Yeah, the current rule does have some borderline dumb results though. Let's say I have a couple of my
people on the
Olarra. For simplicity's sake, let's say
Sumek, and
Weiss.
I decided they need help from one of their evil friends:
Revised Janeway.
Of course in order to have revised Janeway join the crew, the Olara has to be put into
mode, and my two
personnel have to be put into
mode.
So now, they can't fly the ship anymore.
Even playing
Children of Light deosn't fix this problem. While this would allow me to put Sumek and Weiss back into
mode, I still can't take the ship and put it back into
mode because it would be incompatible with revised Janeway.
So you have to play
Chaotica or some other non-aligned person in order to fly the ship now.
The old rule made much more intuitive sense, even if it meant an "exception" to the normal rule about needing a matching personnel.