Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch
Jun 25, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 12 segments
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... shouldn't it be any other color? Data is second officer and executive officer, both of which, correct me if I'm wrong, are command roles, meaning red.
He also seems to be at least the de facto chief science officer on the Enterprise, meaning blue.
Mm.
I get that he works with Geordi a lot, but he isn't in any formal way associated with engineering.
No, he's not engineering.
He's, um, operations.
[laughs]
Yeah
Yeah, 'cause it's like ship s- systems, you know? It's like doing the scanners and, like, just making the...
Like, not running the engine, not...
You know, it's just making the ship work, day-to-day regular stuff.
Oh
... shouldn't it be any other color? Data is second officer and executive officer, both of which, correct me if I'm wrong, are command roles, meaning red.
He also seems to be at least the de facto chief science officer on the Enterprise, meaning blue.
Mm.
I get that he works with Geordi a lot, but he isn't in any formal way associated with engineering.
No, he's not engineering.
He's, um, operations.
[laughs]
Yeah
Yeah, 'cause it's like ship s- systems, you know? It's like doing the scanners and, like, just making the...
Like, not running the engine, not...
You know, it's just making the ship work, day-to-day regular stuff.
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