General Star Trek thread

fun. I got six.

If you’re thinking the USS Equinox that appeared in Voyager, the concept would be interesting.

It did annoy me a bit how Janeway went so hard on the Equinox for what they did. She went Super-Villian mode in that episode, and might as well had put on her Queen Arachnia outfit…would have matched the mood.

But yes, the Equinox’s journey was essentially Year of Hell spread out over 5 years, which is what Voyager should have been. Janeway had some difficulties sure, but her journey was a f*cking day-spa compared to what the Equinox had to cope with. Although their crimes were horrible, you could understand what led them there. Janeway’s crusade against them seemed nearly unhinged.

I get the feeling that maybe they were going for the same vibe we got between Sisco and Eddington. However in the case of Sisco, his vendetta with Eddington was almost personal. Eddington had betrayed Starfleet, but what made it worse was that he personally betrayed Sisco aswell. (He even brought him to baseball…you are special if you get baseball-time with The Sisco). Janeway’s anger on the principal of it, just came across as hollow and in service of the plot.

So yea…The Equinox deserved a bit of examination. If only they had actually re-used some of the crew members who apparently were still onboard Voyager for the rest of the run.

Janeway being angry with the Equinox in itself is fine, and makes sense. I think my main issue is how they wrote Janeway’s anger. They presented it almost like a personal vendetta against Ransom and his people, to the point of her being ok with borderline torturing / near-killing captured crew members. And this was a crew she had only met for the first time a couple of days ago.

Picard would have been furious too, but in the extent of a professional Starfleet officer. He would have thrown them in the brig forever and maybe given a speech about the values of Starfleet, but that would never have driven him to start keel-hauling people who refused to talk.

I guess my complaint might be rooted in the writing problems they had with Janeway in Voyager. It took me a while to warm up to her, but she is a good Trek Captain. However the writers never seemed to be in agreement about the core elements of how to write for her. Some episodes she’s diplomatic and cool-headed, in others she’s borderline sociopath like in the Equinox episode. Would have been nice with better consistency. Without them being present I can easily imagine the actions Kirk, Picard or Sisko in this situation…but with her it’s a coin-toss in the writers room.

Little bit funny