TMC
02-15-2023, 10:16 PM
https://whatculture.com/tv/10-star-trek-characters-more-important-than-you-realised?rf=homepage
Not everyone is a Kirk or a Picard, but these characters made more of an impact than you think.
BY JACK KIELY
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 14TH, 2023
The likes of Janeway, Sisko, Spock, Archer, and company surely have an entire wing at the Starfleet Museum and a collection of bubble baths in their effigy by now – Voyager itself was a museum in an alternate timeline, and even Janeway’s addiction to coffee was etched into the annals of ready room fragrances. The NX-01, if we believe the holodeck, was preserved for posterity as Archer laid the groundwork for the Federation, Sisko is basically a god, and Spock and “live long and prosper” have entered common parlance.
Not every character in Star Trek can come in shining brightly as a warp core explosion, however. Sometimes, achievements (and even dastardly deeds) go unnoticed, or that person’s true significance (either in- or out-of-universe) is only realised later down the line. The whole premise of the series Lower Decks is a testament to that idea; some of us really are just natural Boimlers. Of course, his name lives on for centuries in the Boimler Effect, although he would, no doubt, have chosen a less infamous legacy than “the laziest, most corner-cutting officer in Starfleet history”. Then sometimes, just sometimes, it takes a list to realise the importance of certain characters.
To quote Zefram Cochrane, "Don’t try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements". With that in mind, and with the benefit of a little hindsight, these are ten Star Trek characters who could do with a little more (dis/)credit.
Not everyone is a Kirk or a Picard, but these characters made more of an impact than you think.
BY JACK KIELY
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 14TH, 2023
The likes of Janeway, Sisko, Spock, Archer, and company surely have an entire wing at the Starfleet Museum and a collection of bubble baths in their effigy by now – Voyager itself was a museum in an alternate timeline, and even Janeway’s addiction to coffee was etched into the annals of ready room fragrances. The NX-01, if we believe the holodeck, was preserved for posterity as Archer laid the groundwork for the Federation, Sisko is basically a god, and Spock and “live long and prosper” have entered common parlance.
Not every character in Star Trek can come in shining brightly as a warp core explosion, however. Sometimes, achievements (and even dastardly deeds) go unnoticed, or that person’s true significance (either in- or out-of-universe) is only realised later down the line. The whole premise of the series Lower Decks is a testament to that idea; some of us really are just natural Boimlers. Of course, his name lives on for centuries in the Boimler Effect, although he would, no doubt, have chosen a less infamous legacy than “the laziest, most corner-cutting officer in Starfleet history”. Then sometimes, just sometimes, it takes a list to realise the importance of certain characters.
To quote Zefram Cochrane, "Don’t try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements". With that in mind, and with the benefit of a little hindsight, these are ten Star Trek characters who could do with a little more (dis/)credit.