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liability, Boimler confesses to Lt. Jr grade T'Lyn that he did not feel comfortable assigning potentially dangerous duty to personnel whom he shared the ensign rank with just the previous week. T'Lyn responds that she knows that
Boimler has truly earned his rank and should exercise his proper authority in the situation. With that affirmation, Boimler does so and his team help resolves the crisis, although he orders them to get clear while he does the final and most dangerous duty himself. Furthermore, while the crew of the
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Mariner navigates a foreign planet much better than him, but Mariner hires an alien impostor and fakes a threat for Boimler to overcome, restoring some of his confidence. Over the rest of the season, the two develop an uneasy friendship, though Boimler remains determined to advance in Starfleet
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farmers, a family profession which he dislikes with such intensity that the fact that numerous comely female co-workers on that farm are continually propositioning him is of no interest. In addition, his career advances in subtle ways, such as when he was assigned with
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For most of the rest of the season, Boimler tries to do both and impress the bridge crew while he's at it. However, though he and Mariner remain friends, he slowly starts to grow resentful of her constant rule breaking and that it always gets the job done anyway. In episode two,
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