Cardassian Ship Technology

[Captain Seafort]

More evidence that they don't exist I suppose.

Worst case scenario is that Picard could simply have handed over to his 2iC and stayed behind to phaser the warp core.

[kostmayer]

What happened to a Captain going down with his ship?

[Mark]

Captain's are to hard to come by?

[Sonic Glitch]

What happened to a Captain going down with his ship?

Why should a nominally competent captain stay behind in what is obviously an unwinable solution? Isn't it better to save your parent organization whatever resources you can? ie: those used in training and recruiting new officers? and most people I know enjoy living.

[kostmayer]

Not in this case, it resulted in the Ferengi getting their hands on his ship.

[Mark]

Is is just me, or is the forum unusually slow today?

[Teaos]

What happened to a Captain going down with his ship?

Character shield.

[Sionnach Glic]

I never liked that tradition, personally. It's all to possible to have excellent captains killed through such actions.

[Mikey]

Of course, in thsi case we've demonstrated many times that he could have survived AND still done the right thing, i.e. ensure the destruction of the Stargazer.

[Sionnach Glic]

Exactly. It wasn't a case of "he could save everyone or risk everyone".

[Deepcrush]

It shouldn't even fall on the captain. It should be one of the engineering crew. One of them stays behind, when the crew is at a safe range he/she blows the ship. Never allow the enemy gain from your loss.

[Captain Seafort]

Ultimately, however, the fate of the ship is the CO's responsibility.

[Deepcrush]

Then he should have remembered to leave someone behind.

[Captain Seafort]

Or set scuttling charges, or tried using the shuttles phasers, or stayed behind himself - there's a whole list of thing he could and should have done, but didn't.

[Deepcrush]

The captain staying behind should only happen if there is no other choice. Like avoiding capture or too badly injured to survive.