Archer's Worst Command Decisions

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Thanks, Stitch.

Okay...

Being complacent in genocide by refusing a cure after he promised he would give it to them after finding it.

Revealing the existence of the P'Jem Vulcan listening post to the Andorians. Archer betrayed Earth's greatest - ONLY - allies to enemies who had invaded Vulcan territory,

Taking an untried ship and crew, whose weapons systems were not working, to take a Klingon home, into Klingon space.....

sending out Shuttlepod 1 without a way to contact them.

I'll be sending the list into the Kennedy's at 7 PM Eastern tonight. Thanks!

[Mark]

I'd say making a non Starfleet officer (T'Pol) his first officer. How many times have we seen a Vulcan officer in command of an Earth ship? Not saying it didn't turn out well, but he bypassed his more qualified STARFLEET officers to put a NON STARFLEET officer in command of a STARFLEET ship.

Did that make sense?

[Lighthawk]

I'd say making a non Starfleet officer (T'Pol) his first officer. How many times have we seen a Vulcan officer in command of an Earth ship? Not saying it didn't turn out well, but he bypassed his more qualified STARFLEET officers to put a NON STARFLEET officer in command of a STARFLEET ship.

Did that make sense?

The SF chain of command is pretty prone to odd choices, this might just have been the start of that.

[Mark]

True. Captains seems to have an insane degree of lattitude

[Lighthawk]

True. Captains seems to have an insane degree of lattitude

Indeed. It makes a certain sense, considering how far out of the way some of them might end up. Still, you'd think something like the chain of command would be a little more codified.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Okay, gonna finalize the list. Thanks to all for participating.

Being complacent in genocide by refusing a cure after he promised he would give it to them after finding it.

Revealing the existence of the P'Jem Vulcan listening post to the Andorians. Archer betrayed Earth's greatest - ONLY - allies to enemies who had invaded Vulcan territory,

Taking an untried ship and crew, whose weapons systems were not working, to take a Klingon home, into Klingon space.....

sending out Shuttlepod 1 without a way to contact them.

making a non Starfleet officer (T'Pol) his first officer.

[Tsukiyumi]

How about bringing his damned dog with him on a first contact mission?

I forget the episode title.

[Mikey]

How about bringing his damned dog with him on a first contact mission?

I forget the episode title.

Oh, the one with the blue-skinned natty dreads, right? The dog pissed on their sacred tree or something IIRC.

Come to think of it, the dog might have made a better first officer than T'Pol.

[Tyyr]

T'Pol and Reed were the only reason the rest of the crew didn't kill themselves off on a regular basis.

[Mikey]

T'Pol? Maybe, her decon scenes were a welcome distraction, but Reed? Serving with him would induce suicide, not prevent it.

[Captain Seafort]

I think Tyr was referring to preventing death through gross stupidity rather than suicide.

[Tyyr]

Precisely. However insufferable Reed might have been he was still the most competent officer on the bridge. Though that's not saying much.

"I'm afraid of space!"
"I've been in Space!"
"Left, right, reverse, forward, what more do you need to know?"
"I've been in Space!"
"Here, let me slap a slug on that phaser wound."
"FUCKING VULCANS! Pointy eared cocksuckers held back my father, raped my mother, and pissed in my face every day of my life! I don't want to stop the Xindi, I want to point them at those smug c**t's planet! FUUUCK!"
"I've been in SPACE!"

[Mark]

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[Sonic Glitch]

Roll end credits

"Well it's been a long road..."

[Sionnach Glic]

How about bringing his damned dog with him on a first contact mission?

I forget the episode title.

Oh, the one with the blue-skinned natty dreads, right? The dog pissed on their sacred tree or something IIRC.

Come to think of it, the dog might have made a better first officer than T'Pol.

A Night In Sickbay

Archer brings his dog on a first contact mission, Porthos gets sick, Archer blames the aliens and threatens to piss on their sacred tree.

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