I was reading another blog regarding Star Trek and it made me wonder "Who was/is/going to be (Star Trek is in the Future) the better Captain. I have had the opportunity to watch almost all of the episodes in Star Trek, The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, & Enterprise. For starters I will leave my opinion and my reasoning behind it. I welcome input and comments.
Kirk - Granted he was the first Star Trek Captain we were introduced too back in the 70's. He was aggressive, tough and known for romances with various aliens from planet to planet for the greater good of peace. Let's face it Kirk was a Cowboy and made sure those he encountered knew that the The United Federtion of Planets were here for Peace but we don't take shit from anyone. He had great instints during a battle but didn't always handle his interactions with other new species the best. Without Spock at his side his time as a Captain would of been limited - Overall Score B+
Picard - He was the most diplomatic Captain of them all. He would rather put up shields then fire on an alien. Picard was a good captain for the times. He had the most talented crew and knew how to get the most out of them. The Federation was going through their growing pains. Trying to expand but needed to continue to florish the relationships they currently had. Picard needed to be the thinker for this version of Star Trek. He had Ritker who had an edge similar to that of Kirk. Together they made a great team.
Overall Score B+
Janeway - She had the toughest assignment of all the Capitains. She needed to merge two crews into one without any assistance from Star Fleet Headquarters. They were only 300 plus light years from the nearest starbase otherwise know as federation space. Imagine everywhere you go.....no one has a clue who you are and what you stand for. She was Starfleet and didn't have the support of other captains or top brass to help her with her decisions. I believe her pitfall as a Captain was her emotions. She seemed too emotional in her decision making process and I believe limited her overall success as a captian. She did a great job keeping the crew together.
Overall Score B-
Sisco - Captain Sisco was the Captain of Deep Space Nine. I feel that he had some of the best qualities of all the captains. He was as tough as Kirk, patient and diplomatic as Picard and as compassionate as Janeway. He had one of the most challenging assignments of all the Captains. He never got a break from the different non-federation species. He had to maintain federation law on a space station with those who were not required to be part of the federation. He had a worm hole on the port side of his station that opened to a whole new part of the galaxy. He had to welcome non-federation speices onto the station for trade, but also in the hopes for ongoing peace.
Overall Score A
Archer - He had one of the most crusial and toughest assigments as the FIRST Enterprise Captain. There wasn't really a handbook on how to be a Captain in outerspace. Several spieces wanted to see earth fail. Archer didn't do a whole lot right from a combat and dipliomatic standpoint. He did learn from trail and error and helped lay the pavement for all the Captains. This was one of the hardest times to be a Captain. The Federation didn't really have their idenity away from earth and top brass wasn't much help at times. Living and Learning from mission to mission really help him and his crew grow. Archer had one of the least talented crews due to their limited knowledge and backgrounds around space travel.
Overall Score B-
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I would give Archer a slightly higher grade. If it weren't for him, the Vulcans would have probably kept the lid on Earth voyages for a significantly longer period of time, perhaps decades. And it didn't appear as though the Admiral Forrest was willing to buck them. Plus, his heroics in captaining Enterprise during the Zindi crisis, and helping to form Star Fleet with waring races surely deserves a higher grade than B-.
B- might be correctly reserved for the script writing that sadly ended "Enterprise" but not for the bravery and fortitude of Jonathan Archer.
I've had the least amount of time to fully evaluate him as a Captain. All the other shows had several more episodes. I've read some of the books for the various serious and its funny how the character on the pages does quite match the one on the TV screen.
If you look at all the Captains and their place in Starfleet history....they all did one important thing....stayed alive. I can't take away the fact that each of them rose to support the beliefs that Starfleet want to share with the rest of the universe.
Interesting to know.
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