Chakotay did more to hold the crew together than Janeway. T or F?

[JirinPanthosa]

I never thought about it like that, but I agree. Chakotay was the one keeping everybody from going crazy. Not just controlling the Maquis, he was the one who talked down Janeway from doing insane crap and then defended Janeway's insane crap to the crew.

I doubt they would have kept 30 people in the brig for 70 years. Besides the cruelty of it, it'd be logistically challenging, a drag on resources, and it'd risk a bloody internal struggle any time the power went down because of course in the future brigs don't have a physical backup to the forcefields. There would probably have been an ultimatum of 'Integrate into our crew or we'll leave you on a planet of your choosing'.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Janeway maroons the Maquis on Ocampa.

The Maquis conquer the Kazon, and upgrade their fleet with Caretaker technology taken from the Ocampan city.

The Maquis arrive home first, destroy the Cardassians and push the Dominion back into the Gamma Quadrant.

 

[Long Syntax]

F (although I've enjoyed reading through the posts ;-))

 

[Pink Thing]

I was disappointed in Chakotay when he said that too. Very out of character for him. However, I was more disappointed in Janeway when she locked herself in her cabin for weeks on end when they were crossing the void.

Yeah, I didnt get that either. why they made chakotay say that. Made NO sense, I blame the writer (as always) that way OOC for Chakotay.
As for Janeway, I knida liked taht she wasnt sooo strong this time. She was affected. Felt a bit more realist, I mean 75 years in deep space., FAR from home and you hit a black patch that lasts 3 moths...you'd be feeling it too.

 

[STEPhon IT]

I say true. He's the only one who handed down any discipline, demanded that the Marquis integrate themselves into the crew.

Remember that time Janeway cocooned herself into her quarters when crossing the empty area of space? Unacceptable.

Thoughts

The odds were against Chakotay from the start; Janeway had more personnel than his band of rebels. Integration was really his only option, its this kind of stacking the deck for Janeway was one of the most frustrating things about Voyager; there's no point raising the bar for compelling storytelling when she was the bar.