Of course, the name Jellico is a reference to Admiral Jellico of the Royal Navy. Jellico commanded the Royal Navy Grand Fleet at Jutland. He understood the responsibility of his position by commenting about he was the only person in the British military who could lose the war in one day. Based on this story this futuristic Jellico is just like his perhaps ancestor.
He was right. The ship was getting soft.
In universe, they were preparing for the Borg.
Out universe, and the show was written to get Troi out of the spam leggings.
Agreed! Jellicoe was a great captain who got the job done, saved Picard, and whipped the Enterprise-D crew into military shape, albeit temporarily. And Riker should have been permanently relieved of duty and court martialed for insubordination for his bad behavior in that episode.
Is this the new Star Trek iteration that elevated Staci Abrams to President of the Federation?
Are Admiral Jellicoe’s enemies named Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper?
Is Prodigy an animated series?
Will he and Admiral Beatty be sighting enemy battlecruisers near the Jutland Bank star system?
In TNG, Captain Jellico was pretty cool. He managed to get Picard back from the Cardassians by having somebody stealthily plant mines on their ship. Then he played hardball with them by setting off one of the smaller ones as a demonstration, so they gave in to his demands, rather than be destroyed.
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, ending in “e”, “The only man who could lose the war in an afternoon”
In the 90’s, I met Jellico’s alter ego Ronny Cox, in Nashville, shortly after that episode aired. Very nice, personable guy.
It's not fair!
I liked Jellico.
A good scene was when he told Troi to take of her ridiculous outfit and put a real Starfleet uniform on.
The look on her face..