ranking of star trek doctors (in series that I have seen) from best to worst bc @diesoonandsuffer requested that I elaborate:

1. bashir. younger researchers usually do fine at navigating the manuscript submission system on their own and are typically polite if they need to ask questions. bonus points for having a speciality in pediatrics bc they also tend to be way more pleasant to correspond with.

2. crusher. as with julian, I probably wouldn’t hear from her because she would rather figure as much out as she could on her own. if she did have to contact me about a system error or something, she wouldn’t necessarily be wildly personable in her correspondence just bc she’s got shit to do but it wouldn’t be an unpleasant encounter.

3. pulaski. there’s a specific type that come across as really brusque in initial emails to the point that im a little nervous that things will escalate, but the moment I get back to them with helpful information they’re very nice, and I think that would be her. not a peak encounter but there’s definitely worse.

4. mccoy. would not know how to work the submission system. would be furious about having to do it at all. would probably make me cry or at least have to get up and walk around the house seething. one time I had a dream about medical professionals that were mad at me breaking into my house and I think this would happen with mccoy. he might be nice over the phone if I sounded stressed enough but we’d have to get to that point first.

EMH: would think he’s being perfectly polite but would spend ten minutes bragging about his research while being extremely condescending without even noticing it. Might awkwardly apologise if pointed out to him.