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aces-to-apples · 7 years ago

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Thanks to a revisit of @poplitealqueen’s posts on it, I’m lying here at a quarter past two in the morning, thinking about USS Voyager going through a wormhole and ending up in a galaxy far, far away, and tbh? I think it would be an incredible experience.

More than, I feel, any of the other Starfleet crews, Voyager would probably be best suited to ending up in an entirely new galaxy that also happens to be at war with itself. I mean, it’d be absolutely heartbreaking because they’re now even farther than just one lifetime away from home, but they’ve already traversed a vast amount of the unknown and untraveled Delta Quadrant. They’ve already learned to bend and mold the rules to mesh with their own ethical code, and they’ve both witnessed and experienced first-hand that war is messy and brutal and never as clear-cut as its made out to be.

Captain Janeway is a highly empathetic individual who always, always, always wants to help others in any way she can. She’s warm and maternal with her crew, and vicious and uncompromising with her enemies. She’s retained a sense of curiosity and wonder about the universe throughout years of hardship, sometimes becoming worn and fatigued, but never giving up. If there’s a natural phenomenon to be observed, a scientific breakthrough to be made, or a question about the human (and non-human) condition to be considered, she’s almost guaranteed to be right in the thick of it. A brilliant tactical thinker and a trained diplomat, her philosophy is very DC Amazonian in that she’ll fight like hell if she needs to, but she will always take the path of de-escalation if it’s open to her. She’d take the Republic and the Confederacy by storm, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that she’s got a fair amount of Force-sensitivity.

Commander Chakotay, from the first moment we meet him, is a man of principles first and regulations second. Understanding and kind to his core, he’s nonetheless willing to make difficult decisions and fought a guerilla war because he felt so strongly about the cruelty and injustice he saw being committed. Deeply spiritual and endlessly respectful of people and cultures, he’s a scientist (anthropologist, specifically) first and a warrior second. And, often, before all of that, even a voice of reason, he’s a friend. The desire to break away from a corrupt regime would resonate deeply with him, I think, and the chance to witness and study all of the brand-new cultures would be a dream come true to him.

Lieutenant Commander Tuvok is a credit to the Vulcan race, eminently logical, but has also learned to soften somewhat during the years of being among humans. His friendship with Captain Janeway, specifically, has granted him a unique perspective on human nature and over time he’s managed to internalize some distinctly non-Vulcan ideals and morals. Logic may be the core tenet of Vulcan culture, but what so many fail to realize is that just because something is logical, that doesn’t make it right. I feel like Tuvok would have some choice words for both the Republic and Confederate Senates, not to mention the Jedi Order itself, and I, for one, would pay real money to hear them.

Lieutenant B'Elanna fucking Torres, ladies and gentlemen, would be a goddamn powerhouse. A mechanical genius as well as a Maquis veteran, she’s also an avenging angel of Go Fuck Yourself And Take Your Bullshit With You. The only thing keeping her Klingon temper and instincts to Fuck Shit Up at bay are her moral compass and the seven people behind her physically holding her back. I’m pretty sure she’d become a patron saint to the Grand Army of the Republic and goddamn if she doesn’t remind every Mandalorian bounty hunter from the Core to the Outer Rim of better times. Dooku beware, this woman is coming for you and your bullshit, and she’s also on her way to steal your girl. (Don’t tell me Ventress wouldn’t fall ass over elbow in love with B'Elanna fucking Torres, I wouldn’t believe you anyway.)

If B'Elanna fucking Torres is a patron saint of the GAR, then Seven of goddamn Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero fucking One, is a straight-up goddess. Coldly logical, with down-to-the-atom precision, Seven has fought tooth and nail for every single scrap of humanity and individuality she possesses. After eighteen years as a Borg drone, purged of any sense of morality or individuality, she’d be in a unique position to understand the plight of the clones. There is zero doubt in my mind whatsoever that if ever Seven were to choose a moral crusade, freeing the clones would be it.

Tbc.

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