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demonic25
02-10-2009, 12:03 PM
Ok what type of captain will you be (Federation only) as in to take in mind the prime directive etc..
Will you play the captain who is morally right and does'nt do anything to put lifes at risk?...or will you be more of a renegade captain?.
I guess we don't know how much freedom we have in STO at the moment...as will the game mechanics allow you to be a captain who is basically (bad,evil)?.
I for one would bend the rules all the time...klingons would be attacked on sight and new species would be also destroyed :).
Kinda like the voyager epidsode where you see the "Evil" Voyager double.
DarthWarth
02-10-2009, 12:08 PM
I prefer the more diplomatic, live by the rules as gospel most of the time route. A la Picard.
demonic25
02-10-2009, 12:23 PM
I prefer the more diplomatic, live by the rules as gospel most of the time route. A la Picard.
I do aswell, but sometimes i think that's abit of a weakness in him as seen in many episodes....but then he is the best captain in my opinion.
I think i will try to uphold the diplomatic route...but when i'm being attacked by random aliens i'm going to have to kill them all in a mass death a thon haha.
Plus Klingons have to die aswell i think :)
TruthSeer
02-10-2009, 12:55 PM
Ok what type of captain will you be (Federation only) as in to take in mind the prime directive etc..
The kind that brings a marine unit along to help with diplomatic talks.
Lizzio
02-10-2009, 12:56 PM
Ill be the captain that only gives you 1warning :D
LordEnn
02-10-2009, 12:57 PM
If I considered it necessary to do so, I'd readily disregard laws and regulations. I certainly wouldn't allow myself to be mentally incarcerated by moral idiocies. The appliance of identical principles to different situations can cause problems. Picard should have used Hugh to disable, or destroy, the Borg.
Ok what type of captain will you be (Federation only) as in to take in mind the prime directive etc..
Will you play the captain who is morally right and does'nt do anything to put lifes at risk?...or will you be more of a renegade captain?.
I guess we don't know how much freedom we have in STO at the moment...as will the game mechanics allow you to be a captain who is basically (bad,evil)?.
I for one would bend the rules all the time...klingons would be attacked on sight and new species would be also destroyed :).
Kinda like the voyager epidsode where you see the "Evil" Voyager double.
I want to be fair with my crew, build them up to be at their best. I do agree with you on attacking Klingons on sight. Killing or destroying new species I meet is kinda harsh. I will be diplomatic when I meet new ones, but will bring down the rain of fire if they dare cross me.:mad:
DarthWarth
02-10-2009, 01:04 PM
he is the best captain in my opinion.
Mine also. I believe he would have made the necessary decisions more frequently in war time situations. The reason many people would suggest Sisko is a better choice for Captain in a war situation is because we've seen him in that position many times. But from the few times we've seen Picard in similar roles he's ruthless e.g. the Borg in First Contact. So when required the more by the book approach can be bended slightly and turned into a survival approach.
bkm250
02-10-2009, 01:19 PM
As much as I like the rest especially Picard, I'm going to be a more "James T. Kirk" type of Captain.
I'll try and sort things out however I can but if all else fails count on seeing phasers flashing out, torpedoes detonating and me in the middle of the chaos, karate chopping and drop kicking some major ass.
Making some time with beautiful females both human and otherwise not excluded.
:D
CherryTerri
02-10-2009, 01:33 PM
Hm, I won't make a Federation captain ...
But I wouldn't mind making someone who falls in love with one! =D
DarthWarth
02-10-2009, 01:44 PM
Hm, I won't make a Federation captain ...
But I wouldn't mind making someone who falls in love with one! =D
My sexual preferences are the same as Kirk's, so if you're green, blue or have a cat-like tail I'm in.
jhem99
02-10-2009, 01:57 PM
a bad one:o
Starship01
02-10-2009, 02:02 PM
I;m more likely to be a science and technology kid of captain sometimes a bit tactical :cool:
Fedhell
02-10-2009, 02:04 PM
Ok what type of captain will you be (Federation only) as in to take in mind the prime directive etc..
Will you play the captain who is morally right and does'nt do anything to put lifes at risk?...or will you be more of a renegade captain?.
I guess we don't know how much freedom we have in STO at the moment...as will the game mechanics allow you to be a captain who is basically (bad,evil)?.
I for one would bend the rules all the time...klingons would be attacked on sight and new species would be also destroyed :).
Kinda like the voyager epidsode where you see the "Evil" Voyager double.
Ever heard of Dr. House (an american tv show played generally on Showcase and those chanels). Well i can sum up my entire captian ness as the personality of Dr. House.
-will
Honestly? As much as I like Star Trek, I've had it up to here (just imagine that I am holding a hand up to eye level ;)) with Starfleet's identity crisis.
My captain will be a soldier. Even if I am playing as a scientist, medic, engineer, or whatever; I will act in a manner befitting a captain who is comfortable with the idea that my job is to defend the Federation.
I won't be going around blasting everything I don't like the look of; but I won't waste my time trying to talk down whichever psycho of the week is firing up his super weapon to destroy the Earth either.
kobisirish
02-10-2009, 03:00 PM
Let me just say Diplomacy is not one of my finer points. I will save that for the humans ! I am who you call on when diplomacy fails. Shoot first ask questiona later.
swedishviking
02-10-2009, 03:07 PM
depends on what you mean by morally right...
do you allow a race (pre warp) to become extinct and remember their culture or do you save the race and inevitably traumatize the culture creating something entirely different could be better or worse.
TruthSeer
02-10-2009, 03:07 PM
Honestly? As much as I like Star Trek, I've had it up to here (just imagine that I am holding a hand up to eye level ;)) with Starfleet's identity crisis.
My captain will be a soldier. Even if I am playing as a scientist, medic, engineer, or whatever; I will act in a manner befitting a captain who is comfortable with the idea that my job is to defend the Federation.
I won't be going around blasting everything I don't like the look of; but I won't waste my time trying to talk down whichever psycho of the week is firing up his super weapon to destroy the Earth either.
*raises fist in the air* Here! Here!
All welcome ambassador torpedo.
A_Martin
02-10-2009, 03:43 PM
As much as I like the rest especially Picard, I'm going to be a more "James T. Kirk" type of Captain.
I'll try and sort things out however I can but if all else fails count on seeing phasers flashing out, torpedoes detonating and me in the middle of the chaos, karate chopping and drop kicking some major ass.
Making some time with beautiful females both human and otherwise not excluded.
:D
You forgot about the Rigelian death rattle... ;-)
Decius
02-10-2009, 04:01 PM
A swashbuckling Kirk. :D
MajorD
02-10-2009, 04:17 PM
I will be an orbitally bombarding white knight.
DoctorWhat
02-10-2009, 05:22 PM
Lol. Wouldn't it be funny if Star Fleet threw you in the brig or stripped you of your rank for disobeying the rules.
TruthSeer
02-10-2009, 05:26 PM
Lol. Wouldn't it be funny if Star Fleet threw you in the brig or stripped you of your rank for disobeying the rules.
They can try.
Silverspar
02-10-2009, 05:39 PM
I'll be what the situation demands, weighing my options that I have. Diplomatic will require a bit more diplomacy and negotiating, while neutral zone politics I will probably do those with a phaser drawn, if I have to.
Alyssaphanboi
02-10-2009, 07:57 PM
I will be the type that utilizes Red Shirtz as Cannon Fodder! LOL!
No seriously I have heard there are 3 'specialities' or whatever and I want to go into sciences and have like a cool medical ship and help other players that would be cool.
Sort of like that ship that Crusher had in '...all good things' maybe.
If that is not available give me a good ole' Excelsior class!
Trsmash
02-10-2009, 08:29 PM
I prefer to be a renegade captain. I mean i am all for holding up the Federations ideals and so on, but when it comes to things like not being able to have cloaking technology and so on, there I would not agree.
If possible i would love to be part of Section 13. They have license to do anything they want if they see it fit to do so in the protection of the Federation.
CherryTerri
02-10-2009, 09:12 PM
Not sure if anyone heard of the PnP Star Trek they had a few years ago ...
But you could give a crewmember a vice like drug addict. And they could get withdraws from the drugs. I would make a Federation male captain with such problems. Wow .. that would majorly stink.
JamesDBurke
02-10-2009, 09:23 PM
Ill be the captain that only gives you 1warning :D
As in "This is me charging my weapons" kind of one warning?
Personally, I'd like the ability to fire Red Shirts out of my torpedo tubes at the bad guys.
JacobFlowers
02-10-2009, 09:24 PM
Ok what type of captain will you be (Federation only) as in to take in mind the prime directive etc..
Will you play the captain who is morally right and does'nt do anything to put lifes at risk?...or will you be more of a renegade captain?.
I guess we don't know how much freedom we have in STO at the moment...as will the game mechanics allow you to be a captain who is basically (bad,evil)?.
I for one would bend the rules all the time...klingons would be attacked on sight and new species would be also destroyed :).
Kinda like the voyager epidsode where you see the "Evil" Voyager double.
I would have two alts. One upstanding Federation officer.
Another... (after he got his big ship)... i wouldn't be so kind to those less fortunate :P
Powerhelm
02-10-2009, 09:28 PM
I'll be an explorer...though I'd prefer my character to be the engineering route I might consider Science if I find that we'll have a ton of exploration freedom...I always planned engineer with the hopes of being able to assist other players on their ship but I don't really know what to do now...
edit: I thought it was Section 31?
JMD10222
02-10-2009, 09:28 PM
I will be the "speak softly, but carry a big stick " type. ;)
Sullen
02-10-2009, 10:24 PM
Renegade Klingon captain!
Set phasers to Bat'leth!
Depending on the penalties that one would accumulate for being a "bad" captain I would take a particular course of action that makes a situation more fun. If taking a particualr course of action hinders my character growth then I'll stay a "clean" Captain until End Game when i may be able to let loose.
CaptainLynch
02-11-2009, 01:24 AM
As per the sig: I'll go the Science route. Discovering strange new worlds. Finding valuable resources. Looking for traces of cloaked ships, so that I can point them out to the rest of Section 31 and have their afts caved in :D
the most "by the book" secret assassin in Star Fleet
osena
02-11-2009, 01:32 AM
Ill be fair Captain but ill be like fire and ice kind to those of the Starfleet and ill hunt down those kilngons for the hell of it ill never stop comeing form them in many respects ill be the Terminator and they will be John connor
DarkBarron
02-11-2009, 01:19 PM
Well if the Ferengi are playable for the Federation then I will be the sneaky type filing false req forms for equipment that I sell to The Orion Syndicate to fund my latinum plated Captains chair and all Female Bridge crew. :rolleyes:
MajorD
02-11-2009, 02:16 PM
Lol. Wouldn't it be funny if Star Fleet threw you in the brig or stripped you of your rank for disobeying the rules.
I'll just oribitally bombard them for not seeing how righteous I am.:p
bradley1701
02-11-2009, 02:30 PM
I'm going to be like Captain Kirk...only replace the green women with green men LOL
I'll be karate chopping and drop kicking my way around the galaxy...
Saladin_Class
02-11-2009, 02:41 PM
"Im a soldier, Not a dipolmat" James T. Kirk
web_spy_der
02-12-2009, 01:20 AM
Hopefully I'd like to be a Exploration,Science and a Diplomatic Type Captain. Maybe I could create My own Genesis Project.Tera Forming would be Cool.But then Again a good Battle never Hurts.
Sir_Cedric
02-12-2009, 02:02 AM
I will be in the ranks of Tactical/ Security, and as far as how I will handle things in game. I will be there to help my fellow captains if needed, and treat any new encounters with a fair hand.
Paulo999
02-12-2009, 02:06 AM
Terran empire style :P Obey or be destroyed!
Stormnet
02-12-2009, 03:51 AM
I will be the type of captain that does what my fleet asks of me. I am, if nothing else, a good soldier...
Chastian
02-12-2009, 06:13 AM
I will be a ruthless captain, the Napoleon of space perhaps. Me and my all male bridge crew of vivid steroid users will bully our way around the galaxy. You don't want us to obliderate you tiny village? You better have come cheap women and wine for my mercy. Wana rat me out to Starfleet? good luck, I have the whole place rigged. Klingons will be shot on the spot, then we will steal their wallets and gear,and pillage their pathetic ships. The best way to conduct first contact with a planet is with a fully loaded phaser blast and multiple photon torpedoes toward something they cherish. Fear will keep them in line...fear of this battlestation!
No really, ill try to be nice, that was just fun to write.
No1UKnow
02-12-2009, 06:24 AM
I aspire to be just like Mr. Picard. Of all the famed captain's I've studied at the academy, I seem to relate to Picard the most. Some other captains I have studied include:
Captain Kirk (of course)
Captain Michael J. Smith (space shuttle challenger)
Captain Morgan (there's a little captain in all of us)
Captain Hook (from peter pan fame)
and last but not least
Cap'n Crunch (mmm peanut butter flavor)
Admiral_Reynolds
02-12-2009, 06:27 AM
I'd be more like Kirk. Be an outstanding Starfleet Captain, have people and races respect you for your fighting ability and ability to get the job done,..even if it means bending the rules a bit.
Flatfingers
02-12-2009, 02:23 PM
Interesting question.
It still irritates me when I hear Patrick Stewart -- sorry, I mean Picard -- and Janeway mock "cowboy diplomacy" as though just talking at bad guys will always be enough to convince them to play nice.
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock." -- Will Rogers
"Peace through superior firepower." -- Anonymous
I like the idea of playing the kind of Federation captain who balances interests in science, diplomacy, and armed strength in the service of ethical exploration of the galaxy, and who while respectful toward other cultures makes no apologies for believing in the superiority of his own and defending it energetically.
Captain Kirkardway, I presume? :p
We'll have to see the extent to which something like that is possible in Star Trek Online, or if the only style of fun allowed to be defined as "gameplay" will be shooting things in the head in return for magical leveling-up beans....
--Flatfingers
Vicelance
02-12-2009, 02:32 PM
I''ll be the type who helps those in need and tries to be diplomatic on first contact missions but when it hits the fan well theres a reason why I hope the the Akira in the game really does have 15 torpedo launchers:D.
Father_Origin
02-12-2009, 02:38 PM
I will not break the rules, however, I am a firm believer in bending them as needed
THORN74
02-15-2009, 05:18 PM
my Captian will be modeled after Edward Jellico (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Edward_Jellico).
As captain of the Enterprise, Jellico was a very stern and authoritarian officer, with a micro-management leadership style. He abruptly made several changes to the operations of the Enterprise. He preferred a certain formality on the bridge, insisting that Deanna Troi wear a standard uniform and that his presence be announced whenever he entered. In contrast to the strict standards he expected on the bridge, he revealed a more personal side by putting up pictures drawn by his son in the Enterprise's ready room. However, he ordered the removal of Livingston the fish.
Awarkle
02-15-2009, 06:10 PM
i think im going to adopt the "diplomacy at the last resort" if bombing them back to the stone age doesnt work :P
Taco-Paco
02-15-2009, 06:33 PM
Im molding my STO Captain after Picard....hes really cool under pressure and loves to think things through instead of all out war..heh
Samodelkin
02-15-2009, 09:12 PM
Assuming the game allows this:
I would dishonestly get a good amount of faction points for all major factions, then roaming free around the galaxy, creating the lulz wherever I go. I would beam down to undiscovered planets, and instead of prime directive or first contact, impersonate a local diety and order the locals to build a gigantic marble statue of... hmmm... a toilet. Others, I would manipulate into re-enacting the Habbo Hotel raid every day. I would capture alien technology, engineer my own, and use it all to make people think... "WTF?"
I suppose this role is the closest to one of Harry Mudd. Except that I would make weirdos, not enemies, wherever I go.
im aiming down the lines of the fantastically skilled tactician, whos not afraid to use his ships awesome force but doesnt rely on it to get thigns done, more like worf than anyone, honor and morals being a key tool in my armoury
but of course should any galctic scum trouble me, im gonna thrash them outta the obsidian sky