IIRC, the SVA did in fact have officers and did in fact command operations. The joint-command structure designs of the time are still a part of AIT for Marines.Mikey wrote:Yes, even with that qualifier. In that case, she should have been a strategic attache, guide, or whatever you want to call her - not part of the chain of command. When the Special Forces dropped into Dien Bien Phu, the used an awful lot of local help - but that didn't mean that any local South Vietnamese guerilla with a knowledge of the lay of the land was given an erstwhile lieutenancy, did it?
Also, Kira wasn't given a rank... she already had one.
So, a Bajoran officer aboard a Bajoran station in Bajoran space with a Bajoran crew under Bajoran authority with UFP aid at the request of the Bajoran government being given a 2iC position aboard a ship operating in said Bajoran space... and the problem with the Bajorans having someone there with a command position is what again?Mikey wrote:See above. The fact that she was 2iC isn't a reason, it's a symptom - and one that shouldn't have happened. 2iC of the station? Sure, one could even make the argument that a Bajoran should have been in command. Of the Defiant? No way.
If Sisko, the CO of the station (on loan) decides that his 2iC of the station should also have a chance of command of the Warship (operating in said space) but still places her with a fully SF crew. Not really a conflict of interest short of the argument of "SF doesn't believe in joint-ops".