Engineers make bad Captains

Engineers make bad Captains was a statement by Admiral Stahl recorded in Eric Olafson's memoirs just before Admiral Stahl started Olafson's Big Test.

This general observation, in regards to the position of Starship Captain as opposed to the United Stars Navy rank of Captain, has been proven true in most cases throughout the history of the Union Navy. It should be noted that there have been a small number of outstanding captains that started out in the engineering track, but proportionally the percentage of good or better captains much less than in other shipboard tracks.