Who is your favourite and least favourite captain?

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  1. garaks the best

    garaks the best Lieutenant Red Shirt

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    My fav is sisko because i liked seeing a captain who was a family man and i personally enjoyed his emissary story.In the pale moonlight also cemented him as the captain i like the most.

    Picard sadly gets my vote as my least favourite but not because i dislike him i just like the others a little more.
     
  2. Sam_I_Am

    Sam_I_Am Captain Captain

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    Picard is my favourite. He's an intellectual, a diplomat, sophisticated and a blend of my two favourite countries: UK and France. He seems to me to be the Captain who stands up for human (and alien) dignity and rights.

    My least favourite would be Captain Archer. I admit to not having seen a lot of Enterprise but he was bland, dithered a lot and had little charisma.
     
  3. Lucky

    Lucky Captain Captain

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    Favorite: Captain Kirk, a great captain and childhood hero of mine. Brilliant at strategy and coming up with unique situations to problems.

    Least Favorite: Captain Janeway. She was okay at times, but I didn't always agree with many of her decisions and didn't think the writing for her was very consistent.
     
  4. R. Star

    R. Star Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Picard would be my favorite. To me, he pretty much epitomized what a Starfleet captain should be. A cultured man, calm in a crisis, a skilled diplomat and negotiator, who quietly won the loyalty and respect of his people by being quietly competent.

    Archer... is the exact opposite. He often seemed panicked as if he was over his head much of the time. He seemed to have zero diplomatic skills, quarreled with his subordinates regularly, and never had a plan for anything. While he was good at improvising his way out of situations, he'd have avoided getting into most of them if he had just listened to his subordinates or done some planning ahead of time.

    As for middle of the pack? Sisko, Kirk and Janeway in that order.
     
  5. Relayer1

    Relayer1 Admiral Admiral

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    Kirk or Picard for me. OK - Picard, he's more cerebral.

    And Janeway. Couldn't stand her. Maybe played by a different actress she'd have been less awful, but I don't know...
     
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  6. CorporalCaptain

    CorporalCaptain Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Favorite: Kirk.

    Least favorite: Archer.
     
  7. C.E. Evans

    C.E. Evans Admiral Admiral

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    Favorite: Benjamin Sisko-the most realistic and down-to-earth captain.

    Least favorite: Jonathan Archer-I just don't think this captain had much swagger to him.
     
  8. Melakon

    Melakon Admiral In Memoriam

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    You didn't specify main characters, so I'm going outside the box:

    Favorite: Captain Proton
    Worst: Captain Dirgo (TNG: Final Mission)
     
  9. Winterwind

    Winterwind Commodore Commodore

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    Favourite: Kirk

    Least Favourite: Archer
     
  10. JiNX-01

    JiNX-01 Admiral Admiral

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    Kirk Favorite
    Picard Least Favorite
     
  11. JirinPanthosa

    JirinPanthosa Admiral Admiral

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    Favorite: Picard

    No character in history has more moral force than Picard.

    Least favorite: Archer

    Archer had a way of delivering lines that I just found irritating.
     
  12. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

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    Favorite: Kirk. Big risk, big reward character.

    Least Favorite: I really don't have a least favorite.
     
  13. 1001001

    1001001 Serial Canon Violator Moderator

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    Favorite: Either Picard or Janeway

    Least Favorite: Sisko
     
  14. Gojira

    Gojira Commodore Commodore

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    It really is a serious tie between kirk and Picard. I can't choose a side because they're both so good yet so different. Archer would be my least favorite.
     
  15. CorporalCaptain

    CorporalCaptain Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    ^ So, you're with Weird Al? ;)
     
  16. Mage

    Mage Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Favorite: Sisko. He seems the most human to me, and just a nice guy, even though he has some issues.

    Least favorite: Janeway. But that's because of how the character was written, she was all over the place, being nice and sympathetic in one episode, and a right psychopath the next.
     
  17. Ryva Brall

    Ryva Brall Commander Red Shirt

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    Favorite: Picard. He's calm, dignified, eloquent, and brilliant. And I love that he's this commanding figure, but he enjoys a cup of tea and a good book.

    Least favorite: From what I've seen of ENT so far, Archer. What a dumbass.
     
  18. maneth

    maneth Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Favorite: Picard. The kind of captain I'd like to serve with.
    Least favorite: Jellico. I definitely would not want to serve with him. He got things done, but only by being an arrogant bastard.
     
  19. Margaret

    Margaret Ensign Newbie

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    Favourite - Kirk he was my childhood hero
    Least favourite - Archer. I loved Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap but just could not take to him as a starship captain
     
  20. Stoek

    Stoek Commander Red Shirt

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    Favorite is Sisko. All the Captains really are meant to harken back to the ideal of the Renaissance "man". But for me Sisko is the most complete and well rounded of the bunch. Husband, father, explorer, diplomat, warrior, chef, scientist, religious figure and more. Plus he seems to understand that ideals are all well and good, but they are meant to be a guide not a straight jacket.

    Least favorite... Janeway. She is to my mind the very epitome of what you get when someone comes from too many generations of insular thinking. She's a Starfleet brat through and through and makes it clear all too often that she's not so much unwilling to consider other points of view than her own as valid, but rather unable to since in her mind there truly is just one way.