In which episode does Troi study to become full commander?

[Maus_Magill]

@smiling bandit

But thats part ofa major error Roddenbery made. It wasn’t a huge problem back in the TOS days, but the command chart for TNG was a huge mistake. Picard should have been a Fleet Admiral, with several other ships around, and Data and Riker and Geordi should have been Captains.

As far as the Klingon civil war episode, I’ll agree, there was no way Picard, a Captain, should have been given command of a fleet, but one can be given command of a ship without actually having the rank of Captain.

What I want to know, since this thread has been good and hijacked, how the heck is the Enterprise a “Flagship” without a Flag Officer?

[Captain_Amazing]

@smiling bandit

It’s a confusing thing unless you’re famliar with the concept. Note that Data (actually a Luitenant Commander) is also called Commander. Sisko could be called Commander, I think, but he should be a full Admiral in rank at least.

Yeah, but in the US Navy, at least, Lieutenant Commanders are routinely addressed as “Commander”, the same way you call a Lieutenant Colonel “Colonel”.

And I wouldn’t expect an admiral to command what’s effectively an out of the way supply and refueling station. Admittedly, after the discovery of the wormhole, the station became more important.