Some people in para-military organizations rise faster than others. Riker could have made captain before TNG even started, but didn't end up getting his forth pip for almost another two decades. Commodore Jiemba was a full captain only briefly before ascending to the admiralty.
As for Jiemba's reticence to allow Trujillo to confront whatever killed Esau, he's trying to avoid sparking a conflict with a possible as-yet-to-be discovered xenophobic species. However, Reykjavik, like Enterprise before her, is a ship that acknowledges that, 'risk is our business.'
Trujillo's trying her hand at being an explorer. That's rare for her, and if she's going to go against type, she wants to share the potential danger of that decision. Brave? Yes. Foolish? Quite possibly.
As always, thank you for the well-considered feedback!
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Gibraltar on Chapter 4 Thu 26 Oct 2023 03:31AM UTC
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