If Equinox had survived, who'd have been the new Captain?

[Guy Gardener]

Tom should be in the running but this was during when he'd been busted down to Ensign, so that's just a question of bad timing.

Chakotay? She owed him a ship.

Tuvok? Second officer is just insulting to a bloke who's been in the uniform for that long. Sure there's nothign wrong with Second officer, but the Indian pushed in and stole his spot in the queue.

B'Elanna? It's amazing she's in the running since she doesn't aspire to command and her rank is provisional, but she's third officer.

Seven of Nine? No Rank can mean that she's over qualified for the position, and besides, it would save time if she was in charge because then Janeway wouldn't have to ask stupid questions and then insist that she do the obvious which Seven was already intent on.

Marla Gilmore? If more of the Equinox crew survived, this would be a good symbol, but hells no if 85 percent of the crew has just be shipped over from Voyager in rotation that the Equinox 5 do not need to be placated or sympathized with or for... But it still should be her ship and her command if Janeway hadn't busted her to able crewmen.

The ECH? Ther'd be enough labour shortage that a mostly holographioc crew might be called for? Which might question if command of the ship was a command job at all and not custodial?

Janeeway? A retirement home for her old age twilight days?

 

[Tachyon]

Ooo! Interesting question Guy!

Personally I don't see Seven very qualified in a strategic leading position. She had knowledge, she knew things because of the Collective, but leading a crew... naah.

B'Elanna belongs in Engineering. She has skills to lead her engineering crew, but entire ship? Naah. I don't see her having enough experience for that kind of position.

Gilmore? Too young as well, me thinks. And there was some serious lack in trust between her and Janeway. So no.

ECH? *rofl* The ship cannot be run by singing operas. And he was needed in sickbay more than on command.

Janeway? Naah. Her place is in the lead ship, obviously.

So it would be between Tuvie and Chakotay.

And I think Chakotay would have done better job. So my vote goes for him.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The dealy with B'Elanna, is that if she's not given command, well then odds are she's the new first officer on either ship because of two of her superior officers suddenly finding themselves on a different vessel from where she is living.

Girls' got to shoulder some responsibility and learn how to command because she's one tiny accident away from being captain by that point.

Here's the pickle with Janeways choice of appointee, mission command is dictated by the ships tactical importance, not the Captains seniority. If Voyager was hobbled or Equinox found a super weapon, then flip flop, Janeway would be answering to the Captain of the Equinox in just about all matters.

She has to be super sure that she's not going to get screwed over by whosoever is in charge next door.

 

[Anwar]

Chakotay as Captain, and Kim as the XO just for the heck of it.

 

[kimc]

I like Tuvok as captain. He was already qualified to serve as first officer but was passed over in favor of Chakotay in order to merge the Starfleet and Maquis crews. Tuvok also has a longer working relationship with Janeway and she trusts him completely.

Then again for fans of J/C like myself Chakotay as captain would have done away with some fraternization issues.

 

[nx1701g]

Personally I don't see Seven very qualified in a strategic leading position. She had knowledge, she knew things because of the Collective, but leading a crew... naah.

We saw that in the 8472 as Starfleet Officers episode (name escapes me at the moment but I'll sure I'll remember soon. Actually it came to me as I typed as In the Flesh). Anyway, Seven tells Janeway that had she been Captain Voyager would've been at war already and she would've made the first strike.

 

[Solarbaby]

Here's the pickle with Janeways choice of appointee, mission command is dictated by the ships tactical importance, not the Captains seniority. If Voyager was hobbled or Equinox found a super weapon, then flip flop, Janeway would be answering to the Captain of the Equinox in just about all matters.

She has to be super sure that she's not going to get screwed over by whosoever is in charge next door.

I doubt it would apply here as Janeway clearly has full authority as the only Captain. Tuvok really is the only proper Starfleet officer with the skills to command and his promotion to captain would be proper. He is also next in rank to the Captain amongst the Starfleet crew.

I can't see anyone other than a fully commissioned officer as Captain. I think Starfleet protocols would have prevented a field commission of Captain to criminals and renegades like the Maquis- no matter how much they prove themselves to be good Starfleet crew members in the longrun. It was one thing to have Chakotay as number one to build a bridge of trust between the 2 crews. But placing him in charge of the Equinox was inviting opportunity for mutiny somewhere down the line.

Seven was prone to doing things her own way and disobeying Janeway. I think Tuvok would have been given the job as Captain with Be'lanna as his first officer. Its a shame we never got to see more Maquis crew to know who else would be positioned.

Cool thread by the way!

 

[Frazzled]

I voted for Tuvok. He and Chakotay are the only real choices imho, and somehow he won out for me. Protocol may have insisted it be Chak though as the senior officer?

 

[nx1701g]

Oh I went with Chakotay. He was once a Starfleet Command level officer, an expert in strategy (according to behind the scenes information he was the person who trained Ro Laren in Advanced Tactical Training), and he had command experience. I think he's the best choice personally.

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Obviously Tuvok. The guy deserved something after losing out on the First Officer job to a criminal.

 

[JB2005]

More love for Marla Gilmore than the ECH?

Really?

 

[Meredith]

Voyager: Janeway and old captain of equinox as first officer.

Equinox: Chakotay and Tuvok as first officer.

 

[Deks]

Hm ...
It would have been interesting if the Equinox survived.
For one thing ... what would have happened to it's crew?

As for who would be in charge of the Equinox ...
Tuvok or Chakotay.
Chakotay was already a Commander before resigning his commission and joining the Maquis (and Janeway merely restored his rank), and Tuvok was Liutenant/Commander ... so still not on Chakotay's rank level.

Tuvok I think decided not to progress through SF ranks quickly due to his lifespan ...
and of course there is a large gap between him being in SF initially as a youngster and later on.
He started a family and all and was absent from SF for a long time until deciding to rejoin decades later ... so he was on the same rank level as any other human that's been out in active SF duty after the academy days in the 24th century.

In any event, I think Chakotay would have got the Equinox and possibly Tuvok as a First Officer (or just replace Chakotay in the role on Voyager).

I think the other pilot who was on occasion mentioned as someone who's on Paris' level would be the helmsman, and as for engineering ... Carrey would could be in charge there and actually used as a regular again.

7 of 9 ... meh ... she has the Astrometrics on Voyager so I don't see her moving beyond that post for the most part.

 

[Tallis Rhul]

I genuinely don't think she'd trust anyone other than Tuvok to have command of Equinox. And I don't think that she'd abandon Voyager herself!

Thinking about it - the ships would travel as a convoy, and I'm pretty sure she'd make some rule where she was the overall commander of the entire operation whatever happened. I don't think she'd like taking orders from Tuvok should the tactical situation tip in his favour!

 

[Guy Gardener]

Rule of thumb, Chakotay was a Lieutenant Commander just like Tuvok and Cavvit.

 

[Takeru]

If Equinox had survived I'm pretty sure Janeway would have simply stripped it of all useful technology and spare parts, no new captain needed, the Equinox was too slow anyway (without its alien murder warp drive).

 

[Tachyon]

If Equinox had survived I'm pretty sure Janeway would have simply stripped it of all useful technology and spare parts, no new captain needed, the Equinox was too slow anyway (without its alien murder warp drive).

Good point.

 

[Deks]

If Equinox had survived I'm pretty sure Janeway would have simply stripped it of all useful technology and spare parts, no new captain needed, the Equinox was too slow anyway (without its alien murder warp drive).

Good point.

Not necessarily.
She only did so in the episode because they were under an immediate attack and pressed for time.
The crew proved creative in the past and I'm pretty sure that they would have been able to instil some engineered creativity into the ship and have it achieve faster velocities.
Voyager was limited in that regard due to it already been capable of achieving speeds in the Warp 9 range ... the Nova class on the other hand was able to achieve Warp 6 if I'm not mistaken (a speed at which Voyager was often travelling no less) ... and if it was able to withstand extreme velocities from their 'alien killing engine', then it certainly would be able to withstand slightly high warp factors.
7 of 9 for example would be able to reprogram her nanoprobes in enhancing the Equinox warp drive like the 24th century drones that were able to turn a planetary transport ship into a warp 5 ship in a matter of what ... days? So I hardly see the problem.

 

[dHunter333]

i vote lt. ayala

 

[Meredith]

i vote lt. ayala

That guy was EVERYWHERE!!