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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I get what you're saying, but even in real life its not necessarily true that the elite crew members get assigned to a flag ship. They'll likely get a cadre of really experienced and competent NCOs and officers, but they're just as likely to get a lot of young not great crew members too.
I was watching a documentary on the new British Aircraft carrier, I think it was the Queen Elizabeth. And a lot of the crew were pretty much raw out of their naval basic schools. Even most of the pilots were brand new to carrier aviation.
The one thing that was done well in Generations for example was that the Captain came on board and didn't know most of the crew, he didn't hand pick Riker or O'Brien.
In Star Wars lore they talk about how Vader's flag ship was staffed by the best officers in the Imperial Navy, the best of the best because it was the route to quick promotions. So when the Executor smashed into the Death Star the Empire lost most of their most competent officers and the fleet was lost.
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That might be more due to the British Navy being a pale shadow of its former self in the 21st century and The HMS Queen Elizabeth was their only aircraft carrier so nobody else was trained for carrier operations.
The HMS Prince of Wales won't be operational until 2023/24.
Starfleet has hundreds of ships. The Enterprise is supposed to be the cream of the crop, hence why Brocolli wasn't considered "Enterprise material" by the stuffy staff.