An audience comparison to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's USS Valiant prompts a real-world command critique. A navy would not send cadets away in a valuable warship with only a couple of qualified officers aboard. If those officers were killed, the trainees should not be allowed to continue combat simply because one of them inherited command. The scenario shows why training and supervision must match the value of the assigned platform and the risk of its mission.
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Why the USS Valiant's cadet command is implausible
A Star Trek comparison becomes a practical lesson about supervision, succession, and the risk of assigning trainees to a valuable warship.