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Originally Posted by Blaster86
What I never understood was there no one else who could run OPS? He was an ensign on the senior staff for christ's sake
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I think it was more because Voyager was essentially 'The SS Minnow.'
They went on what was supposed to be a 3-hour Leisure Cruise and ended up stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
So they probably werent loaded up with the 'A-Team' and then they lost a bunch of folks and replaced them with the Maquis.
But I mean if you want to really nit-pick (and lets be honest, its Star Trek, who doesnt?) I think a lot of Starfleet ranks depend on rotation. The world needs ditch-diggers and Starfleet ships need Ensigns.
You start promoting people all the time there wont be anyone left to do the gruntwork.