what sort of commander of Destiny do you think Lt. Matthew Scott would have made

[slimjim]

remember in Trial and Error when they wanted Lt. Scott to take command but he said no, well hypothetically suppose say.... Colonel Everett Young suddenly triped hit his head and died of a cerebral haemorrhage right after that episode ended and Lt. Scott had had to take command of the Destiny, how do you think he would have done?

[teyla-nick94]

Looks like the post eater was here - again!

I don't think Scott would have been a bad commander but I'm not sure if he's the right guy for this job. Sure, he is a very good soldier and very loyal but still...I'm split in two.
For me, Young is the perfect leader for this crew - think of Rush!
I don't believe, Scott could handle a man like Rush!

[Artemis-Neith]

With Young out of sight? It's Scott's turn, he's the next in rank.


Scott might be a nice guy, always anxious to do the right thing, but he's green, and too young, which means without experience, and more important not too keen to get this job.


But I think, the ranks and the ages of the soldiers in SGU don't has a lot to do with (our) reality. Normally, I'd expect officers to be older, and have a lot of practice, but that's not the fact with Scott, I remember from the show.


@ teyla-nick94 At that point I don't think Scott would have too much problems with Rush. What we've seen, is a group of leaders, the head of the military is head of the group if it comes to military questions, for everything else they seem to have build a kind of triumvirate with the CO, Camile Wray for everybody who's not soldier, and Rush for scientific questions. And that finally works. I guess it would have worked also with Scott, but I don't think he'd been the right man for the job.

[teyla-nick94]

Scott might be a nice guy, always anxious to do the right thing, but he's green, and too young, which means without experience, and more important not too keen to get this job.


But I think, the ranks and the ages of the soldiers in SGU don't has a lot to do with (our) reality. Normally, I'd expect officers to be older, and have a lot of practice, but that's not the fact with Scott, I remember from the show.

I'd say he would also be a bit uncertain if he makes the right decisions.
And he's far too young to be a commander yet

[slimjim]

With Young out of sight? It's Scott's turn, he's the next in rank.


Scott might be a nice guy, always anxious to do the right thing, but he's green, and too young, which means without experience, and more important not too keen to get this job.


But I think, the ranks and the ages of the soldiers in SGU don't has a lot to do with (our) reality. Normally, I'd expect officers to be older, and have a lot of practice, but that's not the fact with Scott, I remember from the show.


@ teyla-nick94 At that point I don't think Scott would have too much problems with Rush. What we've seen, is a group of leaders, the head of the military is head of the group if it comes to military questions, for everything else they seem to have build a kind of triumvirate with the CO, Camile Wray for everybody who's not soldier, and Rush for scientific questions. And that finally works. I guess it would have worked also with Scott, but I don't think he'd been the right man for the job.

what sort of age would you expect an american air force lieutenant to be in real life?

[Artemis-Neith]

what sort of age would you expect an american air force lieutenant to be in real life?

More to be in its 30th than mid 20. But I think here are some folks with experience in this field in this forum, wait until they give more qualified answers.

[teyla-nick94]

I agree with Artemis. Something around 30. He has gain some experience and Icarus was Scotts very first mission

[morrismike]

It never would have happened he is too weak to run a ship like that. Wray would have been put in charge and Matt would likely report to Greer or James..

[morrismike]

More to be in its 30th than mid 20. But I think here are some folks with experience in this field in this forum, wait until they give more qualified answers.

He is likely 25 years old based on rank and appearance. But what do I know, Greer was a 25 year old Command Master Sgt.?

[KEK]

Wray and Rush both went to Scott to plead with him to take charge in Trial and Error when Young had his mental breakdown.

[jelgate]

It never would have happened he is too weak to run a ship like that. Wray would have been put in charge and Matt would likely report to Greer or James..

Thats makes no sense. Scott outranks Greer and James

[AlexanderD]

More to be in its 30th than mid 20. But I think here are some folks with experience in this field in this forum, wait until they give more qualified answers.

Scott had the insignia of a 1st lieutenant on his uniform. That puts him in the age range of 24-26. As an inexperienced officer, he does not yet have the skillset for a command of this size. In real life green officers lean heavily on their noncommissioned officers. This is done to season the officer.

[Aesop]

remember in Trial and Error when they wanted Lt. Scott to take command but he said no, well hypothetically suppose say.... Colonel Everett Young suddenly triped hit his head and died of a cerebral haemorrhage right after that episode ended and Lt. Scott had had to take command of the Destiny, how do you think he would have done?

I think Scott has the capacity to be a good leader, he's shown that he can step up when necessary (like in Air, Part 1 when Young passed out after flying into Destiny's gate room). He has a good level of self-awareness to be a leader, he knows where his weaknesses are so he would no doubt delegate to others when necessary and his strengths would be very beneficial to the crew and the ship.

The reason that Young was a better choice, besides the obvious chain-of-command is Young's experience (which is obvious since he's higher up said chain than Scott) with the SGC and off-world situations like the one the expedition was thrust into. But also like Scott told him in Trial & Error that [Young] was just callous enough to not let the day-to-day trials and tribulations on board Destiny get to him, but not so much that he didn't care. Scott admitted he couldn't do that, but perhaps he could become that guy if he was forced into that situation.

[teyla-nick94]

Wray and Rush both went to Scott to plead with him to take charge in Trial and Error when Young had his mental breakdown.

That's wrong! They want him to talk to the Colonel, not to take charge!

[chrono trigger]

remember in Trial and Error when they wanted Lt. Scott to take command but he said no, well hypothetically suppose say.... Colonel Everett Young suddenly triped hit his head and died of a cerebral haemorrhage right after that episode ended and Lt. Scott had had to take command of the Destiny, how do you think he would have done?

I think scott would not be able to make the morally difficult decisions that are necessary for someone in charge, maybe when he is a little older and has more experience but at that point in the show i think it would have been a disaster.