A transporter accident beams Kirk to a distant planet...

[Keith&Co.]

Oh, pshaw. You know that any time the advanced technology of Starfleet would resolve an issue inside of 45 seconds, a 45-minute complication will brew up that renders the incredibly useful but terminally unreliable technology impotent.

So the planet's either in the middle of an ion storm, or the planet's crust is threaded with high concentrations of obscuricite, or a power-vampire is attached to the ship at the sensor dish and they dare not power up or it will become a threat to all life on board....

 

[dystopian]

That only ever seems to happen when the camera's focused on one of the main characters. Acting captain dystopian is not a main character.

 

[Keith&Co.]

That only ever seems to happen when the camera's focused on one of the main characters. Acting captain dystopian is not a main character.

Acting captain dystopian is therefore more likely to die, redshirt style, in the attempt to save the main character.

 

[dystopian]

Acting captain dystopian is therefore more likely to die, redshirt style, in the attempt to save the main character.

Unlikely. Acting captain Dystopian would be either a command officer (Yellow), or science officer (blue).