Can we try something? Upvote the best captain! Not necessarily the one you liked the best. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

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I have made a reply with each Captain's name. This is not a popularity contest. This is a Leadership contest. Who is/was the best captain?

Upvote your choice(s). Comment on your choices if you like, explaining your rational... or don't comment if you don't like.

PLEASE, do not comment negatively on any captain. Let the love flow for these captains. Positivity please.

Lastly, if you know a captain I missed and you want to add them, feel free! There are a lot I didn't include because I just tried to hit the major franchises, but there are certainly some worth mentioning.

P.S. I'm not a student of Trek or even that smart, just a fan trying something, so if I screw it up please forgive.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 123 points 2 years ago

Picard

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Picard is the best, most well-rounded captain. He can do diplomacy. He can do science. He can run a starship. He can fight...

All the others aren't shown to be as flexible or as widely capable. I still find Janeway to be my favorite though. I like my heroes to have flaws like normal people. Picard is damn near flawless, like Superman.

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[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 15 points 2 years ago

I vote Picard for one main reason - we've seen him in far more different situations than any of the others thanks to the spread out period of TNG in series and movies. Other captains tend to have a more constrained image due to the plot they're in. Riker would be best second in command for the same reason.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 years ago

Sisko

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

He turned out to actually be the Bjoran emissary.
Chessmate.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago

It hurts me not to vote for Janeway, who is an absolute badass that I love, but I think Sisko would be the best boss

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago

Janeway

[-] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's right, it's Janeway. Only she could've held that crew together.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 years ago

Pike

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

I love Pike’s command style. No ego or pretence. If you’re on his bridge it’s because he trusts you, and he’ll never give you a reason to think otherwise.

Picard is a wonderful character, but it took him seven years to join his officers for a game of poker. Pike’s cooking dinner with them week one. If you want my best work, that’s how you get it.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Picard is a captain first and friend second (even then, not until the situation is unofficial). It's part of what makes him the best captain, but an otherwise solitary person.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I don't know that me upvoting all of them would accomplish anything.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With ranked approval voting, we can still do the right thing and up vote all except for Archer. Heh.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Archer was a great captain when he needed to be. They all were.

Also, Jellico is not one of the options and I couldn't vote for him the necessary one billion times, so this is all bogus.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago

Archer

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

I would follow Archers enthusiasm into the Delphic Expanse any day!

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't generally Downvote on this platform, but I seriously considered making an exception for Captain "took my dog on away missions" Archer...

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Jellico!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This option isn't fair because, as I already said, I can't vote for him the necessary one billion times.

The man defeated the Cardassian military single handed with one ship just by being a hardass.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Everything else is a vote for second place.

[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Man just wanted some efficency and didn't have time for niceties. Of course he's rough around the edges after heavy negotiations with the cardassians.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

Kirk

[-] mrbn@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Emergency Command Hologram aka EMH Mark 1

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Burnham

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love that 3 hours into voting, Burnham is sitting untouched, up or down...

[+] Stamets@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To me Burnham often feels like "No honey, we're not getting Janeway, we have Janeway at home."

And I'm willing to admit that's about me. Janeway is my favorite Captain, and Burnham has a lot in common, while not being Janeway.

[+] Stamets@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I see parallels:

had to make a tough call in a moments notice that set her entire career course
had to spend significant time very far from Starfleet's resources and decide whether to uphold Starfleet's values
went on a time-traveling bing to get her crew to somewhere safe

That said, I agree on Janeway being the better telling of each - that's my point too. I regularly think "I should just rewatch Voyager, instead".

Which, oddly, isn't to say I would rather watch Voyager than Discovery. I adore Discovery, and it has some stories that haven't ever been done as well in other Trek.

But Burnham, specifically, constantly falls into Janeway's shadow, for me. And to me she was more interesting as a convict, and as a science officer, than as a Captain - for the same reason.

I am looking forward to seeing an ex-convict Federation Captain. I think there's interesting stories to be told there.

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Saru

[-] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

"Sorry, sir. I'm- I'm talking because I'm scared." "I know. Keep talking, ensign."

[-] turbodrooler@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Kangaroo

[-] Teal@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Harry Kim finally gets promoted to Captain of the USS Rhode Island and still no respect. :)

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Worf

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Freeman

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Riker

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Sulu

[-] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Kinobi

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Shaw

Even though he was Jellico-lite, I liked the dude.

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