Your Ideal Star Trek Crew

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(Someone call me? :wink: )

Captain: Mackenzie Calhoun. More badass than Kirk, Picard, or Janeway. Sisko almost reaches his level, but Calhoun has a cold-blooded efficiency that puts him on top.

Science officer: Spock. He’s a legend for a damn good reason.

Ops: Data. When the situation’s heated and you need sixteen weapons firing at once, that positronic brain is damn convenient.

Helm: Mark McHenry. Anyone who can navigate a starship without using any instrumentation whatsoever is just made for the helm.

Security: Zak Kebron. The old Zak, specifically. Worf’s tough, but Zak (a) is tougher, (b) is twice as large, and (c) has that perfect sense of deadpan humor to keep things fun.

Medical: McCoy. Gotta keep Spock company. :smiley:

Engineering: Geordi LaForge. Not to take away anything from Scotty, but a Chief Engineer with a VISOR that can automatically spot invisible radiation leaks and subatomic fractures is damn convenient.

Local color: Seven of Nine and Bourgyne, for sex appeal and general fun. Though keeping Burgy off of Seven will be a full-time challenge… :wink:

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Or, we could make first season Janeway be the computer voice, and watch everyone slowly go insane! :wink:

Actually, I’m not sure if her voice was more grating in the first season, or if I just got used to it.

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The USS Nenno

Capatain
Emergency Command Hologram

Number 1
Seven of Nine

Tactical
Warf

Ops
Data

Helm
Ro Laren

Tactical
Worf

Security
Tasha Yar

Chief Engineer
Torres

Medical
Beverly Crusher

Counselor
Kes

Science Officer
Jadzia Dax

Communications Officer
T’Pol

Janitor
Wesley Crusher
I suspect the USS Friedo and USS Nenno will spend most of the time partying!

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My list would involve mainly the original series crew, with no changes. Why? Because they rock! :wink:

Seriously though, I haven’t internalized any Treks other than TOS and TNG, so my list would mostly be an amalgamation of those two. Aes made me think of something though, with his list.

Does it make any sense whatsoever that counselors/therapists would be officers? It seems like the interactions necessary to be a therapist/counselor would be at odds with the ones necessary to be a good officer.

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I don’t know if it makes sense really but in my series, Ezri would not be serving on the bridge of the Defiant during a battle, eight lifetimes of experience or not. A counselor’s place is in her office or consulting with a doctor, not behind the helm or at OPS.

And I just realized that 2/3rds of my ship is DS9. I knew they had a majority but not three to one. Maybe I should rework it a bit to include another VOY and ENT character or two? I mean, as much as I love my crew, DS9 redux could be better.

Ooh, I know! The Defiant can have its own crew with one of the station officers, i.e. Worf, commanding but say with Paris being the Conn officer, etc. I like that idea. Let me think on it a bit and I’ll be back with another post. :smiley:

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Captain: Benjamin Sisko
For the same reasons as ben314.

First Officer: Spock

Ops: Data
Seems almost everyone’s in agreement on this one.

Helm: Uhura
It was a toss-up with Tom Paris. He was a superb pilot but a little unstable for my ship’s helm.

Tactical: Worf
See above re. agreement.

Security: Odo
It was either him or Tuvok, and i alreay have Spock.

Chief Engineer: Seven of Nine
With B’Elanna Torres next in the Engineering hierarchy :stuck_out_tongue:

Medical: Voyager Emergency Medical Hologram
Just for the one-liners. The EMH was the saving grace of the first 2 Voyager series IMO. I’d like Beverley Crusher to be in the medical bay too. (particular for the EMH’s all-too-frequent downtime!)

Counselor: Deanna Troi
Troi was the only true counsellor on any of the series of Trek AFAICR. Plus her empathic abilities were useful in diplomacy surprisingly often. Neelix (as morale officer) was as much of a counsellor as Kes.

Science Officer: Jadzia Dax
Again, there weren’t many other options available here. Jadzia Dax was one of my favourite characters in DS9 anyway so why not.

Transporter Chief: Scotty
Just so people could ask him to beam them up :smiley:

Airlock: Ezri Dax
ARGH! My least favourite character in all 4 series. Even Wesley had one good show (‘Remember Me’). IMO Every show in which she played a prominent role turned to sludge

I don’t think we need a special position entitled communications officer!

Setting: On a ship, in the future, in the aftermath of the Dominion War.
A bit like Voyager but with DS9’s much superior meta-writing (To me, Voyager had several individual episodes and two-parters that were as good as the best of DS9, the problem with Voyager was more that they didn’t fit together into a believable whole and progress the way DS9’s overall storyline did)

Examples: ‘Future’s End’, Message In A Bottle, Latent Image.

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Beat me to it. And almost exactly my lineup. :slight_smile:

By the way: No love for Captain Jellico?

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I’m sorry, but I think Sisko is a poor choice for Captain.

He clearly has a disdain for ordinary people, as the directives of Starfleet Central Command are more emportant to him than the choices of the colonists he persecutes. Furthermore, he will Enter into conspiracies to murder foreign statesmen in order to pull their governments into a war the Federation cannot otherwise win.

His personal ideals are more important to him than the realities of those around him.

Is this the kind of man you want to represent the authority of your Federation?

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My brother posts on here? :wink:

For this comment, you can call me whatever you want. :smiley:

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I don’t think you give Sisko enough credit. Sure, he occasionally crossed into “the ends justify the means” territory, but I don’t think his goal was to follow “the directives of Starfleet Central Command.” Sisko was trying his best to do the right thing. I’m not saying I always agreed with his choices . . . anyway, I think most people are selecting a crew based on entertainment value, not necessarily who would be the best representative of the Federation.

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And to try to paint Sisko as putting his own ideals before those of other people while not mentioning all the times that Kirk, Picard, Janeway, and Archer have done the same thing is a tad bit disingenuous. None of the captains have the best track record when it comes to the societies they come in contact with and will gladly break the rules if they feel there is need for it.

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Ah…the perfect 90s “hero.”

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Okay, after giving it a bit more thought, I have an extended crew.

The regular starring cast will be what I listed above and will be primarily station personel but theextened recurring cast will have roles on the Defiant so that when the setting of a story is the ship, a different cast will be allowed to shine.

The ranks will be as follows:
Captain:
(DS9) Captain Ben Sisko
(Defiant) Commander Worf

First Officer:
(DS9) Colonel Kira Nerys
(Defiant) Lt. Commander Data

Tactical Officer:
(DS9) Commander Worf
(Defiant) Lt. Commander Tuvok

Operations Officer:
(DS9) Lt. Commander Data
(Defiant) Lieutenant Ro Laren

Chief Medical Officer:
(DS9) Lt. Commander Julian Bashir
(Defiant) Emergency Medical Hologram[sup]1[/sup]

Chief of Security:
(DS9) Constable Odo
(Defiant) Lieutenant Zak Kebron[sup]2[/sup]

Chief of Engineering:
(DS9) Lt. Commander B’Elana Torres
(Defiant) Lieutenant Burgoyne 172[sup]2[/sup]

Counselor:
(DS9) Lieutenant Ezri Dax
(Defiant) Not applicable.[sup]3[/sup]

[sup]1[/sup] As a ship of war, the less people on board, the better
[sup]2[/sup] Both are characters from the New Frontier series of books
[sup]3[/sup] I do not like counselors serving as part of the bridge crew so as part of the ship, it is unnecessary
And before anyone says it, I know I put way too much thought into it. It’s a cold Sunday night and I have nothing better to do. If it wasn’t this, I’d be doing something else as mundane and pointless, if not moreso.

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Nitpick: he’s not an officer. Damn cool character, though.

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I think the choice for an ideal Star Trek crew is obvious.

We can’t allow ourselves to be restricted to the pitifully narrow choice of characters that happened to be on the various Star Trek shows. We need to broaden our horizons.

Clearly, the best Star Trek crew has got to be THE SUPER FRIENDS.

Superman would, of course, be Captain. Wonder Woman could be first officer. Aquaman could be the Navigator, because given his propensity for getting into trouble, we need to give him a job that’s hard to mess up. It’s pretty damn hard to mess up when your only task consists of pressing two buttons, one labelled “Plot course” and the other labelled “Lay in course”.

Batman, meanwhile, could pull double-duty as both science officer and chief of security. Robin could assist the chief engineer: Every time the chief engineer pulls a ridiculous technobabble solution out of his ass, Robin could repeat the suggestion with the word “Holy” at the front, e.g. “Holy bypassed plasma injector assembly!”, “Holy reversed polarity in the main deflector dish!”, etc…

Zan and Jayna would serve as mop water and Dr. Phlox’s exotic animal collection, respectively. Gleek the Space Monkey would either be blown out the airlock or serve as the centerpiece of Neelix’s next gourmet meal.

Finally, Green Lantern would of course serve as the Holodeck.

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Mines easy.

Captain: Me
Who else would make a better hero?

Harem Girl #1: Seven of Nine
I don’t think anyone could dispute my first choice.

Harem Girl #2: Ezri DAX
She has the youth and innocence.

Harem Girl #3: B’Elana Torres
For those times when I want it rough.

Harem Girl #4: Jadzia DAX
Mmmm… experienced…

Location: Probably DS9. Quark’s holosuites will be pretty useful for what I have in mind…
:smiley:
Mmm… lost in thought…

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Kirk
Spock
Bones
Uhura
Sulu
Chekov
Scottie

Now, what are these other shows you’re referring to? :wink:

And the Klingons won’t have anything glued to their foreheads

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Captain James T Kirk-naturally.
Out of all of the Captains in the franchise, Kirk is the best natural leader with the best charisma, with Picard coming in a close second. If you were to take four random Constellation Class Starships, with four random crews, and placed Kirk, Picard, Sisko and Janeway in charge of each of them, who do you think would win a battle to the death? Who would pull the crew together faster? Kirk was never brash-he listened to his advisors, and acted accordingly. But when he needed to, he made the decisions that counted.

XO Data.
Both Spock and Riker were the two front runners for this position, but Data’s performance in the episode Redemption Part II sealed it for me-prepared to make the right decisions, and would be a good emotional counterpoint to Kirk.

Science Officer Spock.
Best Science Officer in the fleet. Nuff said.

Tactical Lt Monroe.
Cut down in her prime in a tragic Next Generation Disaster , but she was cute, and I’d have her in my crew.
Security Chief Odo.
Took his job seriously-and on a Starship, security needs to be taken seriously. Has many “physical” advantages, which make him more suited to the role than almost anyone else.

Helm Sulu.
As with Spock, the best in the fleet. And you don’t leave those guys on the bench.

Chief Engineer Scotty.
As with Spock and Sulu-the best in the fleet. Need to keep yourself alive for a decade or so in a Transporter Buffer? Scotty’s the man, wouldn’t leave him behind.

Communications Hoshi
Ummm, for no real reason, except the position was a bit of a toss up…
Medical Pulaski
Obviously, Bones and Crusher were right up there, but my crew already has a TOS bias, and her gruff manner would again offer a counterbalance to Kirk.

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Captain: Pickard
Security: Reed
Engineering:** O’ Brian**
Doctor: Bashir
Counselor: Troi

Oh dear - I’m running out of Brits***** here. . .

Eye candy and token Yanks:

Astrometrics (or whatever) 7of9
**Evil Universe Kira ** (I can’t think of a post for her but who cares)
*****I know Pickard is supposed to be French and Troi is half alien please don’t go all nitty on me.

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Nobody fancies Q on the bridge? Admittedly, he’d be insubordinate and it wouldn’t make for very interesting episodes - no matter what the peril, he could just snap and no problem.