Summary

• Captains like Archer, Lorca, Freeman, Riker, Burnham, Kirk, Seven, Janeway, Sisko, and Picard stand out.
• Captains' unique journeys, relationships, and decisions make them memorable characters in Star Trek history.

The secret to a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Trek show is the ensemble cast, the crew, more than anything else. But at the hea𒁏rt of that crew, or rather the head, is the Captain. As much a🀅s a varied cast of characters is what gives the shows their depth and longevity, everyone has one question when a new series is announced. Who is the Captain?

That's because they're the character you're going to see the most of, and who sets the tone for everything else. Do they have a cavalier approach like James T. Kirk, or are they more philosophical and diplomatic like Jean Luc Picard? Given the importance of the role, we've put together a list of the very best to sit in that Captains chair.

10 🧜 Jonathan Archer ꦍ

Enterprise

It's a real shame that Enterprise felt like it wasn't really a Star Trek show, it was missing something of the magic of all the others. It wasn't bad, not in any real sense, it just wasn't what people wanted from Star Trek.

One thing you have to give it is the casting of Scott Bakula, a geni⛦us move that helped carry it for four seasons. A sci-fi legend, Scott brought as much life as he could to the role. Criticism for the show aside, Jonathan Archer was the very first Enterprise Captain, and that puts him in the history books.

9 Gabriel Lorca ☂

Discovery

Gabriel Lorca stands out for not really being Gabriel Lorca. Evil counterparts from the Mirror Universe are nothing new to Star Trek, an alternate dimension where morality is usually flipped, but we don't normally meet the Mirror Universe version of someone first.

It's played smartly, with breadcrumbs that you'll pick up on with a second viewing. He has an edge to him we don't expect of Starfleet Captains, often at odds with his crew. Lorca is deeply memorable simply for being so deeply different.

8 ౠ 🔴 Carol Freeman

Lower Decks

It's tricky comparing Captain Freeman to other Captains simply because the show she features in, Lower Decks, is tonally so different from all the others. As a comedy, it hits different notes than the main Star Trek shows do, but Captain Freeman is still one of the best Captains out there.

Dawnn Lewis brings sharp timing to the role, but it's the relationship with Freemans daughter, Ensign Mariner, that gives the show more depth than most expected it to have. Captain Freeman does what every great Star Trek Captain does, she forms the heart of her show.

7 William T. Riker ꦬ

The Next Generation & Picard

Riker is of course best known and remembered as the Number One on the Enterprise, second in command after Picard. He actually refus✅ed a promotion to Captain so he could stay aboard the Enterprise, but he did eventually captain his own ship, the USS Titaℱn.

Jonathan Frakes played Riker like no one else could, making you believe in this character who was both a capable officer while also being a trombone-playing womanizer. H𒆙e may not be who you think of when you first think of Star Trek Captains, but he definitely deserves to be.

6 🌞 🐈Michael Burnham

Discovery

Few characters in Star Trek have their tumultuous journey to the captain's chair laid out for the audience in the same as Burnham does. Trips to the Mirror Universe and time travel are things usually experienced after you already have those four pips on your collar, or at least are serving under someone like Picard.

Watching Burnham progress through her Starfleet career in the most extr🍨eme of circumstances has been something new for Star Trek fans, and it seems likely that Burnham will be ranked among the most beloved characters of a﷽ll time in years to come.

5 ꩵ James T. Kirk ﷽

The Original Series

Although not canonically the original Enterprise captain, and not even the first one on screen, Captain Kirk is who just about everyone will think of when you prompt them. William Shatner managed to ma꧂ke Kirk an enduring character with his staccato speech and dramatic gazes.

The truth is that Kirk was actually a remarkably bad Captain, his shoot-from-the-hip approach to problems and cowboy diplomatic method don't match at all with the doctrine of Starfleet, but Kirk plays by his own rules and it's what makes him so special.

4 🎃 🍷 Seven Of Nine

Voyager & Picard

Seven of Nine was the character that Voyager needed to inject new life into the series, exploring the identity of a woman who had been 🎐a Borg drone almost her entire life. We see her journey from someone desperately seeking to rejoin the Borg Collective, to a woman who finds her way as an individual again.

Following her journey into🗹 Star Trek Picard, we learn that she goes on to become a highly competent Captain. Her experiences put her in a unique position, someone who understands the value of a crew working together in harmony while also celebrating their individuality.

3 🉐 Kathrꦬyn Janeway

Voyager

Although Star Trek Voyager had some writing issues, it had the most interesting premise of any Star Trek show. A Starfleet crew stranded impossibly far from home, how do they manage their resources and maintain their moral compass while 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:traversing unknown corners of space?

Few Captains could have held the ship and crew together as well as Janeway did, forging a bond among the crew that would help them eventually return home. She was also the first true leading ꧋lady of Star Trek, with Kate Mulgrew knocking the role ꦡout of the park.

2 Be꧋njamin Sisko

Deep Space Nine

You'd be forgiven for putting Commander in front of Sisko's name before you think of Captain, but he held both ranks over the course of Deep Space Nine. An officer, a father, and a key figure in the religion of an alien planet, Ben Sisko wore many hats.

Played by the eccentric Avery Brooks, Sisko was one of the most complex and well-rounded commanding officers Star Trek has ever given us. It doesn't hurt that Deep Space Nine is generally considered the cream of the crop among Star Trek television.

1 Jean-Luc Picard ꦫ

The Next Generation & Picard

Jean-Luc Piওcard is the model for what we expect a Starfleet Captain to be. Measured but passionate, diplomatic but decisive, connected to their crew but al🐷so forced to maintain a distance from them. Kirk may have graced television screens first, but Picard set the standard.

The proof is in the plasma, as Jordi m🔯ight say. Jean-Luc not only Captained his way through The Next Generation, but decades later received an entirely new show named after him. It shows the longevity Picard ha༺s as a character Star Trek fans connect to and are happy to see more of.