Those who've seen lower decks should know why this is not a good idea!
Best we can do is "Sr. Ensign in Charge of the Other Ensigns"
Acting interim Sr. in Charge of other Ensigns
Until he got demoted again and became able to be bossed around by all of the other ensigns.
'somebody has to be the ensign'
--rick berman (probably)
'demotes Paris back to Ensign'
— I need more Ensigns!
Paris makes Janeway laugh:
He can sit on the council, but…
No shit. How many times did he die?
Or kidnapped‽ Harry's a survivor
My favorite forever ensign
But promotions should be earned.
True, but then we have to account for Prime Kim dying and being replaced by Phase-shift Kim. Per Starfleet protocol, that crewman has to start from the ground up. That process runs roughly 4 years just to make it from cadet to ensign.
I mean, by the next
episodeday everybody seems to have forgotten that he's from another timeline so there's that.
Honestly what is the point of a promotion when you are stuck on a ship 70 years from home and money no longer matters anyway?
He's not going to get paid more because there is no pay and hes not going to get a significantly different position on the ship because the talent pool is limited to the ship itself. so the "promotion" would just be performative anyway.
Once they return to earth there would be some tangible benefits which is convenient because then he DID get a promotion to Lieutenant and took over as chief of security and tactical officer. Eventually he was promoted to Commander at star base 11
Isn’t he captain when they make it back to earth in the final episodes?
Yeah but that timeline, admins all it's mistakes, got wiped out
