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diff --git a/content/star-trek/tng/crew.md b/content/star-trek/tng/crew.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6d1513d..0000000 --- a/content/star-trek/tng/crew.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Crew of The Next Generation" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2023-11-17T23:00:00+01:00 -categories = ["star-trek"] -draft = false -weight = 2003 -primary_menu = "star-trek" -abstract = "The crew of USS Enterpise during TNG" -[menu] - [menu.star-trek] - weight = 2003 - identifier = "crew-of-the-next-generation" - parent = "tng" - name = "Crew" -+++ - -The greatest thing about serving aboard Enterprise-D was the crew. -I loved each and every one of them. -They felt like friends, like family. - -What helped to create that bond was the free time activities I could witness. -Picard's Shakespearean's performances; Riker's concerts; Data's poetry readings. - -Even in the grimmest of circumstances, everyone remained professional and human. -This is what I miss the most in recent adventures, the human part. - -This is the greatest crew of I have ever met. - - -## Captain Jean-Luc Picard {#captain-jean-luc-picard} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-picard.jpeg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Picard was 51 when he became the captain of USS Enterprise. -His age surely helped him at the command, but also made it more difficult to deal with the crew -Enterprise-D was created in time of relative peace, so it was not a warship. -It was designed to accommodate entire families and so the crew was living with their children. -And if there are two things Picard could not stand, one of those were children. - -He kept a clear line between himself and his crewmates. -Yes, he bonded, and the bond changed him - but he was the commander, so his will would always need to be final. -This is why he allowed the rest of the crew to spend time together but without him - they needed to rely on each other as mates, but the commander can not become one. -This made him a bit of loner, always skipping late night poker games. - -The deck was his entire world. -Picard is a born diplomat, always ready to create peace instead of conflict - be it when dealing with the crew or with treats. - -We've all heard about Picard Maneuver before he joined, but after serving under him the name became synonymous with tucking in shirt. -Jean-Luc did it all the time. - - -## Commander William T. Riker {#commander-william-t-dot-riker} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-riker.jpg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Will Riker was the first officer at USS Enterpise and an amazing right hand of Jean-Luc. -Much less strict and more risk taking than his superior officer. -Always ready to banter and play games with the crew. -An amazing trumpet player (a Jazz fan! I always love meeting fellow jazz fans) and a well known womanizer. -And, initially, an owner of a magnificent beard. - -We still laugh remembering when he proposed Picard to take a day off at Risa. -Our captain was never fond of lower forms of entertainment, so he was not aware that he went to a burdello-planet equipped with jamaharon, a symbol of sexual interest. -I'm sure he was at least a bit amused, but he never showed it. - -Will, however, was a great tactician known for several invented strategies. -What made him great was not following the protocol, but the contrary - at one point Data calculated that Riker followed standard practices only 21 percent of the time. - -I also fondly remember talking about his undercover missions. -A real life human chameleon! - - -## Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge {#lieutenant-commander-geordi-la-forge} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-geordi.jpeg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Geordi moved ranks - starting with lieutenant junior grade aboard the USS Enterprise, but always being the person best understanding the ship. -Whenever we needed to make it go faster than it should - he was there. - -He was blind and his visors were the only way he was able to see the world. -On a few occasions he was able to cure his eyesight, but always rejected the possibility. - -La Forge was the best friend of Data. - - -## Lieutenant Tasha Yar {#lieutenant-tasha-yar} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-tasha.webp" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Tasha was a security officer when we first joined Enterprise. -We had not many chances to learn about her, due to hear death by end of first year. -All I can say is that she was a strong woman, fitting for a security officer in the Starfleet. - -Luckily we were able to meet her again, a few years later. -She was alive in another dimension. - - -## Lieutenant Worf {#lieutenant-worf} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-worf.jpg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Worf son of Mogh, was the Klingon from House of Martok who was raised by human family of Rozhenko. -Proud warrior torn between two races who sworn his allegiance to the federation - in fact he was the first Klingon to serve in the federation. -At Enterprise, he served as command division bridge officer up till Tasha's death, after which was appointed to be security chief. - -Worf is a mixed bag, we were rarely able to predict him. -As a Klingon, his honor was the most important. -He was always ready to fight, never thinking about own survival. -Often we saw him saving a crewmate even before we knew what was going on. - -But he was also raised as a human. -He was living according to Klingon's customs, but the environment he was raised in added a huge doubt in them. -He was unlike any Klingon I've ever met. - -Later on he had a son - a Klingon named Alexander Rozhenko. -I felt that he was unable to find himself in fatherhood and his father stories were the ones I felt least interesed in. -The son left Enterprise, and we've never heard of him again. - - -## Doctor Beverly Crusher {#doctor-beverly-crusher} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-bcrusher.jpeg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Beverly was the chief medical officer aboard the Enterprise and the mother of Wesley. -She was, as it seems, the closest friend to Jean-Luc (sans Riker), and maybe even more? -Picard was a friend of her late husband and their friendship goes far back. - -One time a ghost of her dead grandma possessed her, and it was the most off the wall adventure we had. -Glad it's over, and I never want to talk about this one ever again. - - -## Commander Deanna Troi {#commander-deanna-troi} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-troi.png" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Deanna was a Betazoid–Human who served as counselor aboard the Enterprise. -As a half-betazoid she was capable of extra-sensory empathy, what allowed her to help the crew with loads of emotional problems. -Another trick up her sleeve was limited power of telepathy, which proved very useful during Picard's negotiations on the bridge. - -Whenever her mother visited the ship, Jean-Luc had to hide as he never hid having the hots for him. - -She was also very, as you may put it, close with William, often refering to him as **imzadi** ("Beloved" in Betazoidian). -They also knew themselves from before the journey, so who knows what happened? - - -## Commander Data {#commander-data} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-data.png" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Commander Data, an android, was our operations officer. -He was the first android to serve in the Federation. - -His primary goal in life was to experience it as a human. -This pushed him towards music and owning a cat, Spot. -He was also known for writing poetry, some of which you can find [on my website](_star-trek/tng/data-poetry_) - -His brother, Lore, was unlike Data, -Envious and happy to deceive - always a problem. - - -## Starfleet Cadet Wesley Crusher {#starfleet-cadet-wesley-crusher} - -{{< img-r "st-tng-wesley.jpg" >}} -The Next Generation -{{< /img-r >}} - -Wesley, was placed aboard the Enterprise as son of Beverly Crusher. -Soon after he joined the Starfleed Academy where he was allowed to learn while serving on the Enterprise. - -Some other Starfleet Cadets may have hated his guts, saying that he was unfit for service. -I hover was very fond of him as his adventures - even if a lot of problems aboard the ship were a direct result of his failed experiments. |