# Personalities of all the Star Trek Captains

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**Created:** [November 22, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalities-of-all-the-star-trek-captains/954747 "2021-11-22T01:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
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My thoughts on the most significant personality traits in terms of command ability (for the ones I’ve seen, anyway - I haven’t seen Discovery and didn’t finish Voyager or Enterprise but have seen all TOS, movies, TNG, DS9, and LD):

Kirk - courageous, innovative, incredible improviser, can never be counted out

Picard - brilliant, supremely well educated, as good as it gets at analytical decision making, expert diplomat

Sisko - no one is tougher, incredible bond with his crew, willing to be as ruthless as necessary, supremely flexible and will make the hardest decisions correctly

Janeway - brilliant and never wrong in a really annoying way

Archer - indecisive, just kind of a shitty captain (though he is brave and selfless with his crew)

Freeman - brave and flexible but very sloppy with a tendency to overmanage, overreact, and overthink

Thoughts? Am I being too tough on Janeway and Archer? What about the Discovery Captain?

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
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As a former Navy officer, I’d most want to serve under Picard.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalities-of-all-the-star-trek-captains/954747/3 "2021-11-22T01:42:22Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Kirk . . .

Of Kirk’s personality, in the light of modern sensibilities, the less said the better.

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> Thoughts?

I didn’t see any of the episodes with Captain Thoughts, so I can’t comment on that. What season featured him (her?) again?