Who is your favourite captain?

[PKTrekGirl]

I'm not gonna get going on all the one-offs and recurring characters. I'll stick with the 'Big 5'. In order:

1. Sisko (DUH!)
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2. Kirk
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3. Janeway (assuming we forget Endgame ever existed)
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4. Picard
5. Archer

 

[Darth_Pazuzu]

I voted for Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, because...well...because he's The Sisko! 'Nuff said, right?

I actually came this close to casting a sympathy vote for Harriman, just because I knew that he'd put in a pitiful showing based on what we've seen of him in Generations......but then I came to my senses and voted for my actual favorite.

BTW, here are my favorite captains, in order:

1. Benjamin Sisko (Deep Space Nine) - Soldier, husband, father. religious icon, baseball fan...The closest thing to an Everyman among the Starfleet captains we've seen (that whole religious icon thing notwithstanding, of course!)
2. James T. Kirk (The Original Series) - The passionate soldier, warrior and lover with the thoughtful, cerebral side.
3. Jean-Luc Picard (The Next Generation) - The intellectual, diplomat and scholar with an oft-underestimated tough, visceral side! Certainly not one to be underestimated...
4. Kathryn Janeway (Voyager) - Her occasional moodiness and tendency to play fast and loose with rules and regulations aside, she deserves credit for commanding her starship under such adverse circumstances so far from home and for pulling the Starfleet and Maquis factions into a cohesive, functioning unit.
5. Rachel Garrett (TNG: Yesterday's Enterprise) - Just for having the sheer nerve to take the Enterprise-C back through the temporal rift and into a losing battle with the Romulans. Never mind that she didn't actually make it that far...
6. Jonathan Archer (Enterprise) - Just because he's in last place doesn't mean I dislike the guy, it's just that he never really made that much of an impact on me and never really stood out in any kind of exceptional way.

 

[McCoy]

Hm, interesting list. Is this your order of preference? If so, why Decker ahead of Kirk? Because of some quality Decker possessed, or something Kirk lacked?

As a kid I had a huge ***NON-SEXUAL!!!*** mancrush on Stephen Collins that I never had on William Shatner.

TGT

Valid, I grok. Is that the same criterion that puts Pike at the top of the list then? Or something else?

 

[Anika Hanson]

Piccard
Janeway
Sisco/Kirk
Archer

 

[captcalhoun]

it always amazes me, the so-called Star Trek fans who can't even spell PICARD and SISKO properly...

 

[USS Triumphant]

it always amazes me, the so-called Star Trek fans who can't even spell PICARD and SISKO properly...

Or (and I am loathe to point this out and really mean no offense to the newb above) Annika Hansen.

But, hey - repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just re-lax."

 

[dubliner2009]

Listen ok now take it from me the best captain and I know what Im talking about. The best captain is Kirk cos hes the type of captain you need in a fight he takes no crap blows everything up and dont forget hes the captain that made peace with the klingons. No other capatin has done that. picard is a girl. Captain picard was always surendering at the first sign of trouble. As for janeway she got lost what does that say about her. But in a close 2nd is sisco.

 

[T'Aerwynd]

James T. Kirk (The Original Series) - The passionate soldier, warrior and lover with the thoughtful, cerebral side.

I picked him, but had I been able to choose two, I'd have chosen him and

Jean-Luc Picard (The Next Generation) - The intellectual, diplomat and scholar with an oft-underestimated tough, visceral side! Certainly not one to be underestimated...

... for those very reasons. I like Janeway as a very close third.

 

[Hambone]

Kirk is the prototype; the captain all others should aspire to be, but failed.

Actually, my first choice was Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch, but for some reason he was left off the poll. That guy was badass.

Hey, I just noticed that I'm "Captain Hambone" now. Cool. That means I'm now part of a balanced breakfast.

 

[Saumer]

Sisko all the way. He's so sauve and charming and he has that awesome voice that works really well when he shouts. And away from all that, he's obviously a superb tactician and great commander. Not that the other's were, but I'd say being one of the strategists behind the Dominion War gives him the edge (for me at least).

 

[KirksFlyingFist]

Picard for me. Kirk is a close second, and I think i'd rate him the better Captain, but I thought Picard was a more interesting character.

Janeway and beyond were too plot oriented for me to really get into.

 

[stoneagepunk]

Kirk is the best, Picard second best

 

[Ethros]

The Sisko

But I voted for Harriman, just because

 

[HRHTheKING]

Isao Telaka.

USS Lantree

 

[ubdu]

There Can Only Be One!
ahhhm... must be a little confused....

I mean: The Real: McCoy
naahhh, sounds not quite right....
........

Got it: KHHAAAN!!
......no, sorry, still confused

Now, last try: KIRK
finally....

(allow for a little disorientation with us ancient trek fans)

 

[RikerLover]

I voted for Picard but would really have preferred to go "off the booard" and go with Riker. He was acting Captain in Best of Both Worlds and Captain in Parallels.

 

[Stardate]

SOMEBODY voted for Harriman. There has to be reasonable explanation for this. Alan Ruck reveal your user name ASAP. We all know you voted for yourself.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't get all the Harriman hate. We met him for what, twenty minutes? Hardly enough time to get to know the man. I mean, Starfleet entrusted him with an Enterprise, so obviously he must know what he's doing.

So what if he didn't have all the answers? Kirk was in the film, so it's fucking OBVIOUS that Harriman's going to look like a dork. That's the whole point of the writing. Whenever Kirk is around, *he's* going to be the hero - he has to be. No other captain but Kirk can have a backbone. Only Kirk can save the day. That's the cliché we're dealing with. (We'll see how Trek XI handles this with Kirk and Pike in the same scenes....)

I think people are just pissed at Harriman because they blame him for Kirk being killed. They hold a grudge because of that. There's no logical *reason* to hate Harriman. He doesn't deserve that. IMHO, he did the best he could. And it's not Harriman's fault that Kirk died, either. Harriman volunteered to go down to the deflector room. But Kirk did it instead. If Harriman had been the one who died, would anyone's attitude towards him be different?

If Harriman was such a dumbass, he would have still tried to conduct the rescue mission even though his ship was clearly not up for it. (That's the problem. It wasn't that Harriman wasn't ready, the Enterprise wasn't.) But Harriman swallowed his pride, recognized he needed help, and openly asked Kirk for advice - in front of the whole bridge crew. Who else would have the nads to do that? I gotta give him props for that alone.

 

[Stardate]

Babaganoosh are you Alan Ruck?

 

[Ethros]

Harriman should have had Ferris Bueller on the bridge to help him out