Transcription: A side by side picture of Star Trek Strange New Worlds character Hemmer and The Next Generation character Geordi La Forge.
Hemmer isn't really "blind" though, he just sees in a different way than humans do
Geordi isn't really "blind" though, he just sees in a different way than other humans do
Not directly related, but my favorite exchange about human eyesight...
(Lt. Commander Data) "Sir, Lieutenant La Forge's eyes are far superior to human biological eyes, true?"
(Capt. Picard) "M-hm."
(Lt. Commander Data) "Then why are not all human officers required to have their eyes replaced with cybernetic implants?"
(Lt. Commander Data) "I see. It is precisely because I am not human."
Tbh I agree with Data. It's absurd that they don't go full AdMech and replace all their fleshy bits with machine bits. Maybe I just crave the strength and certainty of steel more than the average human.
Resistance is futile
Hemner isn't human.
I thought the blue skin and antenna gave it away.
Geordi started as the blind navigator, for irony. They moved him to engineering in season 2 when they decided the did need a chief engineer as a regular character, and Wesley could serve as helmsman.
This is Argyle erasure and I won't stand for it!
Geordi started as the blind navigator, for irony
To be fair, a space ship is probably strictly on IFR all the time. Can't imagine the Enterprise doing a lot of visual approaches.
Also IIRC canonically Geordi's implant gives him better vision than natural eyes.
I don't know if Geordi would describe vision with his VISOR as "better", just that it allows him to see more of the E.M. spectrum. The few times he gets to see with natural eyes (when Riker's Q powers restored his eyes, and when the magic immortality planet "healed" him) he describes seeing beauty that he normally isn't capable of experiencing. "Better" is always subjective
It's the same amount of Vulcan science officers! (Maybe even 2½, if you count Burnham's upbringing)
'Hi we're Starfleet, and we recruit our captains from among the best and the brightest on 150 member worlds, spread over 8,000 light years! But the vast majority of the time, when it's not Jean-Luc Picard, we just get them from this one particular country that accounts for about 4% of the population of Earth. Weird, huh?'
Yeah, well have you looked at the starting salary? And the mortality rate of enlisted... all the smart species know to stay away.
Wait, are you counting T'Pol and Spock? What about Tuvok? He was a science officer on the Excelsior.
I know the actor was the same, but was that the same character?
Well he should count for half like Michael. :D
I see after your edit that you posted a pic of Enterprise B. I was talking about when he made tea for Sulu on Excelsior.
There was a flashback to Tuvok on Excelsior, as well. It is incredibly confusing.
If this was Star Wars they would have "Special Editioned" in some Vulcan ears (on Enterprise B) by now.
Spock is also half Vulcan, no? So it's 3 people and 2 Vulcans.
It's hard to be a blind tactical officer.
Tuvok kind of managed in the Year of Hell, didn't he?
Martok half managed it. He's not technically a tactical officer but he must count.
If they were smart, they’d bring back Hemmer in the first episode of season three. Having him on one of the Gorn ships would be a perfect entryway for the storyline.
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