Captain Sisko's mother-effin' pimp hand

Close-ups of Picard's chair controls, from the Star Trek: Picard recreation of Next Gen's Enterprise-D. Looks like he could have done all the stuff he spent all day ordering others to do himself without even getting up, if he wanted to😂

(Look at her chopping Riker's head out of frame with her powerful tininess)

But in all seriousness I appreciate that she's a strict, hard-line admiral who is actually a good person and takes her position of power seriously. She's a memorable "letter of Starfleet law" narrative device and is utilized well considering her limited appearances.

It's so easy to fall into the narrative trap of having all upper ranks be untrustworthy, drunk with power, or evil (thus making the main characters shine with unabashed heroism). But letting these characters be genuinely good while still creating problems and butting heads with the main characters? That's storytelling umami right there.

Roommate brought this home and unfortunately my brain could only think of this:

Evolution is not an act of preservation. It’s addition.