Best Star Trek Series Captain?

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:04 pm

Whether it be Picard's ability to score 300 year old women in Insurrection,
Archer's ability to fend off the Borg 200 years before he was supposed to,
or just Janeway's ability to violate the Prime Directive on a weekly basis, you decide! 

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:06 pm

I'm tied between Picard and Sisko. Picard for the beating he gave the Sheliak, Sisko for punching Q.

I'd vote for Picard, though.

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:08 pm

I prefer the Starfleet Officer who knows his/her history, his/her duty ... and knows his/her liquor (  ) - I go for Picard . Sisko was fun too, but the acting a bit too wooden for my tastes 

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:15 pm

I voted for Mackenzie Calhoun, but he wasn't an option.

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:25 pm

As much as I admire Picard for being wise and the epitome of a captain (he's commanding the flagship; how could he not be  ), I had to vote for Janeway because she is by far the most resilient. She hauled her ship 75,000 light years and did so without loosing (much) of her integrity as a captain nor sacrificing the ideals of Starfleet and the Federation. I know there are people who argue that she turned to the dark side more often than not, but I don't think she betrayed her duty as often as some believe.

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:32 pm

I'm not entirely sure Tuvix would agree... murdering a sentient being, different from the 2 original characters in cold-blood isn't exactly Starfleet norm.

Then again, being praised for it isn't either.

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:35 pm

I'm not entirely sure Tuvix would agree... murdering a sentient being, different from the 2 original characters in cold-blood isn't exactly Starfleet norm.

Then again, being praised for it isn't either.

What about contaminating the timeline repeatedly, obliterating First Contact rules numerous times (remember how other captains said that the crew was less important then cultural contamination, right?), ripping 7 of 9 away, and not being accountable for gross violations of Federation ethics? 

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:38 pm

What about contaminating the timeline repeatedly, obliterating First Contact rules numerous times (remember how other captains said that the crew was less important then cultural contamination, right?), ripping 7 of 9 away, and not being accountable for gross violations of Federation ethics? 

What happens in Space Vegas stays in Space Vegas 

posted on June 9th, 2010, 10:39 pm

What about contaminating the timeline repeatedly, obliterating First Contact rules numerous times (remember how other captains said that the crew was less important then cultural contamination, right?), ripping 7 of 9 away, and not being accountable for gross violations of Federation ethics? 

There's that lot as well. Annoying when the show portrays any complainers as wrong...

posted on June 10th, 2010, 3:27 am

I'm not entirely sure Tuvix would agree... murdering a sentient being, different from the 2 original characters in cold-blood isn't exactly Starfleet norm.

Then again, being praised for it isn't either.

And it would have been considered correct to leave them as a single being?

What about contaminating the timeline repeatedly, obliterating First Contact rules numerous times (remember how other captains said that the crew was less important then cultural contamination, right?), ripping 7 of 9 away, and not being accountable for gross violations of Federation ethics? 

I never said she was golden; the pinnacle of Starfleet. But I defy anyone to try being stuck 75,000 lightyears from home and stick to each and every rule. Sure you can get away with it for a time, but eventually your hand will be forced and you will have no choice but to temporarily put a sheet over the rule book and do what must be done. Considering the situation Janeway was in, I believe she did a fine job. I don't dispute that she may have broken plenty of first contact rules, and as for the whole time contamination issue, for all we know that's how it was "supposed" to happen (time is a very finicky and strange affair), but I doubt that anyone in Starfleet would have doubted her choice to "rip" 7 of 9 from the collective. In fact it was practically her only choice. Had Janeway failed to do so she would have most likely brought the collective down on Voyager resulting in their complete assimilation. Rather Janeway chose to sever the link, and in doing so gained a tactical advantage in the form of a former drone who held knowledge of advanced technology, the majority of the Delta Quadrant, and the Borg. Additionally, Janeway created something of a successful experiment; she proved that drones can be detached from the collective, even after being Borg for the majority of their lives.

Janeway definitely gets a hundred times more flack than she deserves.

[Tyler]

posted on June 10th, 2010, 3:39 am

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And it would have been considered correct to leave them as a single being?

Considering Tuvix was a unique being with his own traits and not just a combination of the two, it would have been the moral thing to do. However you look at it, they murdered a sentient because they put their personal feelings before the fact that Tuvix had as much right to live as anyone else.

The Doctor was the only one in the right for refusing to go ahead against Tuvix's wishes. Status Quo is god, indeed.

posted on June 10th, 2010, 3:49 am

The only interesting character from that series was the doctor. And the part that irrated me the most was fact that she only came back to save 2 of her crewmen if she can travel back in time why didnt she go back even further and save all of the crew. Also people stop voting for picard vote for kirk otherwise hes gonna get beat by that coffee addict

posted on June 10th, 2010, 3:56 am

Wait, no one is voting for Archer?

posted on June 10th, 2010, 4:04 am

Bah, Enterprise isn't a Star Trek series. It just butted into our universe.

posted on June 10th, 2010, 7:30 am

Hey, I'm just watching the 4th season of Enterprise and It's really good. Like every ST series Enterprise started to become interesting with the 4th season. Too bad they had cancelled it already before.

Picard is the best, of course. Kirk was a cowboy, Archer a US General, Janeway... she did her job. Sisko... leave me alone with that emmissary shit, destroyed the whole series.
Calhoun wasn't bad though, too bad they didn't publish all of the books in Germany.