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Ubiquitous

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Feb 21, 2013, 4:59:39 AM2/21/13
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By Caillan Davenport

As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
that she made in the Delta Quadrant? Are violations of the Prime
Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
Kirk, Picard and Sisko?

Should Captain Janeway be hailed as a hero....or a criminal?

Over the next month, the Trek Nation will be running an extended feature
- �The Court Martial of Captain Kathryn Janeway� - a mock trial,
designed to answer some of these questions. The prosecution and defence
will be made up of fan writers, and the jury will be you, the readers.

There�s never been a better time to look back and examine the events of
Voyager�s run. Each week, a new writer will put forward their case, but
it will be up to you to decide, in a poll that will run after all the
articles have been published.

Read the articles, assimilate the information, and then vote wisely. The
fate of Voyager�s Captain rests in your hands.

http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml

--
"Re-electing Obama is like backing The Titanic up and hitting the
iceberg a second time."

anim8rFSK

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Feb 21, 2013, 8:43:20 AM2/21/13
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In article <kg4r4g$kd1$2...@dont-email.me>,
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> By Caillan Davenport
>
> As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
> homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
> Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
> that she made in the Delta Quadrant?

Yes

Are violations of the Prime
> Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
> extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
> Kirk, Picard and Sisko?

Kirk and Sisko are heroes; Picard is a sniveling traitor and should be
executed; Janeway should be hunted down and killed in every reality.
>
> Should Captain Janeway be hailed as a hero....or a criminal?

Criminal.
>
> Over the next month, the Trek Nation will be running an extended feature
> - �The Court Martial of Captain Kathryn Janeway� - a mock trial,
> designed to answer some of these questions. The prosecution and defence
> will be made up of fan writers, and the jury will be you, the readers.
>
> There�s never been a better time to look back and examine the events of
> Voyager�s run. Each week, a new writer will put forward their case, but
> it will be up to you to decide, in a poll that will run after all the
> articles have been published.
>
> Read the articles, assimilate the information, and then vote wisely. The
> fate of Voyager�s Captain rests in your hands.
>
> http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

Ed Stasiak

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Feb 21, 2013, 10:25:21 AM2/21/13
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> Ubiquitous
>
> By Caillan Davenport
> Posted at February 21, 2001

As the article is 13 years old, what was the verdict?

Adam H. Kerman

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Feb 21, 2013, 10:48:19 AM2/21/13
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Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml

>By Caillan Davenport

>As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
>homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
>Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
>that she made in the Delta Quadrant? Are violations of the Prime
>Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
>extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
>Kirk, Picard and Sisko? . . .

I think it would have been important to note that this article was written
for the resumption of the final season's new episodes after hiatus. She
must have been executed by now.

anim8rFSK

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Feb 21, 2013, 1:44:41 PM2/21/13
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In article <kg5fk3$n33$2...@news.albasani.net>,
Well, in Endgame, she killed everybody everywhere, including herself.

David Johnston

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Feb 21, 2013, 3:17:23 PM2/21/13
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On 2/21/2013 2:59 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> By Caillan Davenport
>
> As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
> homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
> Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
> that she made in the Delta Quadrant? Are violations of the Prime
> Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
> extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
> Kirk, Picard and Sisko?
>
> Should Captain Janeway be hailed as a hero....or a criminal?
>
> Over the next month, the Trek Nation will be running an extended feature
> - �The Court Martial of Captain Kathryn Janeway� - a mock trial,
> designed to answer some of these questions. The prosecution and defence
> will be made up of fan writers, and the jury will be you, the readers.
>
> There�s never been a better time to look back and examine the events of
> Voyager�s run. Each week, a new writer will put forward their case, but
> it will be up to you to decide, in a poll that will run after all the
> articles have been published.
>
> Read the articles, assimilate the information, and then vote wisely. The
> fate of Voyager�s Captain rests in your hands.
>
> http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml
>

The prosecution's case seems to be missing.

David Johnston

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Feb 21, 2013, 3:45:01 PM2/21/13
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If killing people to replace them with exact duplicates was illegal,
transporter operators would be in trouble.

Murdoc

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Feb 21, 2013, 4:19:59 PM2/21/13
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:17:23 -0700, David Johnston wrote:

> On 2/21/2013 2:59 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> By Caillan Davenport
>>
>> As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
>> homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
>> Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
>> that she made in the Delta Quadrant? Are violations of the Prime
>> Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
>> extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
>> Kirk, Picard and Sisko?
>>
>> Should Captain Janeway be hailed as a hero....or a criminal?
>>
>> Over the next month, the Trek Nation will be running an extended feature
>> - ļæ½The Court Martial of Captain Kathryn Janewayļæ½ - a mock trial,
>> designed to answer some of these questions. The prosecution and defence
>> will be made up of fan writers, and the jury will be you, the readers.
>>
>> Thereļæ½s never been a better time to look back and examine the events of
>> Voyagerļæ½s run. Each week, a new writer will put forward their case, but
>> it will be up to you to decide, in a poll that will run after all the
>> articles have been published.
>>
>> Read the articles, assimilate the information, and then vote wisely. The
>> fate of Voyagerļæ½s Captain rests in your hands.
>>
>> http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml
>>
>
> The prosecution's case seems to be missing.

Some idiot spelled the URL wrong. It's at

http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_ariel.shtml

Ubiquitous

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Feb 21, 2013, 4:45:11 PM2/21/13
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In article <kg5vap$5v1$1...@dont-email.me>, Da...@block.net wrote:
>On 2/21/2013 2:59 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

>> By Caillan Davenport
>>
>> As "Voyager" nears the end of its run, and the possibility of a
>> homecoming remains ever present, one key question remains unanswered.
>> Should her Captain, Kathryn Janeway, be held accountable for the choices
>> that she made in the Delta Quadrant? Are violations of the Prime
>> Directive excusable because of good intentions, or because of their
>> extenuating circumstances? How disparate are her actions from those of
>> Kirk, Picard and Sisko?
>>
>> Should Captain Janeway be hailed as a hero....or a criminal?
>>
>> Over the next month, the Trek Nation will be running an extended feature
>> - �The Court Martial of Captain Kathryn Janeway� - a mock trial,
>> designed to answer some of these questions. The prosecution and defence
>> will be made up of fan writers, and the jury will be you, the readers.
>>
>> There�s never been a better time to look back and examine the events of
>> Voyager�s run. Each week, a new writer will put forward their case, but
>> it will be up to you to decide, in a poll that will run after all the
>> articles have been published.
>>
>> Read the articles, assimilate the information, and then vote wisely. The
>> fate of Voyager�s Captain rests in your hands.
>>
>> http://www.trektoday.com/articles/court_martial_janeway_intro.shtml
>
>The prosecution's case seems to be missing.

You should be able to reach them from the link in the other cases.

Your Name

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Feb 22, 2013, 12:28:08 AM2/22/13
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In article <anim8rfsk-AB2B9...@news.easynews.com>, anim8rFSK
I thought she was a Admiral somewhere along the line? Or maybe I'm
mis-remembering one of those episodes that jumped into a possible future.

Your Name

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Feb 22, 2013, 12:30:07 AM2/22/13
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In article
<8a6e3540-b4f9-407a...@w14g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, Ed
Not really relevant any more - JJ Abrams has killed off that entire
timeline completely with his silly pretend Star Trek movies. :-(

David Johnston

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Feb 22, 2013, 1:17:16 AM2/22/13
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Since Abrams is using "Time travel always spawns a new universe" no he
hasn't.

David Johnston

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Feb 22, 2013, 1:19:33 AM2/22/13
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The future Janeway who gave them a shortcut home was an Admiral.

anim8rFSK

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Feb 22, 2013, 10:08:11 AM2/22/13
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In article
<YourName-220...@203-118-187-164.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
She's an Admiral at the beginning of Endgame, and commits suicide. An
alternate Janeway gets back to an alternate Earth, still a Captain, but
we never see them return or what happens to them.

I think she has a cameo in one of the TNG movies doesn't she? But
that's presumably the alternate Janeway, who killed all the TNG people
too.

Your Name

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Feb 22, 2013, 6:30:54 PM2/22/13
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In article <kg72fk$kgh$1...@dont-email.me>, David Johnston
Since we're now never ever going to get a real "Star Trek" movie or TV
series again, he HAS killed it off.

David Johnston

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Feb 22, 2013, 6:45:58 PM2/22/13
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Well of course not. Shatner and Nimoy are really, really freaking old.

Your Name

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Feb 22, 2013, 9:19:48 PM2/22/13
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I didn't say the original actors / characters. I said real "Star Trek" ...
as in something that actually fits with the facts, etc. of the original
shows / movies, rather than just throwing it all out and starting again.
"Rebooting" is a lazy cop-out for talentless hacks who can't come up with
properly fitting stories.

David Johnston

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Feb 23, 2013, 5:34:09 PM2/23/13
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On 2/22/2013 7:19 PM, Your Name wrote:
> In article <kg8vtn$gso$1...@dont-email.me>, David Johnston <Da...@block.net> wrote:
>> On 2/22/2013 4:30 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>> In article <kg72fk$kgh$1...@dont-email.me>, David Johnston
>>> <davidjo...@block.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2/21/2013 10:30 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <8a6e3540-b4f9-407a...@w14g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, Ed
>>>>> Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ubiquitous
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By Caillan Davenport
>>>>>>> Posted at February 21, 2001
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As the article is 13 years old, what was the verdict?
>>>>>
>>>>> Not really relevant any more - JJ Abrams has killed off that entire
>>>>> timeline completely with his silly pretend Star Trek movies. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Since Abrams is using "Time travel always spawns a new universe" no he
>>>> hasn't.
>>>
>>> Since we're now never ever going to get a real "Star Trek" movie or TV
>>> series again, he HAS killed it off.
>>>
>>
>> Well of course not. Shatner and Nimoy are really, really freaking old.
>
> I didn't say the original actors / characters. I said real "Star Trek" ...

Which is TOS.

> as in something that actually fits with the facts, etc. of the original
> shows / movies,

Thus each successive series doesn't qualify due to their discrepancies
from the original and each other.

Your Name

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Feb 23, 2013, 10:04:24 PM2/23/13
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If that's waht you want to delude yourself with. I knew there was a reason
I wasn't meant to bother reading your drivel, thanks for reminding me.
:-\
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