• Chariotwheel
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    551 year ago

    I’d watch a series with a captain that bullshits themselves through. Not a stupid captain, the opposite: every intelligent, but heavily lacking knowledge. So they have to navigate smartly through every interaction and fake it until they make it.

    • @[email protected]
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      341 year ago

      The captains shown in Star Trek wouldn’t even need to be knowledgeable of all of these weird space phenomena. They have their science officers and general advisors they can ask “What are our options”. They’re just good managers, essentially

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      Also bonus points if the captain actually improves the situation via their lack of training.

      For example encountering a race who insults one of their crew, normal starfleet captain would brush it off but fake starfleet captain challenges them to a fist fight.

      Turns out the aliens greatly respect such actions and starts off first contact with a gesture of equal respect.

      • @Mechaguana
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        141 year ago

        It’s called galaxy quest, but alas, tis only a movie.

      • Hextic
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        11 year ago

        I’m not well versed but Caiphas Cain from Warhammer 40K was supposed to be a big fraud that just happens to have a maxed out Luck score? Something like that would be fun lol

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          The man held out against an admitedly injuried Khornate berserker, he’s just got a healthy sense of self preservation and a cripling case of imposter syndrome.

          • Hextic
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            21 year ago

            Yeah that was my impression. Admittedly everything I know is either from that TTS animation and Adeptus Ridiculous podcast so basically memes lol

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      This would be the best series they’d ever made.

      Captain Ross, a former Indiana Jones type explorer who’s taken over the identity of her dead twin sister after a tragic accident, to escape the Orion syndicate.

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      21 year ago

      The Irresponsible Captain Tylor. Nobody, neither the other characters or the viewers, can tell whether he’s a genius or a moron, but it works for him.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      yes! his salary should be, what do we think? 300x the rest of the crew’s? Sounds fitting!

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics.

    I said I had a theoretical degree in physics.

    They said welcome aboard.