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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 846183" data-attributes="member: 710">2Mark: (Too lazy to open another thread for this, just some further comments): I was in the Bundeswehr (every male between 18 and 27 has to go there in Germany, unless he is physically unable to do it, or declines to do it for moral reasons - in the last case, he has to make "Zivildienst", working on some kind of civil/social job), and as I explained, that`s basically how it really works. Every few weeks, a soldier has to work as guard at the entrance of the military buildings. While he is there, he can give anyone orders regarding his job of securing the safety there, even if his rank is higher, and the person normally commands this guard. Some people can still give you orders, but that`s not because of their rank but because of their special position ...As far as I saw it, Kim had no direct superior in his role as - what? Sensor Stations Guy? - so there seems no reason not to promote him - hell, even Wesley Crusher was promoted to Lt. (even if not a "real one", since it was before he was cadet.)Special education for commanding officers can be made via Holodeck simulations and tests, as we saw in Startrek - The Next Generation. (Deanna wanted to become Commander. It was the episode where Data landed on a more or less primitive planet following a probe and lost his memory. In a side plot, Deanna was tested by Riker in a simulation where she was forced to send an officer into certain death to avoid the destruction of the - simulated - Enterprise)Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

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