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Who is your favourite Star Trek Captain?

Poll ended at Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:56 am

Kirk
22
21%
Picard
63
59%
Sisko
11
10%
Janeway
8
7%
Archer
3
3%
 
Total votes : 107

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Postby Galloism » Sat May 25, 2013 1:13 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Galloism wrote:He's already altered the course of such a bet by introducing them.

Maybe that was the set up for the bet.


I guess when you control everything, there's only one thing left to do.

Gamble.


Galloism wrote:Oh God... the "lets fight the gods on a civil war battlefield" episode.

What could possibly have gone wrong?


Hmmm, well, literally everything, I suppose.

Literally everything.

I accidentally the entire universe.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:13 pm

Galloism wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Janeway saved Q's butt.

Oh God... the "lets fight the gods on a civil war battlefield" episode.

I hated the fact that it was US civil war era.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Janeway has a better First Officer and a better show, but Picard is a better Captain.

Riker is million times better than Chakotay.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:15 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
Galloism wrote:Oh God... the "lets fight the gods on a civil war battlefield" episode.

I hated the fact that it was US civil war era.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Janeway has a better First Officer and a better show, but Picard is a better Captain.

Riker is million times better than Chakotay.

Riker is incompetent. Chakotay is also sexier.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:18 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:I hated the fact that it was US civil war era.


Riker is million times better than Chakotay.

Riker is incompetent. Chakotay is also sexier.

How on earth is Riker incompetent? Chakotay is a terrorist who should have been executed.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:18 pm

Great Nepal wrote:Riker is million times better than Chakotay.


Best deck officer ever was Sulu. Followed closely by Data, Spock, and Chekov.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:19 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Riker is incompetent. Chakotay is also sexier.

How on earth is Riker incompetent? Chakotay is a terrorist who should have been executed.

Breaking a shit ton of Starfleet protocols. He would have blown up Picard had the Borg not been able to stop him. And Chakotay was only fighting the Cardassians to get revenge for what they did. The Maquis were not a terrorist organization.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:20 pm

Galloism wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Maybe that was the set up for the bet.


I guess when you control everything, there's only one thing left to do.

Gamble.

Gamble drunk.


What could possibly have gone wrong?


Hmmm, well, literally everything, I suppose.

Literally everything.

I accidentally the entire universe.

Possibly other universes too.

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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:21 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Galloism wrote:
I guess when you control everything, there's only one thing left to do.

Gamble.

Gamble drunk.


You can't get drunk on Earl Grey. Unless you spike it with Klingon ale.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:23 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:How on earth is Riker incompetent? Chakotay is a terrorist who should have been executed.

Breaking a shit ton of Starfleet protocols. He would have blown up Picard had the Borg not been able to stop him. And Chakotay was only fighting the Cardassians to get revenge for what they did. The Maquis were not a terrorist organization.

Didn't that Eddington guy render an entire planet uninhabitable to Cardassians? Sounds like terrorism to me.

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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:24 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:How on earth is Riker incompetent? Chakotay is a terrorist who should have been executed.

Breaking a shit ton of Starfleet protocols. He would have blown up Picard had the Borg not been able to stop him.

Starfleet protocols are more like guidelines, they are meant to be broken. He would have scarified one man, one awesome man but one man nonetheless to save the federation, worth it.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:And Chakotay was only fighting the Cardassians to get revenge for what they did. The Maquis were not a terrorist organization.

Chakotay was fighting the Cardassians as a terrorist and were fighting against Federation and Cardassians. Federation made peace with Cardassians, Chakotay failed to accept it hence threatening the federation.

Risottia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Riker is million times better than Chakotay.

Best deck officer ever was Sulu. Followed closely by Data, Spock, and Chekov.

I prefer data to Sulu...
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:26 pm

Risottia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Riker is million times better than Chakotay.


Best deck officer ever was Sulu...

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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:26 pm

Conscentia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:I prefer data to Sulu...

I prefer both Data & Spock to Sulu.

I dont know, I mean I prefer new Spock (2009, dont talk about into darkness, I am watching it in June) but I am more meh on old Spock.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:27 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Breaking a shit ton of Starfleet protocols. He would have blown up Picard had the Borg not been able to stop him.

Starfleet protocols are more like guidelines, they are meant to be broken. He would have scarified one man, one awesome man but one man nonetheless to save the federation, worth it.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:And Chakotay was only fighting the Cardassians to get revenge for what they did. The Maquis were not a terrorist organization.

Chakotay was fighting the Cardassians as a terrorist and were fighting against Federation and Cardassians. Federation made peace with Cardassians, Chakotay failed to accept it hence threatening the federation.

Risottia wrote:Best deck officer ever was Sulu. Followed closely by Data, Spock, and Chekov.

I prefer data to Sulu...

It ain't Federation protocol to blow up your captain.

So? Only gives Chakotay a sexy background. Riker has a very bland history and a dry personality.

Data is the best second officer of any Star Trek show.
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Postby Northern Dominus » Sat May 25, 2013 1:28 pm

Hmm... to me it's a toss-up between Picard and Sisko... going to have to go with Sisko on this one.

See we've seen how Sisko's adaptability and resolve got him the promotion to captain, which was great in and of itself. There's the fact that Sisko had to overcome what was probably the worst case of PTSD on the show after watching his wife's ship get atomized.

But mostly it's for the fact that you don't f**k with the Sisko. The man has punched klingons, cardassians, jem-hadar even Q. And while I apprecaite the fine but firm touch that Picard brought to the table as well as the eloquence and dignity, he ignored Worf so many times in TNG it's a wonder that the Enterprise wasn't destroyed on a regular basis. Sisko on the other hand was even capable of making Worf flinch (dropping biogenic weapons on human colonies in the DMZ after Eddington made the mistake of f**king with the Sisko anyone)? And not even the Borg could stand against the Sisko if it so much as shot one leaf on Bajor. Maybe not the most rank and file shining example of officerdom, but when you need somebody who's good in a clutch situation despite the odds, Sisko's your captian.

Oh and to everyone voting Janeway... quit playing, you're voting for Jeri Ryan's derriere in a catsuit.
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Postby Imota » Sat May 25, 2013 1:29 pm

I don't know about best, but Picard's my favorite, and far and away the best actor among them.

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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:30 pm

Great Nepal wrote:I prefer data to Sulu...


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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:31 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:It ain't Federation protocol to blow up your captain.
So? Only gives Chakotay a sexy background. Riker has a very bland history and a dry personality.
Data is the best second officer of any Star Trek show.

It wasn't the captain, it was a Borg drone and if blowing it up saved the federation, it is worth the price. Ends justify the means, as Section 31 would say (most awesome organisation ever).
Being terrorist isn't sexy background, no more than being Osama Bin Laden is sexy.
Obviously, he was an android. The End.
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Postby Diopolis » Sat May 25, 2013 1:31 pm

Northern Dominus wrote:Hmm... to me it's a toss-up between Picard and Sisko... going to have to go with Sisko on this one.

See we've seen how Sisko's adaptability and resolve got him the promotion to captain, which was great in and of itself. There's the fact that Sisko had to overcome what was probably the worst case of PTSD on the show after watching his wife's ship get atomized.

But mostly it's for the fact that you don't f**k with the Sisko. The man has punched klingons, cardassians, even Q. And while I apprecaite the fine but firm touch that Picard brought to the table as well as the eloquence and dignity, he ignored Worf so many times in TNG it's a wonder that the Enterprise wasn't destroyed on a regular basis. Sisko on the other hand was even capable of making Worf flinch (dropping biogenic weapons on human colonies in the DMZ after Eddington made the mistake of f**king with the Sisko anyone)? And not even the Borg could stand against the Sisko if it so much as shot one leaf on Bajor. Maybe not the most rank and file shining example of officerdom, but when you need somebody who's good in a clutch situation despite the odds, Sisko's your captian.

Oh and to everyone voting Janeway... quit playing, you're voting for Jeri Ryan's derriere in a catsuit.

Janeway was played by Kate Mulgrew and didn't wear a catsuit. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:33 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:It ain't Federation protocol to blow up your captain.
So? Only gives Chakotay a sexy background. Riker has a very bland history and a dry personality.
Data is the best second officer of any Star Trek show.

It wasn't the captain, it was a Borg drone and if blowing it up saved the federation, it is worth the price. Ends justify the means, as Section 31 would say (most awesome organisation ever).
Being terrorist isn't sexy background, no more than being Osama Bin Laden is sexy.
Obviously, he was an android. The End.

Because he failed the Enterprise was able to restore him back to way he was. I would say that rescuing a sexy Captain is worth it.

Sexy as in interesting.

...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:35 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
Conscentia wrote:I prefer both Data & Spock to Sulu.

I dont know, I mean I prefer new Spock (2009, dont talk about into darkness, I am watching it in June) but I am more meh on old Spock.

Well, the old Spock was quite the Snark Knight and quite willing to bend the rules if there was a logical way of proving it was the best option... The new Spock looks a bit more like he has got a broomstick up his arse and the screenplayers have tried to lessen that impression via a romantic subplot. There's potential, I mean, but...
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Postby Northern Dominus » Sat May 25, 2013 1:35 pm

Diopolis wrote:
Northern Dominus wrote:Hmm... to me it's a toss-up between Picard and Sisko... going to have to go with Sisko on this one.

See we've seen how Sisko's adaptability and resolve got him the promotion to captain, which was great in and of itself. There's the fact that Sisko had to overcome what was probably the worst case of PTSD on the show after watching his wife's ship get atomized.

But mostly it's for the fact that you don't f**k with the Sisko. The man has punched klingons, cardassians, even Q. And while I apprecaite the fine but firm touch that Picard brought to the table as well as the eloquence and dignity, he ignored Worf so many times in TNG it's a wonder that the Enterprise wasn't destroyed on a regular basis. Sisko on the other hand was even capable of making Worf flinch (dropping biogenic weapons on human colonies in the DMZ after Eddington made the mistake of f**king with the Sisko anyone)? And not even the Borg could stand against the Sisko if it so much as shot one leaf on Bajor. Maybe not the most rank and file shining example of officerdom, but when you need somebody who's good in a clutch situation despite the odds, Sisko's your captian.

Oh and to everyone voting Janeway... quit playing, you're voting for Jeri Ryan's derriere in a catsuit.

Janeway was played by Kate Mulgrew and didn't wear a catsuit. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Maybe I'm being unfair to Kate Mulgrew because the cast around her ranged mostly from meh to shit, but she never impressed me as a character or as a captain, not in comparsion to Picard and Sisko anyway.

Therefore I'm convinced that any vote for Janeway is secretly a vote for one of the pantheon members of every trekkie's harem, Seven of Nine.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:36 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

He's the best character in Voyager, period.
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Postby Conscentia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:37 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
Conscentia wrote:I prefer both Data & Spock to Sulu.

I dont know, I mean I prefer new Spock (2009, dont talk about into darkness, I am watching it in June) but I am more meh on old Spock.

Star Trek 2009 is not Star Trek. It merely shares character & setting names.
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