TNG s7e12 "The Pegasus"
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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On prevailing theory about the large number of badmirals in TNG era is because the bluegills (parasites from Conspiracy) had infiltrated so many in key positions that when they were wiped out it left big vacuum in admiralty that needed to be filled. So at this point they weren't able to promote the best and brightest, but instead throw in warm bodies. This lead to people who weren't qualified and anyone who may have been mildly power hungry...which lead to needing to over promote roles into the vacated captaincy. And not long after that came Wolf359 which needed them to hastily rebuild and restaff those slots.
I like that notion, highlighting the pitfalls of pragmatism. Seems that'll be the only real sequel we'll get to the conspiracy bugs.