28 July 2023
She’s no Admiral Ball, but I still fell in love with this graphic when I spotted it on FascBuch. Naturally I’ve exercised my easement. I believe I’m reading Lieutenant’s brass on her collar there. Trekkies who are more conversant in Starfleet protocol and insignia,
please feel encouraged to set me straight.
I agonized over “Mortensen” and “Baker” but finally settled on Monroe, as Marilyn did herself. It was, after all, her mother’s name (Gladys Pearl Monroe) before she’d married Jasper Newton Baker. Born in another time and space, I see her escaping Jim Dougherty and finding a brilliant career in Starfleet.