Sisko did some pretty bad ass things (as mentioned- poisoning a planet, punching Q, facing down a Dominion fleet with one ship etc) but I wouldn't feel "uncool" if we were to hang out, ya know what I mean? He was bold. Sure. There's no questioning that. But was he really bad ass? When I hear that term I automatically think of Jim Kirk. He was a womanizing, space faring cowboy who I would feel totally lame hanging out with. (Note: I'm not talking about William Shatner. I'd feel okay about hanging out with him.) My vote goes to Kirk with Sisko in second. The other Captains, while each great in certain respects, do not meet my standard for bad-assery. I can conceede that they each had their bad ass moments though. (Janeway with her guns, Picard deciding to ram the Enterprise into the Scimitar, Archer cutting off Phloxs' head...) -Withers-
Robau. I am a proud defender of his badassnes after all. If someone could stand in his shadow it would be Sisco. I just love it when he hits Q.
Hmmm, hard to decide, I'll have to think about this one. One I'll have to mention though for consideration is Rachel Garrett (I think her name is), captain of the Enterprise-C. Sure in the alternate history she gets killed before she heads out to her final battle, but the intention is still there. Go back in time for certain death to avert a war that will destroy the Federation.
Captain Rachel Garrett. She was ready, willing and able to take her damaged ship back into battle against 4 Romulan Warbirds knowing she would lose, just for - from her point of view - a chance to stop the Federation Klingon War before it began.
Robau as badass as he may be, only appeared for a couple of minutes in an awful movie, so he doesn't count. My vote goes to Sisko.
Robau - Redshirt Sisko - Poisoned a planet. Took on 2,000 ships with a tiny one. Lead a war,punched Q and was complicit in the murder of a completely innocent man.