What kind of captain are you? [Archive]

dyvimtorm

03-13-2009, 07:58 AM

Hi all,

Couldn't find a thread on this, but if it already exists feel free to close this down. Basically, the question is, which ST captain identifies with your style of gameplay most closely? Are you a Picard diplomat, a Kirk warrior, a Cisko hydrid, a Spock thinker, etc etc? However you want to describe yourself, I'd just like to see where a lot of people stand on this one. You can relate it to a known captain (most fun, lol) or not, my recommendation is since we don't know a lot of specifics, just a quick line on what type you would be, maybe why.

For me,
I'm a Kirk Warrior. As far as I'm concerned, there're three rules in Starfleet.
1. Prime directive? Sure, when I want to.
2. Anything that is reported with the phrase "off the starboard bow" needs to be destroyed immediately.
3. Holodecks only deserve one thing. A sledgehammer.

Ok, let's see what's out there....

Pavel Bester

KO_Gilligan

03-13-2009, 08:20 AM

I'm always looking for an underdog in need of a little... boost.

I have been known to intentionally side with a commonly disliked forum member even if I don't agree.

I see others do this as well, and I think it is honorable to have empathy for your opponent, even to the point of assisting them in battle. So be careful with me, you might be surprised who's side I'm on. ;)

knightofhyrule730

03-13-2009, 08:29 AM

OddjobXL

03-13-2009, 08:33 AM

Picard. I'm too old and longwinded to pull anyone else off properly. Besides, we've got the same haircut!

Just don't ask me to sing show tunes.

Tumek

03-13-2009, 08:38 AM

being a klingon probly shoot first ask questions later...however im not one to run in guns abazling so there peobly would be a breif session of me asking myself wich is the best way to shoot first...yeah if that made sence

Sumoben

03-13-2009, 08:47 AM

Counselor_Zexx

03-13-2009, 08:52 AM

Lol thats not Janeway at all, if she gets fired on or threatened, she fights back. Besides, you can "deadify" Voyager. It has voodoo magic haxxors.

Exactly! Did the OP watch Voyager? Girlfriend Janeway breaks the prime directive like my lifestyle choice breaks baby angels' hearts.

Aerial_Ace

03-13-2009, 08:54 AM

Varrangian

03-13-2009, 08:58 AM

I have been known to intentionally side with a commonly disliked forum member even if I don't agree.

And here I thought you actually agreed with me ;)

Urantia

03-13-2009, 08:59 AM

I would identify with Spock...the Spock that grew older and realized logic is only the beginning of wisdom.

Draighwulf

03-13-2009, 09:03 AM

The kind that replaces the Ship's Counselor's seat on the bridge with a Captain only Mr Coffee

much better at soothing my nerves

Wardog00

03-13-2009, 09:38 AM

I'm more Like Captain Klag of the I.K.S. Gorkon, Stand by my word, be Honorable and fight fiercely to the Death if need be for the Glory of the Klingon Empire.

My favorite Federation Captains equally are Benjamin Sisko of DS9 and Jonathan Archer of Enterprise NX-01

PattonJ007

03-13-2009, 09:38 AM

threeedgedsword

03-13-2009, 09:39 AM

I never really thought about it but I guess I'd consider myself approximately 2/3 to 3/4's a Kor style captain, with the rest being a 50/50 mix of Kang and Martok :)

On another note I'd like to requisition some Klingon type smiles, these federation smiles are making my ridges ache.....

Dogbertious

03-13-2009, 09:46 AM

What captain would I identify myself with?

General Martok.

Honourable, vicious, willing to fight to the death.

Of course, this is odd, given that I am planning to play a Federation captain....

Fear my Miranda class of DOOOOOM! You'll have to destroy it completely, because the idiot in command doesn't know when to quit. :D

Vorador

03-13-2009, 09:49 AM

I'd say my style is more like Commander Sela. Very tactical and cunning, waiting in the shadows for the right opportunity to strike.

Wardog00

03-13-2009, 09:51 AM

Dogbertious

03-13-2009, 10:03 AM

Kill me with a bat'leth?!

You'd have to dodge the ramming Miranda, my ridge-headed friend :D

I really hope ramming makes it into the game......It certainly would make major battles much more dramatic.

In seriousness, though, not all Federation captains will be well-rounded characters, with a love of the sciences and history. Some of us will focus on defending the Federation, and I intend to be one of them.

THORN74

03-13-2009, 10:08 AM

Lol thats not Janeway at all, if she gets fired on or threatened, she fights back. Besides, you can "deadify" Voyager. It has voodoo magic haxxors.

otherwise known as too much estrogen :o

achudnow

03-13-2009, 10:16 AM

I'd have to day Picard. Diplomacy first then the use of force. Remember the Enterprise is, perhaps primarily, a research vessel.

KO_Gilligan

03-13-2009, 10:37 AM

And here I thought you actually agreed with me ;)

For you it's different, because you are an enigma. ;)

dyvimtorm

03-13-2009, 10:40 AM

Good stuff so far, I'd forgotten about a bunch of these commanders. On review, I'd also have to favor Mark Lenard as Romulan commander from Balance of Terror as a possible role model, especially when (I'm being confident here) the Romulan faction comes into the game and I promptly switch over to my true heart's desire...oh jeez, should I say that out loud?

Fire disruptors! Plasma torpedoes away!

Pavel Bester

knightofhyrule730

03-13-2009, 11:01 AM

how many times did janeway's ship get captured because she wouldnt shoot people out of the sky? 4? 5?

no other captain managed that. my point stands.

Counselor_Zexx

03-13-2009, 11:14 AM

how many times did janeway's ship get captured because she wouldnt shoot people out of the sky? 4? 5?

no other captain managed that. my point stands.

Janeway's focus was getting her crew and her ship home. That sometimes clouded her judgment when not dealing a deathblow to some peskier recurring villains (gotta love Seska's persistence.) But she doesn't strike me as timid or meek. By the end of the series she was downright aggressive by Federation standards.

She had no qualms about trespassing through several alien boundaries to get home and using alien technology even when told not to.

And she also knew that diplomacy, especially stranded alone so far from home, would be the best route to forge alliances, trade for supplies, etc...

You have a point, but I mean she (arguably) destroyed the Borg for crying out loud. LOL

0wl

03-15-2009, 10:46 AM

Busy, silent (at times not hehe), diplomatic, and short tempered!

Cowboy diplomacy... :rolleyes:

lokan

03-15-2009, 11:11 AM

im a "Total opposite of janeway" captain.

her:
ship: "Hay guyz, wez gonna shoot u, k?"
janeway: "Cant we have some tea and talk it over?"
pew pew pew
janeway: "plz?"
pew pew pew
janeway: "duds, comon, wez peaceful!"
boom voyager deadified.

me:
ship: "Hay guyz, wez gonna shoot u, k?"
me: pew pew pew
phat lewts fur all!

I think you're confusing Janeway with Picard. and it would be more something like this:

Worf: Captain, the aliens have fired on us, boarded the ship, killed all the men and taken the women back to be their mates. They've also obliterated the nearby Colony and are headed for Earth with a superweapon. Should we raise shields?

Picard: Don't be absurd Mister Worf, we don't want to appear hostile. :p

Anyhow, I'd say as a Captain I'd probably go for a mix of Jellico and Kirk. A bit more discipline among the crew, along with a realisation that warm and fuzzy hippy ideals aren't what keeps the Federation safe.

I occasionally envision Picard being put in Kirk's place in 'The Enterprise Incident', and I always imagine him immediately contacting the Romulans to inform them that Starfleet Command are a bunch of meanies who had the nerve to order him to steal a tactically and strategically critical technology for the Federation.

THORN74

03-15-2009, 11:14 AM

I think you're confusing Janeway with Picard. and it would be more something like this:

Worf: Captain, the aliens have fired on us, boarded the ship, killed all the men and taken the women back to be their mates. They've also obliterated the nearby Colony and are headed for Earth with a superweapon. Should we raise shields?

Picard: Don't be absurd Mister Worf, we don't want to appear hostile. :p

Anyhow, I'd say as a Captain I'd probably go for a mix of Jellico and Kirk. A bit more discipline among the crew, along with a realisation that warm and fuzzy hippy ideals aren't what keeps the Federation safe.

I occasionally envision Picard being put in Kirk's place in 'The Enterprise Incident', and I always imagine him immediately contacting the Romulans to inform them that Starfleet Command are a bunch of meanies who had the nerve to order him to steal a tactically and strategically critical technology for the Federation.

here here! thats the exact combo i was thinking .....Jellico and Kirk. I'll throw in a little Commander Shran , just because my main toon is going to be an Andorian.

Major-Opale

03-15-2009, 11:50 AM

I suppose i will be a mix between Chakotay and Kira with all consequences supposed to be... :cool:

0wl

03-15-2009, 11:52 AM

Well as long as you steer clear 'o me hehe! ;)

LebowskyBob

03-15-2009, 12:12 PM

I'd have to say that I'll be more like Archer...tho with some Kirk thrown in for good measure. I like Archer's focus on exploration and research, but Kirk was better in a fight.

Avatar_of_Champions

03-15-2009, 12:14 PM

Sisko. Clever, faithful to friends...and brutal as a Klingon, when the situation arises. Sign me up for the Command Seminar that advocates decking Q, full-well knowing he's Q. Make it so!

~Aerial Ace

I would have to agree... and I would not say brutal per say... Machiavellian, yes.... brutal, no.
You've got to love a commander who thinks Xanatos gambits are for beginners.
:D

This is a guy who put himself at risk, betting that he was important enough to the Prophets that they would destroy an entire fleet to save him. He also fooled/tricked/deceived the entire Maquie when any of their leaders made it personal.

Plus he never bluffed. If he said he was going to capture you or kill you, it would happen. Period.

So yes i want to be like Sisko when I grow up.

oleum

03-15-2009, 12:55 PM

Shran, technically not a captain but...

THORN74

03-15-2009, 01:04 PM

Shran, technically not a captain but...

yes i know, but e was the "captian"of his ship and he was an Andorian, which i wam going to play as my main toon

oleum

03-15-2009, 01:31 PM

yes i know, but e was the "captian"of his ship and he was an Andorian, which i wam going to play as my main toon

I'll wave my antennae at you if my fleet doesn't end up playing a custom race

gogarty

03-15-2009, 01:56 PM

I'd have to day Picard. Diplomacy first then the use of force. Remember the Enterprise is, perhaps primarily, a research vessel.

If I remember correctly, the Galaxy class was designed as a deep-space exploration vessel. Being capable of extremely long bouts of being away from anyone. And Piccard was an archeologist. The only major researching going on on the Enterprise was Data trying to be more human (with a little Tasha loving), Riker playing the field, Worf humping like the mad Klingon he is, and Troy taking it from both.

I wouldn't call it a research vessel. It's more like the love boat circa 24th century.

Trekster

03-15-2009, 02:41 PM

I will be this dude... incarnate.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Chang_%28General%29

:D

Corehaven22

03-15-2009, 03:35 PM

Im probably more of a Riker actually. He eventually makes Captain after all.

Core tennats:
Uphold the Prime Directive unless I feel bending the rules justifies the means.

Try all other avenues before outright fighting. Although I admit I would be somewhat hot headed compared to Picard or Spock.

Always lead the away mission.

Never afraid to stand up to a superior if need be.

Riker sort of reminds me of Kirk a bit, so I might identify with either one, as Kirk is my favorite ST captain.

twinkey

03-15-2009, 07:10 PM

I probably wouldn't be very diplomatic. I'd be a shoot first ask questions never, because you just got blown up kind of guy.

Jenshae

03-15-2009, 07:28 PM

Okay, I don't know, you guys pick from this wall of text:

Who do you think I am most similar to?

I like to play snooker and pool. When I am up against a good opponent, I shoot to sink, when I am up against a weak or learning opponent, they are just my randomiser and I try setting up angles, ricochets and trains.
I am definately more of a social player then an explorer rather than achiever or killer. The only times I really get into PvP is to safe guard passage for PvM players and hunt down a ganker.
I like to mess with what is expected, like clearly buff up, run up to someone on the other side, see them get ready then just wave and dash off in another direction. Another favourite is trying different things, in pulling, crossing terrains, even dying to get across an area. I am quite happy to stand and die while a good team evacutes but I am the first out of there if they are just expecting miracles and running around like fools, farming their XP as fast as they can but getting less over time with all the dying.

hustlecore

03-15-2009, 07:35 PM

Im definitely a kirk type of guy. I love a good battle and firing my torpedoes. Exploration is cool but a guy like me would much rather be on the front line of a federation war or the first wave of a anti borg invasion fleet. I will escort your freighter, destroy your bird of prey, Set my phaser to kill, and do it all in the name of Starfleet Military Command. when there isn't a war you can see me doing my second favorite thing wish would be on the farthest ends of the known universe exploring the frontier. Finding new threats and new friends to protect and expand the federation. My main focus or drive, you might say, in my explorations would be to find new planets, resources and allies to reinforce and strengthen the federation and this is where i would pool on my diplomatic prowess and i know not to many warrior/diplomats are around but i would be one of them so i lay and wait for MY TIME and every enemy as well as new friends to the federation will know my name

HitmanInc13

03-15-2009, 09:18 PM

I would probably consider myself a mix of Scotty, Commander Kruge, Captain Ransom, and a wrench. Go down to the warp core when its acting up and give it a good smack with it.

CherryTerri

03-15-2009, 09:27 PM

There hasn't been a captain or commander worthy of me yet!

Paratus6

03-15-2009, 09:55 PM

Heinz Fifty-Seven (American colloquialism meaning a mix of everything, for those who don't know).
A little bit of Kirk, because I love the ladies...even if they're green. The cowboy mentality also suits me just fine, cause I'm a Texan!
A little bit of Riker, because I expect the highest standards from my crew. More sweat from my crew in training means less of their blood in battle!
A little bit of Picard, because I have a RL love of Archeology and I'm a born diplomat.
A little bit of Archer, because I never back down from an opportunity for exploration.
A little bit of Sisko, because god help you if you attack me without provocation.
A little bit of Khan, because I will hunt you down to the Ends of the Universe and spit my last breath at thee!

SirReginaldo

03-15-2009, 10:05 PM

For me, I find it is important to hold your ground, no matter the subject is. (edit: I think this makes me some sort of romantic, cause I like to back the underdog. It is more exciting that way:D)

Loyalty to others, I find is the first step to turning an ally into a comrade.

Destroying your enemy will not gain you anything. By breaking your enemy, you can break their will and thus create fear.

Kyias

03-15-2009, 10:22 PM

I would ahve to say I am most like Commander Shran with a hint of Tomalak thrown in.

Sumdian

03-15-2009, 10:25 PM

being a klingon probly shoot first ask questions later

That's me for sure and i run in guns blazing

GARCAR66

03-15-2009, 10:27 PM

I'd be a laid back CO with the crew but, I would be very by the book when it comes to the the running of my ship. I would use diplomacy when the time is right, but let my opponent know I will load torpedo bays if forced.

cocoa-jin

03-15-2009, 10:30 PM

Captain?...Captain...we dont need no stinkin' Captains.

Im hoping to be Collective.

Samodelkin

03-15-2009, 11:04 PM

What kind of captain I would be in this game?

I would be an insidious (though not necessarily evil) technocratic mastermind who hoards technology and scientific knowledge, invents insane novel approaches to accomplishing things, and bums around the galaxy creating general nonsense. I would push the crafting system to its limits, use the new technology for general lulz-mongering, and later, sell my masterpieces to the highest bidder within an elite auction house in a hidden space station. I would prefer to design and manufacture my own spacecraft and equipment rather than rely on the otherwise-popular commercially available technology. That is, if the game allows all that.

Race: Machine
Gender: Male
Motivation: Curiosity and personal entertainment
Style: Using exotic technology in the most insane ways imaginable
Other: Receptive to (though not always persuaded by) logic, not receptive to morals, ridicules attempts at persuasion by emotion. Amused by lampooning references to Star Trek canon, thought bubbles, stereotypes, and generally-nonsensical situations. Likes to make life hilariously difficult for anyone who acts self-righteous.

Gul_Marritza

03-15-2009, 11:35 PM

Since no=one has said it...I'm going to be Original...

Gul Dukat :eek:

Even tempered

Not afraid to make agressive actions

Not give away my intentions, always makes the enemy guess.

And Ruthless when needed. :mad: grrrrrrrrrrr

Avatar_of_Champions

03-16-2009, 12:20 AM

What kind of captain I would be in this game?

I would be an insidious (though not necessarily evil) technocratic mastermind who hoards technology and scientific knowledge, invents insane novel approaches to accomplishing things, and bums around the galaxy creating general nonsense. I would push the crafting system to its limits, use the new technology for general lulz-mongering, and later, sell my masterpieces to the highest bidder within an elite auction house in a hidden space station. That is, if the game allows all that.

Race: Machine
Gender: Male
Motivation: Curiosity and personal entertainment
Style: Using exotic technology in the most insane ways imaginable
Other: Receptive to (though not always persuaded by) logic, not receptive to morals, ridicules attempts at persuasion by emotion. Amused by lampooning references to Star Trek canon, thought bubbles, stereotypes, and generally-nonsensical situations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpDe7WNJhao). Likes to make life hilariously difficult for anyone who acts self-righteous.

So I'm guessing you will not be Federation? If you are, can I attend your court martial? I know they stopped spacing the convicted years ago, but I'm pretty sure they would make a special exemption for you..

And I'm sure you would fit right in with the Klingons.... You might actually live to participate in one battle....

Jenshae

03-16-2009, 03:05 AM

Unless he is just on the Federation side but acting as a solo agent, a bit like some of the Ferengi.

Edit:

No one has drawn any similarities to me and any characters from any of the series. *Sniffle and cry.*
(I am very curious about this and you are welcome to name anyone, no matter how "evil" you think they are. *winks.*)
Original post by me in this thread, here. (http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=416362&postcount=39)

0wl

03-16-2009, 05:48 AM

Uhm did i forget to mention that i am emotionally unstable as well?! :D

Samodelkin

03-17-2009, 10:36 PM

So I'm guessing you will not be Federation? If you are, can I attend your court martial? I know they stopped spacing the convicted years ago, but I'm pretty sure they would make a special exemption for you..

And I'm sure you would fit right in with the Klingons.... You might actually live to participate in one battle....

In the same order:

No, I will be with the Federation.
Yes, you can attend my court martial; in fact I encourage you to attend my court martial early and often. Be sure to sit on the far right side of the room, where the ceiling lights aren't mysteriously humming. It's safer there. ;)
I am not familiar with the word "spacing." If it implies getting kicked out of the populated universe into outer space, or vice-versa - been there, done that, looking forward to doing it again. I do have that effect on people - they tend to make exemptions for me. :)
Klingons? They take war so very seriously... It's more fun to annoy them than to assist them. When Federation captains are annoyed in a situation where they can't use force, they usually just frown and almost invariably start talking. When Imperial captains are annoyed in the same situation, they are much more likely to make an epic scene. Once, during a diplomatic meeting, a Klingon got so irked at me that he pulled my head off and threw it across the room - wheeee! - and hit T'Pau with it, and got declared most illogical. So you tell me, what side is more fun?

Unless he is just on the Federation side but acting as a solo agent, a bit like some of the Ferengi.
Right, except money is not my motivation. (When I am auctioning off exotic technology, that's only to make sure it falls into the right hands.)

I am not sure if "solo" is the right word, however. My ship, the rightfully-named U.S.S. Asylum, is not mine alone. It is also an asylum to my crew - a group of like-minded, free-thinking individuals - from the rat-race of a universe around us.

osena

03-17-2009, 10:40 PM

I come in peace shoot to kill ill be more like kirk i belive

MorganL4

03-17-2009, 10:56 PM

Shran, I have a deep sense of honor, and I HATE HATE HATE owing ANYONE anything.

mrmac

03-18-2009, 03:51 AM

Sisko, I'm not afraid to play the Villain.

And like was said eariler, God help you if you attack me without provocation.

qoona

03-18-2009, 05:25 AM

Jenshae

03-18-2009, 05:51 AM

hmm something between Yang Wenli (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDOuIDQ_JA)and Fan Hyulick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tytania) and some of Reuental/Kircheis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upS-pi-sOAQ&feature=PlayList&p=14C833848AA5C230&index=7) brillancy ^^

Interesting choices but you will note that the tactics were all two dimensional in the first clip, much as if it was armies on the ground. That is because they were not making up new material or tactics. The authors of that script basically just re-enacted some historic battles.

qoona

03-18-2009, 05:54 AM

well LOGH is realy old series, though in most battles there is 3d maneuvering, i meant more their way of commanding, yang and fan are excellent in being extremaly relaxed ^^

Jenshae

03-18-2009, 05:59 AM

well LOGH is realy old series, though in most battles there is 3d maneuvering, i meant more their way of commanding, yang and fan are excellent in being extremaly relaxed ^^
Have you been in life threatening situations and they are examples of how you are or are those examples of how you think you would be or hope / want to be in that sort of situation?

qoona

03-18-2009, 06:14 AM

little bit of this litle bit of that. More on the want/hope side though

robgomm

03-18-2009, 06:22 AM

Definately Picard, he can be tough when he needs to be and sidestep the rules, but he gives every chance for peace. And he's an explorer at heart, just like me.

Jenshae

03-18-2009, 06:27 AM

little bit of this litle bit of that. More on the want/hope side though

Okay, thank you. *Smiles.*

CalonLan

03-18-2009, 06:28 AM

Kirk, always kicked a$$ and always got it on with the best looking birds :p

qoona

03-18-2009, 06:29 AM

My most life threating experience is from eve-o. Even leading smal hac gang can make your nerves shake, aspecialy if you know there are titans online, and 90% of ecountered enemies can be bait/trap

dyvimtorm

03-18-2009, 06:59 AM

Hmmm...

Now I'm wondering, maybe I'd like to be like Khan Noonien Singh....ok, so he wasn't a starfleet captain, but he did captain a starfleet vessel (actually two, if you count his brief takeover in TOS). Ok, so he died badly, failing in his mission, couldn't think in 3-D and maybe he wasn't the best dresser....still, he got the drop on Kirk, even if only for a little while.

Pavel Bester