What Would The Other Captains Have Done?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:26 am

Kirk would have gotten his crew home first. When he came upon the Ferengi, he wouldn't have been swayed by their manipulation. If it came down to it, he would have givin them a s!@# faced grin and stuck them in the brig, and used the wormhole ASSUMING for a minute the female caretaker didn't fall in love with him and send them home as a parting gift.

Picard, I have to agree would have behaved somewhat like Janeway, but his main advantage is his crew. Data I'm sure could have found some way to effect one of those anomolies, and get them home, if Picard didn't manage to find some way to negotigiate with that species ( I forget their name ) with the Uber transporter to just beam them home.

I love Sisko, he's my choice for a Captain to use as a role model if I was an up and coming ensign seeking command, BUT I just don't think he would have gotten them home in anything remotely resembeling a timely fashion. He would have been to busy kicking a$$ and taking names

Archer, I really can't fomulate a theory on.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:11 am

Bryan Moore wrote:Kirk would have used a timer on Caretaker, clearly. He never would have been in that situation.

He used a timer in 'The Immunity Syndrome'. Precedent right there for it.

Chris Propst · Post by **Chris Propst** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:19 am

Deepcrush wrote:About as many times as he's lost his shirt or banged a random woman...

Well, Kirk has banged a random woman maybe once or twice...

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:42 pm

Has anyone counted how many times the various Captains have saved Earth/The Federation/Humanity?

Off the top of my head I can think of :-

Kirk.
1. Stopped V'Ger
2. Saved the Earth from the Alien Probe in Star Trek IV

Picard.
Saved the Humanity in TNG:All Good Things
Stopped the Borg in First Contact.
Stopped Shinzon in Nemesis

Janeway.
Saved the Earth for Species 8472's invasion

Sisko.
Erm, winning the Dominion War?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:48 pm

kostmayer wrote:Janeway.
Saved the Earth for Species 8472's invasion

You mean the "invasion" for which the only evidence is the dick-waving of a gobby fighter jock or two?

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:29 pm

Here we go again...

Chris Propst · Post by **Chris Propst** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:07 am

For Kirk, you'd need to add
3) "The Changeling," when he destroys Nomad which was on his way to go wipe out all life on Earth.
Plus, you could count
4) "The City on the Edge of Forever," because he saved Earth's future from being taken over by Nazi Germany and restoring the timeline.
In "The Alternative Factor" Kirk helps save the entire universe because of the anti-matter/matter thing (in one of TOS's most boring episodes.)

"The Doomday Machine" and "Obsession" Kirk destroys things that likely would have eventually destroyed Earth, but he doesn't directly save Earth so it really doesn't count.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:10 pm

I'd change Janeway's to "crippling the Borg", since the ultimate goal of 8472's incursion into our universe is a somewhat contested subject here.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:25 pm

I'd amend that to include "and bringing back the means to defend agaisnt them."

Rochey wrote:the ultimate goal of 8472's incursion into our universe is a somewhat contested subject here.

Really?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:47 pm

Just out of curiousity, how many times do you suppose Earth has been saved by Captains that we never heard of? How many times can an entire planet NEED saving in just a couple of hundred years, when it's existed how it has been for................(notice I'm leaving it blank) years???

Or are only the "televised" Captains able to save Earth???

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:10 am

Well, those are the captains who are supposedly the most heroic and/or in the right position to do a bit of saving. As far as how many times, remember: Earth is constantly portrayed as the heart of the Federation, even more than just being the site of the capital.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:49 am

I just find it odd that every time Earth "happens" to be at risk, it "happens" to be a Captain on TV that saves the day.

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:17 am

Maybe Earth has been saved hundreds of times that we havent seen.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:36 pm

I find it likely that loads of other captains have taken action against other threats to Earth.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:39 am

The Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellerites probebly laugh each time Earth is nearly destroyed, thinking "those silly humans, they WANTED to be the heart of the Federation" 8)

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