Star Trek: The Original Series
Summary
While Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) control a neat deal of deference from his crew inStar Trek : The Original Series , he once realise himself the disdainful title of " Captain Dunsel . " Captain Kirk was a Starfleet legend , whose exploits would go on to inspire future generations of officer fromStar Trek : The Next GenerationtoStar Trek : Lower pack of cards . However , this legendary status could have been scuppered had thing fit allot to plan in theStar Trek : TOSepisode , " The Ultimate Computer . "
InStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 , episode 24 , " The Ultimate Computer " , Starfleet came up with the cunning melodic theme to replace Kirk with a information processing system . design byDoctor Richard Daystrom(William Marshal ) , the M-5 multitronic whole ( voiced by Scotty actor James Doohan ) was bring in aboard the Enterprise to test its capabilities . The battle drills soon became a desperate engagement for life history when M-5 became solely focussed on its own self - saving . Captain Kirk defeated M-5 when he convinced it to self - destruct , putting an end to any suggestions that he was the Enterprise ’s Captain Dunsel .
What Captain Dunsel Means & Why Kirk Was So Insulted
In " The Ultimate Computer " , Commodore Bob Wesley ( Barry Russo ) wryly referred to Kirk as Captain Dunsel , clearly wounding the Enterprise Captain ’s pride . After Kirk had leave the bridge , Spock explained that a " dunsel " was a terminus used by Starfleet midshipmen to describe a part of the ship that was no longer useful . With a figurer in kick of the run of the Federation ’s flagship , there was a very veridical risk that Kirk would become supererogatory , the dunsel . Thankfully for Kirk , the M-5 was no replacement for a human being , establish that he was still incredibly utile aboard the go-ahead .
Interestingly , dunsel is n’t listed in the Oxford English Dictionary , suggesting that unlike a lot of terms inStar Trek , it ’s not rootle in ancient nautical traditions , as some have suspected . The first recorded exercise of " dunsel " is in the script for " The Ultimate Computer " byStar Trekwriter D.C. Fontana . There ’s a company specializing in bags made from upcycled sail and maritime material calledDunsel ’s , that has adopted the nautical implications of Fontana ’s potentially made - up word . Brilliantly , however , the construct of using recycled materials to reduce wastage is very much in the spirit ofStar Trek .
Starfleet Made The Same A.I. Mistake In Star Trek: Lower Decks
A century by and by , Admiral Les Buenamigo ( Carlos Alazraqui ) tried to deliver the goods where Richard Daystrom had go . InStar Trek : Lower Decks ' season 3 finale " The Stars at Night " , Buenamigo rolled out his newfangled Texas - class starships , which endanger to make California - class starships like the USS Cerritos into dunsels . Like Daystrom ’s M-5 , the Texas - class spaceship also had a fault in their scheduling , which turn the entire armada against Buenamigo and Starfleet . Hilariously , Ensign Sam Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) diss the hostile A.I. when he threatened to make it dunsel if it did n’t stop aggress Douglas Station .
If that was n’t speculative enough , Star Trek : Picardseason 3 revealed that Starfleet had fail to learn from the mistakes of Daystrom and Buenamigo . Fleet Formation Mode was instal on all starships , give control of the entire Starfleet armada over to A.I. Tragically , this was hijacked by the Borg Collective , who used it as a last ditch attempt to destruct all organic life story . It was only thanks to theUSS Enterprise - D and Commodore Geordi La Forge(LeVar Burton ) that the crisis was averted . A one C on fromStar Trek : The Original Series , and despite Starfleet ’s best efforts , there ’s still no such thing as Captain Dunsel .
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The animated clowning series Star Trek : Lower Decks follows the supporting crew on one of Starfleet ’s least significant ship , the U.S.S. Cerritos , in 2380 . Ensigns Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) , Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) , and Tendi ( Noël Wells ) have to keep up with their tariff and their societal lives often . At the same time , the ship is being rocked by a battalion of sci - fi anomalousness .
After starring in Star Trek : The Next Generation for seven seasons and various other Star Trek projects , Patrick Stewart is back as Jean - Luc Picard . Star Trek : Picard focuses on a retired Picard who is live on his family vinery as he fight to contend with the death of Data and the death of Romulus . But before too long , Picard is pulled back into the action mechanism . The serial also brings back fan - favorite eccentric from the Star Trek franchise , such as Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) , Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) , Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , and William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) .
The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives often. At the same time, the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives often. At the same time, the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
After starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons and various other Star Trek projects, Patrick Stewart is back as Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: Picard focuses on a retired Picard who is living on his family vineyard as he struggles to cope with the death of Data and the destruction of Romulus. But before too long, Picard is pulled back into the action. The series also brings back fan-favorite characters from the Star Trek franchise, such as Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), and William Riker (Jonathan Frakes).
