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seawasp ([personal profile] seawasp) wrote2012-03-31 06:46 pm
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Writer's Block: One Captain to Rule Them all

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Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. Accept... no... SUBstitutes!
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[identity profile] von-krag.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
From a military view none of them are very good but I like Sisko from DS9 then Janeway.
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-04-01 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
If you made them realistically smart militarily, they wouldn't have very many adventures and the show wouldn't have made it past the first season. Maybe not past the first couple episodes. Rule of Cool had to outdo rule of reality.

[identity profile] von-krag.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not to mention putting the bridge of a starship on top of the hull where it is a huge target. All of Trek is/was never very good on combat and was always about appearances rather than suspending belief.

[identity profile] johnkzin.livejournal.com 2012-04-02 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
See, I was thinking, from a military point of view, Picard captured the right personality traits the best. Not having watched "Enterprise", to me, he's the one that's the most believable "Ship's Captain". Janeway is 2nd. While I liked Sisko, I didn't really think of him as a station commander at all.

But, Shatner's Kirk was the most entertaining.

[identity profile] gary-jordan.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Be that as it may, Worf gets my vote. "Today IS a good day to die!"

[identity profile] ninjarat.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to agree: James T. Kirk is the original and still the best.
Janeway gets honorable mention as the only captain of a starship named "Enterprise" who didn't lose said ship while it was under her command.
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-04-01 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? I thought Janeway commanded the starship "Voyager", not Enterprise.

[identity profile] ninjarat.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait... you're right. Well, half an honorable mention for not losing her ship even if it wasn't named "Enterprise".

Did any of the Enterprise captains never lose their ship? Kirk lost several. Picard lost his. Sisko doesn't count. Who am I missing?
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-04-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Kirk never lost his ship. He always knew exactly where it was.

[identity profile] ninjarat.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
If not necessarily the exact number of pieces....
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-04-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's Spock's job, not Kirk's. "According to sensors, Captain, the Enterprise is now in one million, two hundred seventy-one thousand, nine hundred twenty four pieces."
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-04-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The only remaining choices are Pike (didn't lose the ship) and Archer (don't know, didn't keep watching that one).

[identity profile] gary-jordan.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't remember the name of the Captain when Kirk was just a passenger and took the seat to rescue Guinan and the other refugees... you know, the movie where Picard and Kirk get together? He never lost his Enterprise, either - he just lost Kirk..

Like you, I have no idea if Archer lost his Enterprise. Anyone? (Don't make me Google it!)
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