How other Trek captains would have handed Admiral Picard's "Romulan dilemma" (joke)

[eschaton]

Just a fun thought exercise. Given Picard actually surrendered the Enterprise during the first season of TNG, it is such a classic Picard move to threaten his own resignation in order to try and get Starfleet to restart the Romulan rescue armada construction. But how would the other captains have done it?

Kirk: TOS Kirk would never be presented with a problem of this scope. Movie Kirk would get in a fight with the admirals, storm out, decide to hijack the Enterprise with his old crew and develop some harebrained plan with the slimmest of odds of working out. Surprisingly, Starfleet gives him no more than a slap on the wrist.

Sisko: When he hears 14 worlds are threatening to leave the Federation if they provide aid to the Romulans, he takes the Defiant to one of those worlds and releases radioactive gas into the atmosphere. He then tells the planetary leader "You had a problem helping refugees? No empathy for their condition? Let's see how you deal with being refugees yourself." The other 13 worlds fall in line. Surprisingly Starfleet never reprimands him.

Janeway: Completely agrees with the decision of Starfleet. Returns to her desk and sips coffee.

Archer: Attempts to solve the situation by giving his "gazelle speech" once again. When that doesn't work, he just stands there blinking until the admirals walk out. T'Pol ends up coming up with a reasonable plan that actually works.

 

[marlboro]

Sisko: conspires with Garak to kill a Tellarite ambassador and frame a member of the political faction of the Federation that didn't want to help the Romulans. Not only can he live with it, his dad's restaurant is going to cater one hell of a luau for the refugees.

Janeway: Completely agrees with the decision of Starfleet. Returns to her desk and sips coffee. Changes her mind five minutes later and finds a way to make the situation even worse. Sips more coffee.

Archer: Gives an impassioned speech that rallies the Federation to the Romulan cause. Unfortunately, we don't get to hear it because Will Riker ran out of holodeck time.

Kirk: Seduces Hobus

 

[ITDUDE]

You all forgot another one.
Discovery captain: Still waiting on Vulcan and has no idea what’s going on

 

[Nerys Myk]

Mirror Lorca: Actually caused the Supernova.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

You forgot TNG Picard: Beam everyone to Cargo Bay 7 and hope everyone fits.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

I think people have been a little harsh on Janeway so far...

She would obviously contact the Borg to let them know Romulus is undefended, and encourage them to assimilate the population so as to get them offworld. She knows the Borg are no threat to her and Seven combined, and they can rescue them later...

Even if it's much later and she has to travel back in time to do it.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Prime Georgiou: Killed by the Romulans because Burnham does something stupid.

 

[marlboro]

I think people have been a little harsh on Janeway so far...

She would obviously contact the Borg to let them know Romulus is undefended, and encourage them to assimilate the population so as to get them offworld. She knows the Borg are no threat to her and Seven combined, and they can rescue them later...

Even if it's much later and she has to travel back in time to do it.

Classic Janeway.

 

[Ovation]

Sisko: When he hears 14 worlds are threatening to leave the Federation if they provide aid to the Romulans, he takes the Defiant to one of those worlds and releases radioactive gas into the atmosphere. He then tells the planetary leader "You had a problem helping refugees? No empathy for their condition? Let's see how you deal with being refugees yourself." The other 13 worlds fall in line. Surprisingly Starfleet never reprimands him.

Is it wrong that I “heard” that dialogue in Samuel L. Jackson’s voice?

 

[Danja]

Star Trek: Picard (Wisely) Avoided An Admiral Janeway Cameo

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-pi...zbsai3L98qJkVbxcn-LerP9cg2nLv920_Xu9muJVMEv5I

 

[NCC-73515]

Janeway: Tortures the dissident planet leaders until Chakotay saves their lives. Arrests Chakotay for saving people.

 

[Terok Nor]

Kirk : Let them die!

Sisko : I can live with it.

Janeway : Time travel!

Archer : Pouting.

Lorca : Mustache twirling villainy.

Pike : What's a Romulan?

 

[marlboro]

How would things work out if we took the question seriously?

Kirk: Handling the refugee problem wouldn't seem very likely, but I could absolutely see a TOS episode featuring the Enterprise trying to prevent the supernova while dealing with suspicious Romulans.

Picard: I can see him giving a speech for the ages to the Klingon high council to convince them to put aside centuries of rivalry and hatred in order to get them to aid the Romulans. You would have to have Tomulak in the episode somewhere.

Archer: Bringing hostile races together is his thing, and I can easily see him taking on this sort of crisis.

Janeway: I like sneaky, plotting Janeway. SpocksOddSocks' comment above about using the Borg to save the Romulans as part of a larger plot to destroy the Borg sounds ridiculous, but kind of awesome, too.


Sisko: This is a tough one. Stuck on a space station in a different part of the galaxy. No flagship to command. Not a lot of political pull, at least not with this type of problem. I think his solution would be something that would come at great cost. Sacrifices and compromises would be made and it wouldn't be immediately clear whether he had done the right thing. How about this? He brokers a deal with the Dominion to supply ships for the rescue effort and to give Romulan refugees a planet to relocate to in the Gamma Quadrant. In exchange though the Romulans must agree to become vassals of the Dominion. Basically, Ben can save them but only at the cost of selling them into slavery.

 

[rahullak]

Or, y'know, "You want to be Gods? Then BE Gods. One more time."

 

[Yistaan]

Kirk: develop some harebrained plan with the slimmest of odds of working out.

Sounds like Spock did exactly this with his red matter stunt, except it didn't work out.

 

[Arpy]

...
Kirk: Seduces Hobus

/THREAD.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Harrison: Is told the Supernova won't hit Romulas until Tuesday.

 

[Crewman6]

DSC Pike: Suggests a terrible plan, but does so with such panty-melting charisma that he inadvertently causes six more supernovas.

 

[Crewman6]

Jellico: Comes up with a pragmatic plan to save as many lives as possible. Hurts Riker's feelings in the process.

 

[guyute03]

Great thread, thanks for this.

Not to hijack this thread, and I'm not saying I want to see the Klingons again, I don't, they've been overused in all of Trek, but how exactly does everyone think the Klingon Empire would respond to what's happened to Romulus?
The Dominion War devastated their empire and afterwards they likely withdrew into themselves to rebuild/re-arm. But it's been a long while since DS9. Is the Klingon empire at full strength again? What exactly would they do to the Romulans in their current state. My first guess would be they would invade the Romulans, finally ending their ongoing fued with them, but 2 episodes into 'Picard' and unless I've missed it, the Klingons haven't even been mentioned yet. Maybe that's because they've been used on DISCO, & the producers are done with them for now, but I definitely want to hear what's happening with them in this time period. It would seem to me they would at least see this disaster as an opportunity to annex a few Romulan worlds.