployed to every single trouble spot in the UFP.
Put Troi is the Captain's Office on a stripper pole. Guinan in the left chair, Crusher in the right, Riker up by Tactical to aid Worf/Yar and help coordinate the other stations and leave Picard free to handle whatever the ship as a whole needs to handle.
Put Troi is the Captain's Office on a stripper pole. Guinan in the left chair, Crusher in the right, Riker up by Tactical to aid Worf/Yar and help coordinate the other stations and leave Picard free to handle whatever the ship as a whole needs to handle.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Weren't that impressive IMO.Deepcrush wrote:Tits.
She did have a nice butt though.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Neither Crusher nor Troi had any business on the bridge during a crisis. If the ship's current mission involved some medical issue, then Crushe belongs there. TBH, I can't think of a scenario that would require Troi's presence, save something outlandish like targeting a Reman super-ship through magic telepathy - a scenario which would clearly be invented merely to try and find some use for her. Considering the fact that there were actual laboratories on the ship and an intercom, there probably didn't need to be a science station on the bridge either.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
I wasn't convinced about her promotion either. If I recall rightly, she blew the Enterprise up about 15 times before she considered killing Geordie, and that was only after a huge hint from Riker.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Guinan in place of Troi?
Half the episodes would be half as long.
Half the episodes would be half as long.
Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Would this mean Troi would be tending bar?
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
...kostmayer wrote:Would this mean Troi would be tending bar?
Damn, now I'm not sure the tradeoff is worth it. Quick, get Han Solo on the phone!
Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Sadly, TNG is filled with incompetent people.Captain Seafort wrote:Not on your life. Have you seen her performance in The Loss? Without her ability to look inside people's heads she's utterly incompetent, suggesting an appalling lack of training, ability or both. She's best left on the bridge where she can do least damage.kostmayer wrote:Troi appears to be the only shrink on board - if she's on duty say 50 hours a week? That's not much time to divide amongst 1000 people. Wouldn't her time be better spent on counselling people, crew evaluations, researching alien cultures they were likely to encounter?
However, there is mention within that episode there are other shrinks onboard other than Troi. She may be the boss though which is sad. Which leads to me to the conclusion that she is on the bridge because she is an empath. You don't really see other counselors on the bridge taking other shifts. Just my opinion.
Guinan does a far better job as a counselor without having to say "I sense" in every sentence. She is far better written in this regard.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Guinan is several hundred years old and has enough experience to shut Q up. My guess is she'd be a better counselor then anyone in Starfleet.
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Re: Replace Troi with Guinan
Boothby might be a close second.Deepcrush wrote:Guinan is several hundred years old and has enough experience to shut Q up. My guess is she'd be a better counselor then anyone in Starfleet.