Yes, Janeway's Worst Command Decisions

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I'm almost hesitant to put this up... But for completeness of the polls, it must be addressed.

Have at it, folks.

[Captain Seafort]

Being conceived, dying, and everything in between.

[Sionnach Glic]

Jesus, where do we even start?

I'm just gonna go with destroying the Caretaker's Array in the very first episode. If they had just gone home - like the PD told them to - then none of her other fuckups would ever have happened.

[kostmayer]

Going after Chakotays son in Basics.

If losing ones ship is worthy of a court martial, is losing a ship to an enemy not also sufficient cause for one? Even if the ship is retaken, the destructive capabilities of just one Federation ship suggests in my view it should never fall into the hands of the enemy - even if the crew has to fight to the last man.

[Mikey]

dying

I disagree - that bit would have been just fine by me.

[Granitehewer]

can anyone correct the thread-title spelling please?

[Captain Seafort]

*sigh*

1) Destroying the array ("Caretaker")
2) Allowing Neelix to stay onboard ("Caretaker")
3) Making Torres Chief Engineer ("Parallax")
4) Releasing the Viidians ("The Phage")
5) Not asking Q to send them home ("Death Wish")
6) Chasing after Chakotay's supposed son ("Basics")
7) Barging into Swarm space ("The Swarn")
8) Trying to grab the Ferengi instead of just heading home ("False Profits")
9) Not asking Q to send them home ("The Q and the Grey")
10) Not kicking Neelix off the ship for lying to her, theft, etc ("Fair Trade")
11) Preventing the destruction of the Borg ("Scorpion")
12) Barging into Bo'mar space ("The Raven")
13) Continuing to try and get through Krenim space after the first attack ("Year of Hell")
14) Charging through a dangerous nebula ("One")
15) Not destroying the telepathic monolith ("Memorial")
16) Allowing Harry Kim to drag Voyager into a war ("Nightingale")
17) Not pestering Q more about getting them home ("Q2")

I've probably missed plenty

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Somehow this is more civil than I thought it'd be...

Being conceived, dying, and everything in between.

destroying the Caretaker's Array in the very first episode.

Going after Chakotays son in Basics.

1) Destroying the array ("Caretaker")
2) Allowing Neelix to stay onboard ("Caretaker")
3) Making Torres Chief Engineer ("Parallax")
4) Releasing the Viidians ("The Phage")
5) Not asking Q to send them home ("Death Wish")
6) Chasing after Chakotay's supposed son ("Basics")
7) Barging into Swarm space ("The Swarn")
8) Trying to grab the Ferengi instead of just heading home ("False Profits")
9) Not asking Q to send them home ("The Q and the Grey")
10) Not kicking Neelix off the ship for lying to her, theft, etc ("Fair Trade")
11) Preventing the destruction of the Borg ("Scorpion")
12) Barging into Bo'mar space ("The Raven")
13) Continuing to try and get through Krenim space after the first attack ("Year of Hell")
14) Charging through a dangerous nebula ("One")
15) Not destroying the telepathic monolith ("Memorial")
16) Allowing Harry Kim to drag Voyager into a war ("Nightingale")
17) Not pestering Q more about getting them home ("Q2")

Thanks, Seafort.

[stitch626]

Can I nominate not shoving Neelix out of an airlock?

[Lt. Staplic]

Opening her f*****g mouth
Breathing

if she didn't make those mistakes, all the other ones go away

[Tyyr]

Just about every third minor decision, and half the major ones seemed designed to screw with her crew, random aliens, or just get herself and everyone around her killed for no good reason.

[Graham Kennedy]

Killing Tuvix. Never before have I seen a Captain engage in the deliberate, calculated, cold blooded murder of a helpless victim.

[Granitehewer]

he wasn't helpless he could have used his uberbrain somehow in an A-teamesque way and made a runabout from some vulcan soup and a light fitting....like MacGyver!

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Okay.

1) Destroying the array ("Caretaker")
2) Allowing Neelix to stay onboard ("Caretaker")
3) Making Torres Chief Engineer ("Parallax")
4) Releasing the Viidians ("The Phage")
5) Not asking Q to send them home ("Death Wish")
6) Chasing after Chakotay's supposed son ("Basics")
7) Barging into Swarm space ("The Swarn")
8) Trying to grab the Ferengi instead of just heading home ("False Profits")
9) Not asking Q to send them home ("The Q and the Grey")
10) Not kicking Neelix off the ship for lying to her, theft, etc ("Fair Trade")
11) Preventing the destruction of the Borg ("Scorpion")
12) Barging into Bo'mar space ("The Raven")
13) Continuing to try and get through Krenim space after the first attack ("Year of Hell")
14) Charging through a dangerous nebula ("One")
15) Not destroying the telepathic monolith ("Memorial")
16) Allowing Harry Kim to drag Voyager into a war ("Nightingale")
17) Not pestering Q more about getting them home ("Q2")
18) Not shoving Neelix out of an airlock.
19) Killing Tuvix.

[Mark]

Hell of a list