And always gonna be. Go cry about it some more
You made me realize that Discovery was probably the worst ship Saru could have possibly been assigned to.
Because of his senses? They’d be far more useful in sensing ambushes and deception than be a liability.
It’s been a while since I saw season 1, but wasn’t his early behavior characterized by a desire to avoid stress? Discovery definitely benefited from his skills and senses though.
Nah, not quite. His character was built like a prey animal so he has heightened stress in general. If he was actively trying to avoid stress then he wouldn’t have taken on the job of First Officer, wouldn’t have stayed with Starfleet after the Battle of the Binary Stars, etc. He’s the first of his kind that they’ve made first contact with so he’s a fairly bold individual. The short trek elaborates more on that as it takes place when he’s on Kaminar and contacting Georgiou.
He doesn’t actively seek out stress but he doesn’t run from it either.
His main thing was that he had a heightened sense of death and danger due to his being a ‘prey species’. Just acted like a spooked horse most of the time. At least until his Vahari anyway.
