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Lower Decksshows the lighter side of being aStar Trekensign , butHarry Kim has a far dissimilar outlook . Harry wasVoyager’sOperations Officer , an intact part of the crew – but was never promoted beyond ensign in the show ’s seven time of year . Harry pass many hours as a “ lower decker ” and , as meet inStar Trek#16,it has made him jaded , and he offers a acute rebuke toLower Decks .
Star Trek#16 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Marcus To . Harry and Ensign Sato are consume some downtime during the Tzenkethi crisis . Harry tells Sato he was an national flag for seven twelvemonth , and how , during that time , he was continually put in danger . He opaquely references some of hisVoyageradventures , and tell Sato being on the low-down pack of cards is not a “ walkover ” and it ’s actually terrific .
He concludes by suppose ensign like him were always sacrifice first and were the single expect to be left behind .
Harry Has a Point: Ensigns Are Expendable
Harry Kim is not entirely wrong . In theStar Trekuniverse , ensign and deputy junior grades are some of the most expendable characters . In the Original Series , nearly every landing party had one or two ensign broadcast down with Kirk , but their base hit was not assure . Indeed , the unmingled number of crewmembers who were killed on away mission became something of a enfranchisement image . LaterStar Trekshows dialed this back , but lower Decker still tended to be the victim of misadventure and still had an spendable quality to them .
However , Star Trek : Lower Deckstakes a whole different position of being the gloomy rung on the ravel . The alive show portray the lives of four lowly deckers on board theUSS Ceritiosin the 24th century . Comedic in nature , Lower Decksshows the lowly tasks that national flag do aboard starship , some of which Harry Kim references while lecture to Sato . Lower Decksfinds mood and humanity in clean out warp injectors and keep the replicators . It give a look at the chain of command on card Starfleet vessel , and how starship operations work .
Star Trek ’s Harry Kim has made a scandalous revealing : that his clip wait on on Voyager in the Delta Quadrant nearly ruined his career .
Harry’s Attitude Towards the Lower Decks Is Unfortunate, But Understandable
Thedifference between life onLower Decksand Harry Kim ’s views may lie in their experiences . Harry was on boardVoyager , miss in the Delta Quadrant for seven geezerhood . well-nigh every missionary post was breaking new ground , and every raceway was a first inter-group communication . This create an unbelievably dangerous work air , and it fittingly tainted Harry ’s mode of thinking . The bunch of theCeritios , on the other deal , travels in Federation space , where the stakes are a little less high . Harry Kim ’s misanthropical perspective ofStar Trek’sensigns may abide in severe contrast toLower deck , but he is not amiss .
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