If/When Picard retires, who should be the next captain?

[BillJ]

All I'm doing is presenting a possibility that the Enterprise-A could have been a renamed older ship in lack of any evidence one way or the other.

One, it's all conjecture. Two, the only line we have regarding the ship is Scotty calling it "new" in The Final Frontier.

My conjecture simply fits dialogue heard on screen in The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier.

 

[C.E. Evans]

All I'm doing is presenting a possibility that the Enterprise-A could have been a renamed older ship in lack of any evidence one way or the other.

One, it's all conjecture. Two, the only line we have regarding the ship is Scotty calling it "new" in The Final Frontier.

Exactly my point. It's there nothing to prove it one way ot the other, so there's more than one way it can be looked at.

My conjecture simply fits dialogue heard on screen in The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier.

Mine fits The Motion Picture, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. That's the great thing about conjecture.

 

[BillJ]

All I'm doing is presenting a possibility that the Enterprise-A could have been a renamed older ship in lack of any evidence one way or the other.

One, it's all conjecture. Two, the only line we have regarding the ship is Scotty calling it "new" in The Final Frontier.

Exactly my point. It's there nothing to prove it one way ot the other, so there's more than one way it can be looked at.

My conjecture simply fits dialogue heard on screen in The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier.

Mine fits The Motion Picture, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. That's the great thing about conjecture.

Care to give me some dialogue from The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country that fits your conjecture?

 

[Avon]

what has all this ent-a stuff got to do with who should come after picard?

i vote for Tom Paris.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Ew.

 

[C.E. Evans]

One, it's all conjecture. Two, the only line we have regarding the ship is Scotty calling it "new" in The Final Frontier.

Exactly my point. It's there nothing to prove it one way ot the other, so there's more than one way it can be looked at.

My conjecture simply fits dialogue heard on screen in The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier.

Mine fits The Motion Picture, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. That's the great thing about conjecture.

Care to give me some dialogue from The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country that fits your conjecture?

I can definitely tell you how it fits those films at some length, but it would just continue to derail this thread. Let's just say there's more than one way of looking at things.

 

[BillJ]

Exactly my point. It's there nothing to prove it one way ot the other, so there's more than one way it can be looked at.

Mine fits The Motion Picture, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. That's the great thing about conjecture.

Care to give me some dialogue from The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country that fits your conjecture?

I can definitely tell you how it fits those films at some length, but it would just continue to derail this thread. Let's just say there's more than one way of looking at things.

 

[Paris]

...i vote for Tom Paris.

Sounds good

 

[JWolf]

Which is why if Picard were to step down right now, I think Sisko, Riker, or Saavik would be in better positions to take the E. With the Enterprise probably about to face the Romulans or that other species from RBoE, Sisko would be most qualified "temporarily" and, of course, Saavik or Riker would be good choices for Romulan diplomacy. I would rather them taking point when facing Romulans than Worf; if for no other reason the Romulans are less likely to respect a Klingon captain.

Sisko, Riker, and Saavik would be wrong for captain of the E. Worf is the logical choice to be captain. Worf has plenty of experience dealing with the Romulans.

 

[JD]

^
Thanks for the update. Saavik has been more active in current/contemporary Trek lit. history than I realized, but even with that, she's been more prominent in the Vulcan (Noun?) books than in the mainstream relaunched Trek. And her literary adventures don't match up to Worf's 'real'/onscreen exploits. Not to mention his literary ones. I haven't read about his actions in A Time To...books, but he played a significant role in the Left Hand of Destiny books, saving the Klingon Empire, not to mention playing a part in thwarting the Borg in recent Borg arc.

Oh, I didn't mean that to be evidence of why she deserved it more than Worf, you had wanted to know what she's been up to recently, and that was the most recent stuff I could find. I do like the idea of her being Captain of the E-E, but I'd be just as happy with Worf.

 

[ICW]

I like the idea of Saavik.

 

[UncleRogi]

Someone answer why NOT Annika Hansen?

 

[OverlordSpock]

Someone answer why NOT Annika Hansen?

She's not Starfleet?

 

[TroiFan4ever]

Imagine you are in the Starfleet admiralty in the mid 2380s when Picard leaves command of the Enterprise for some reason. Who would you recommend to be the next captain of the Federation flagship? What would be your arguments for that individual? What do think are the important skills and traits for that particular post as opposed to other commands in the fleet?

Sisko.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Why WOULD Picard retire? He is not even 100 years old yet. 100 is still considered the prime of an individual's career and physical condition (viz. Elias Vaughn).

 

[DarKush]

^
Thanks for the update. Saavik has been more active in current/contemporary Trek lit. history than I realized, but even with that, she's been more prominent in the Vulcan (Noun?) books than in the mainstream relaunched Trek. And her literary adventures don't match up to Worf's 'real'/onscreen exploits. Not to mention his literary ones. I haven't read about his actions in A Time To...books, but he played a significant role in the Left Hand of Destiny books, saving the Klingon Empire, not to mention playing a part in thwarting the Borg in recent Borg arc.

Oh, I didn't mean that to be evidence of why she deserved it more than Worf, you had wanted to know what she's been up to recently, and that was the most recent stuff I could find. I do like the idea of her being Captain of the E-E, but I'd be just as happy with Worf.

Got it JD, and thanks again for the update.

 

[Rojixus]

I say bring in a new original character, all these other characters have too much baggage. There come a point where we've heard all the interesting stories about a given character and need a change of pace, shuffling around established characters isn't going to help anything. They should make a clean break with a new character instead of rehashing old characters, it will make the lit!universe seem less stagnant.

 

[Admiral_Young]

@Mr. Laser Beam...if you've not been paying attention to the thread you would know that this is a purely hypothetical speculative question. No one is saying that Picard will retire. We're merely speculating that IF/When that time does come in the novels who should succeed him.

 

[DarKush]

I say bring in a new original character, all these other characters have too much baggage. There come a point where we've heard all the interesting stories about a given character and need a change of pace, shuffling around established characters isn't going to help anything. They should make a clean break with a new character instead of rehashing old characters, it will make the lit!universe seem less stagnant.

Promoting the first officer to the captain's seat is not shuffling. That's a logical progression. I'm not sure I agree with your assertion that we've heard all the interesting stories about any of these characters. For Trek characters alone, many have now been in movies, countless books and comics, video games, and there still is room for more exploration. If anything fresh approaches might be needed, but that doesn't mean the character should be put on the shelf, particularly if people are still willing to pay money to read about them.

That being said, I would like to see them retire Picard eventually (which might fly in the face of what I just wrote). I want them to shake up the Enterprise roster a little bit and I think Worf deserves a shot at command, and if they ever did switch out the top spot on the E-E, he works best for me. But even if they retire Picard or promote him it doesn't mean the character has run out of stories. Just that the stories would be different than what we've seen before.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Logically promoting Worf to Captain to succeed Picard makes sense if you want to ensure ship continuity (not story continuity) and a smooth transition. The senior staff has been intact somewhat since post-Shinzon incident now, bringing in a totally new Captain while interesting could disrupt crew dynamic. Maybe if Pocket wanted their authors to explore this aspect of a change over you could go about doing this...but there are arguments both ways.