Procrastination led to Netflix, Netflix led to Voyager...
...Voyager led to that one episode where Tuvok did a mind-meld with a not-insane-just-kills-for-no-reason guy. Which led to the following short and random ranking of Star Fleet Security officers:
I'm informed by the Internet that Chekov was, at times, security officer on the Enterprise.That's news to me, and I have enough memories of Alfred Bester to see how that could work (Chekov's We Russians invented the paranoid omnipresent security agency wouldn't have been historically accurate, but not without a point). But, nah. I think the security officer at the original Enterprise was whoever the Federation's (Section 31) equivalent of Amanda Waller was most pissed off about at any given time.
An special mention goes to Ellen Landry, security officer on the USS Discovery. I only have a few scenes and one specific phrase to base this assessment on, but she's though, well adapted to the job in war environment, and oh god she gives no fucks about the ideals of the Federation, she's a personal loyalty IS ethics kind of officer, she'll risk her life to save you and then tie you up in sickbay and do horrible things to you if it seems useful to the war Lorca said it might come handy.
Of course, Discovery being at least a partially Fuller show, there'll be layers, reveals, plot twists and what not.
- Odo: One third Maigret, one third Far West sheriff, one third old school spymaster. One of the classics.
- Tasha Yar: She understood and embodied the role of a Security Officer in an exploration ship: it's not keeping them away from danger, but being the one who knows how to survive and keep others alive when things go dirty.
- Malcom Reed: Didn't do the best of jobs, but in those pre-Federation times there was a lot of catch-up to do in terms of technology and operational doctrine, not to mention all the time travel stuff. Outclassed but scrappy.
- Worf: My god, no. He was paranoid about the wrong things, and ran on too much adrenaline and an easily slighted sense of honor to be an effective security officer. I don't believe in speciest stereotypes, but Worf spent his life trying to out-Klingon every other Klingons, and Klingons' feeling about security officers matches the Ferengi's about tax collectors.
- Tuvok: (The trigger for this post.) I have no idea how he got the post. Systems security, sure, he could be your guy. But his understanding of individual psychology and group dynamics is awful, and I'm not entirely certain about his tactical sense, either.
I'm informed by the Internet that Chekov was, at times, security officer on the Enterprise.That's news to me, and I have enough memories of Alfred Bester to see how that could work (Chekov's We Russians invented the paranoid omnipresent security agency wouldn't have been historically accurate, but not without a point). But, nah. I think the security officer at the original Enterprise was whoever the Federation's (Section 31) equivalent of Amanda Waller was most pissed off about at any given time.
An special mention goes to Ellen Landry, security officer on the USS Discovery. I only have a few scenes and one specific phrase to base this assessment on, but she's though, well adapted to the job in war environment, and oh god she gives no fucks about the ideals of the Federation, she's a personal loyalty IS ethics kind of officer, she'll risk her life to save you and then tie you up in sickbay and do horrible things to you if it seems useful to the war Lorca said it might come handy.
Of course, Discovery being at least a partially Fuller show, there'll be layers, reveals, plot twists and what not.