Kirk or Picard?

Cuz every forum needs this one! It’s a tradition, like the Fourth of July or puking your guts into a statie’s cruiser on St. Patricks!

Captain Sheridan. :D

@Elric of Melnipony  
Fuck, ya ninja’d me!
 
And the B5 tradition of “No Love for Sinclair” continues. XD

Chad from Accounting

I actually must go with my age and say Picard. See, for as awesome as Kirk is, and as effective as he was, in any modern military setting he’d have been drummed out about a hundred different times for either blatant disregard for Starfleet directive or cowboy military strategies. That’s why Wrath of Khan is so awesome; it deconstructs that attitude.
 
Picard has the best of both worlds lol in that, while he too is willing to bend the rules for what is truly right (and learns from each experience in the process) he tempers it with logic and sound reasoning. Picard has force and combat skill like Kirk, yes, but he doesn’t need to use it; he thinks and plans his way out of situations where force would not work. Unlike Kirk, he also knows how to use the whole of his command staff, and picks people for the job that could perform their tasks well (well, except Worf, but that was never really Worf’s fault). Kirk is more awesome, but Picard is much more effective…while still being awesome.
 
But yes, I must agree that Sheridan is the way to go here, if only cuz we never saw Ivanova as captain. XD

@FlutterLove  
Which one? They kept changing Chad’s actor. XD

@TheAbridgenator  
ALL OF THE CHADS!

@FlutterLove  
…did you just imply Chad Kroeger was a better captain than Jean Luc Picard? >_O

Pikirk

@Elric of Melnipony
 
Yes, Sheridan is awesome…which is why I substitute the OP’s false dichotomy for my own:
 
Sisko is better than all of them…with the possible exception of SF Debris’ Janeway

Picard.

Picard

Cipard

Kirk.
 
Picard was self righteous.

Picard  
Kirk is a terrible character imo and I’d even put Janeway and Archer above him.

I was named after Kirk. (Just the first name).
 
’nuff said.
 
Picard was fantastic though. Tea, Earl Gray, hot.

That guy from Deep Space Nine (I forget his name).

Worf.
 
He was captain for 2 minutes! It counts!

TNG Recut Picard.
 
It can’t easy task being the most feared warlord in the galaxy. Destroying strange new worlds, to bring terror into their lives and committing acts of utter barbarity!

Picard is my man.
 
But in all honesty I feel TNG as a whole is just so much better than the other series…

@Princess♠Molestia  
Perhaps today IS a good day to die!
 
Don’t forget Data.
 
Or the Emergency Medical Hologram.

I prefer Q.
 

Picard, because Patrick Stewart _{(and because I know nothing of the original series)}.
 
Sisko’s a close second.