And now for something completely different!

[lunabee34]

Let's have some Star Trek meme.

The original questions ask what crew positions you would and would not like to fill, but I'm going to extend it to the whole world of employment.

What job would you love to have in the Trek verse?
What job would you avoid?
What jobs that don't exist now would exist in that universe? Bonus points for coming up with the coolest job ideas.

I absolutely love that the food service industry is still a thing in Trek despite replicators. I bet there's a whole group of people who say they can taste the difference between replicated and naturally grown food and a culture of food snobbery in those who prefer naturally grown and prepared food.

It's hard for me to imagine being anything other than some kind of educator, so I suspect I'd be doing a version of the thing I'm already doing in the Star Trek universe.

Comments

[spikedluv]

I want to live out my own coffee shop slash book store au! Probably not on a ship, but someplace like DS9 where they have shops.

I would avoid wearing a red shirt at all cost.

Do book stores and libraries still exist?

[lunabee34]

Ha! No red for me either.

I think libraries exist but that they are only of antiquities and that they're really like museums for if you want to see the actual artifact. I think all information is digitally available.

I think people write and sell books but digitally. I think there is an old book market for collectors. I think there's also probably some artisans making books as art objects or as a nod to tradition but probably on the lines of illuminated manuscripts or decorated scrolls rather than the normal paper book we're used to.

[zulu]

And waiters seem more like entertainers / hosts. You go for the atmosphere, rather than someone bringing you something from the replicator that you could've fetched yourself. Or they're connoisseurs who know you so well they can find something - from some planet or other - that would suit your tastes or mood just perfectly at that time.

I know from Jake that there are still writers! And in the Federation everyone gets their mincome so they don't have to work. I don't know what science fiction looks like when you're already living in Star Trek but I would do that, or lots of interspecies romance novels.

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

Like Guinan in Ten Forward, facilitator moods.

It would be really interesting to see what science fiction looks like when you're already living in our conception of science fiction. I suspect we can't even imagine what pushing that envelope would be like.

I bet there's lots of journalistic writing as well.

[musesfool]

I bet there's a whole group of people who say they can taste the difference between replicated and naturally grown food and a culture of food snobbery in those who prefer naturally grown and prepared food.

I just saw a post about that on tumblr: https://liz-squids.tumblr.com/post/612516442319060992/aqueerkettleofish-mermaidelephant

[chanter1944]

Icon love! Going off your keywords and desc, squee!

[musesfool]

Thanks! TaraLJC made it!

[lunabee34]

Ooh, yay!

*clicks*

[havocthecat]

If we were in the Star Trek universe and I didn't have to worry about health care, I would probably be a novelist because I wouldn't have to worry about money!

Also I'd be a hobbyist baker and cook and I'd be inviting people from all over to come to try out my holonovels and eat with me.

[lunabee34]

I love the idea of writing holonovels; it's like writing a book and making a movie/TV show and a video game all at once.

[chelseagirl]

Are you watching Picard? Naturally grown food is definitely a thing.

[lunabee34]

Not yet! I didn't want to shell out for an umpteenth streaming service.

Yeah, I knew his family had a winery and possibly grew other foods.

[chelseagirl]

Not actually what I was referring to. *looks mysterious*

[lunabee34]

I'm so curious! We might actually break down and get it if this self-isolation thing continues for too long.

[timespirt]

What job would you love to have in the Trek verse?

I would be a captain. I like to travel and explore.

What job would you avoid?

Security, we all know they don't last long. LOL


What jobs that don't exist now would exist in that universe? Bonus points for coming up with the coolest job ideas.

Climate and weather control.

[lunabee34]

Oh, yes!

Climate and weather control. I remember that was a plot point in one of the Trek episodes that the fledging Q's parents were killed in a freak weather accident that should have been taken care of by the weather system.

[timespirt]

Yes, no one has invented anything to do the climate/weather thing.

[chanter1944]

As for what job I'd *love* to have in the Trek universe: I am a commsworker born and trained. Communications officer aboard a starship or space station is my dream job, and I mean that literally as well as figuratively. Give me gamma shift (or occasionally beta shift, because everyone needs a night off here and there) on a reasonably busy ship or station, give me a crew intending to stay together, and I am a happy woman.

As for which job I wouldn't want, I never want to be in command for any length of time beyond some emergency that forces the issue. I'm not wired for that. I'm a specialist, and I know it.

Re replicators: I remember the O'Briens surprising each other in one episode, because Keiko's family were replicator people and Miles's mother was a from-scratch cook. Frankly, I'm with Miles for the important things.

[lunabee34]

I wouldn't want to be in command either. I mean, I do like being in charge but of academic committees, not life or death situations. LOL

Comms work sounds like it would be so interesting. You'd be connected to this network of people intergalactically.

[wendelah1]

Nursing! I would love to serve as a nurse aboard a Federation Starship.

I don't want to serve anywhere but sickbay. Not command or engineering or security. Nursing is what I do best. (Though science officer would be a close second choice. I love science.)

[lunabee34]

*nods*

I feel like a lot of us would want to continue doing what we're good at, just in this new setting.

[lyr]

I was so bitterly disappointed as a child to learn that I could not be Captain Kirk when I grew up. My dream job is definitely Starfleet captain! And I already have my own Spock (Hi, Gwyd!), so I am all set on that score.

I would definitely avoid being promoted past that, though. Who wants to give up actually getting out there in the universe to explore and stuff?

Alternatively, I think I would also be excellent at designing immersive holostories. That would be a really cool job of the future, too.

[lunabee34]

You are so intrepid. I would hate being a Starfleet captain. I am so risk averse. I am not at all into doing anything thrilling. LOL

[archersangel]

even though you can get clothes from replicators there's still a need for tailors, apparently, based on garak's job.

[lunabee34]

That's true! I wonder if that's because the fit just isn't great from a replicator.

We also know they have barbers, so I'm assuming there's other services like spa stuff and mani pedis.