Even when Lower Decks brought it to the forefront, they showed that a promoted Kim is an evil Kim.
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world This music is so crunchy
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world "The PADD was just a red herring." - Mr. Body
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Where's my Star Trek: Dipshit?
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Data, blow up the damn ship!
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Building a legacy
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Things that should not be
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world We have Star Trek at home...
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world An odd Spock-urrence
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Happy fluidic Friday!
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Captains in LCARS getting caffeinated
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Even worse, they've got an acoustic guitar
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Settin' down roots in the promised lands of the piefed
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world The needs of the Moopsy outweigh the needs of the few (or the Morn)
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world [Que rock music and slo-mo running Phlox with his drooly tongue wagging]
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world I see this as an absolute win!
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Comfort. Style. Hot!
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world A recent poll on the tribble outbreak suggests most people think Klingons should "Quit their whining" because "Tribbles are adorable"
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Right to torpedo, right away
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world "It'll shave several light years off our journey... the Prime Directive will understand." - Janeway
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world "You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow." - Lloyd Christmas

He sat in the chair on "night watch," broke the Prime Directive even.
My thought is that him being "Phase shift Harry" from mid season 2 onward, he had to put in the requisite time like a new cadet. He already has the training/knowledge and kept the rank he was at. However, regulations being what they are, he's stuck at ensign for a while longer.