Reasons Why Janeway Is the Better Captain

One word: hair

More hair than all previous Star Trek commanding officers combined.

Drinks coffee, not that sissy "Earl Grey" stuff.

Beams down to the planet like real Captains should.

Mutes the doctor when the doctor gets out of line.

Hasn't let an adolescent pilot the Federation flagship.

Voyager needs a female Captain. Its Captain must be willing to admit they're lost and pull over for directions.

Picard likes to talk his way through. Janeway likes to punch her way through.

Hasn't quoted Shakespeare -- yet.

Looks better in sleepwear.

Janeway gives guilt trips that would make a Jewish mother proud.

Isn't French with an English accent.

Smart enough to have a Vulcan officer.

Will give you two days off to ponder your lifeshattering experience.

Janeway says "I don't like you!" to her enemies instead of trying to convince them to behave better.

Janeway has a First Officer with a tattoo.

She doesn't have any pesky Federation Admirals to get in her way.

Three words: Compression Phaser Rifles.

Ackowledges freely when she breaks the Prime Directive instead of trying to weasle her way out of it with philosophical ramblings.

15 episodes without surrendering the ship.

15 episodes and Wesley has yet to save the ship.

Janeway's holo programs create useful things like doctors and lungs. Picard's holodecks create maniacal evil geniouses who yet again take over the ship.

She doesn't need to straighten her uniform every time she stands.

Picard: Three words: Stretch velour jhodpurs. Janeway: Three words: Form fitting uniform.

Janeway has never worn green tights and frolicked about in Sherwood Forest. However, if she did, she would look fantastic!

Kirk looked good in ripped shirts; Picard looked good without a shirt; Janeway would look... no, they can't do that on network television.

Doesn't force her crew to wear stupid outfits, unless it is to blend in with a primitive planet.

She is smart enough not to waste time learning foreign languages. All lifeforms in the Delta Quadrant speak perfect English.

Her engineer does not wear a bananna clip over her eyes.

Slouches in her chair even in critical life-threatening moments.

Doesn't have a Counselor on board (thank God!).

Her telepath only lives nine years.

Her Chief Medical Officer will never command the ship. ("Cathexis" was a close one!)

Janeway heard the words "boldly go where no man (er, woman) has gone before" and took them to the extreme.

Picard tells alien cultures, "I hope our two cultures will one day come to a greater understanding." Janeway threatens them with "the deadliest of force".

Janeway's Security Chief would never grow a ponytail.

Janeway doesn't have to point which way to go when they set off.

Maintains an elaborate hairdo that would baffle even Princess Leia.

Has mastered facial expression understood by all to mean, "Boy, Paris, are YOU ever stupid."

Hugs her Vulcan from time to time.

Has a more manly voice.

Doesn't have a starship that splits in half when it's in a tight spot.

Has a dog and a significant other, not some damn fish!

Her ship has neat-looking folding warp nacelles.

Her CONN officer actually went through the Academy.

Her CONN officer can use contractions.

Her first officer has a halucinogenic device.

To help her relax, Janeway's first officer helps her contact her spirit guide. Picard's first officer helps him get... to Risa.

Her ship hasn't been blown up by a vessel less than half its size.

Relatives of her crew members have never tried to take over the ship, steal a starship, invade the Federation, enslave all humankind...

 

 

 

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    Kathryn Janeway

    Captain
    U.S.S. Voyager NNC 74656

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