Top 2 Badass Captain in SF History
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Much though I love Sisko, I don't think he's more badass than Kirk. The other guy was a nice character for the five minutes he was on screen, but his badassness is more meme than anything else, no?
Kirk is badass w/out the look.
Sisko belongs in the top two, to be sure, but the other guy has to be Bill Adama. I just finished watching "For The Uniform" and it struck me that in a lot of ways, Sisko was the proto-Adama.
Why would you dishonor Molly like that? Spot was more badass than Robau.
IMO Jellico needs to be at least a final contender here.
Pike, Sisko and Kirk -- definite top three badasses in Trek captaindom.
(I'm not yet qualified to nominate Janeway... working on it. as for Archer... he did launch himself into space, so that requires some balls)
as for Robau... he's in Pike's dissertation. I'd give him some props.
(I'm not yet qualified to nominate Janeway... working on it. as for Archer... he did launch himself into space, so that requires some balls)
as for Robau... he's in Pike's dissertation. I'd give him some props.
Sisko wasn't the best of the captains but yeah he was probably the most badass.
So too did Boba Fett, but don't remind his legions of Star Wars fans of that inconveinent truth.
Captain Robau will come for you all in your sleep. Also your Star Trek fan cards have been revoked by his must badass Robau, ENJOY BEING FORCED TO BE WARSIES MUWHAHAHA!
Also Captain Robau is the reason Janeway was killed off in the books.
Also Captain Robau is the reason Janeway was killed off in the books.
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Heathens. That spear didn't kill Robau. Robau killed the Spear.
That sound you hear at the end of the movie, which you think are the death screams of Nero and his crew? That's not the Enteprise's weapons chewing up the Narata. That's Robau doing the chewing.
That sound you hear at the end of the movie, which you think are the death screams of Nero and his crew? That's not the Enteprise's weapons chewing up the Narata. That's Robau doing the chewing.
I think this should be the Official Bad-Ass Captain Test: what would you do should Q come around you.
So far:
Sisko: decks him (A+ bad-assery -nuff said)
Picard: quotes Shakespeare (B- bad-assery -takes guts to get all scholarly around a powerful deity, but kind of geeky too)
Janeway: tries to avoid sexual advances (C- bad-assery -if she was a proper bad-ass, she'd kick him in the balls ...and yes, if Q is making sexual advances, we must assume he has balls)
Question remains what the other captains would do then. Any thoughts?
Kirk would spend the whole episode trying to prove that Q's powers aren't natural, but instead the work of some machine, which Kirk can destroy.
I have no idea how Archer would respond.
Pike: Scowls at Q, boasts of the weaponry of his vessel.
Kirk: Uses logic to convince Q to commit suicide.
Archer: I've only seen about half of ENT, but I assume Archer's reaction to Q would involve plenty of pacing and looking at the floor.
It's a damn good beginning, though.
Season 1/2
Q: You humans are such tragic beings, confined in a limited mortal existence.
ARCHER: When I was in my early twenties on a trip to East Africa, I saw a gazelle giving birth. It was truly amazing. Within minutes, the baby was standing up—standing up on its own. A few more minutes, and it was walking. And before I knew it it was running alongside its mother, moving away with the herd. Humans aren't like that, Q. We may come from the same planet, but we're pretty much helpless when we're born. It takes us months before we're able to crawl—almost a full year before we can walk. Our deep space mission isn't much different. We're going to stumble, make mistakes — I'm sure more than a few before we find our footing. But we're going to learn from those mistakes. That's what being human is all about. I'm sorry you can't see that.
Q: I'm immortal, and even to me that speech seemed to take up an eternity.
Season 3/4
Q: I can't tell you what you want to know, that would be no fun at all.
ARCHER: (shoves Q against the bulkhead) I don't have time for your games, Q! Now tell me what I need to know or you'll soon find out what one of your eyeballs will look like skewered on a fork!
Q: (turns Archer into a goldfish) There, his 5-second memory will explain how he doesn't remember me.
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