Which space commander is the most badass?

[CmdrShep2154]

[Gemini Soul]

Captain Kathryn Janeway

[CmdrShep2154]

[Alvito]

No contest.

[Dakhath]

Captain Kathryn Janeway

You're the first one that I've ever seen who liked Captain Katherine Hepburn. More power to you though.

The one that sticks out in my mind is Admiral Tolwyn from the Wing Commander games, despite what happens in the 4th one.

[Doomislav]

Captain Henry J Global of the SDF1

[the game]

[Belize]

Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Or for my fellow Canadian and French viewers, Albator.

[Gallahadd]

Admiral William Adama is the greatest Space Captain of all time.

SO SAY WE ALL!

[ringpriest]

The original, Kimball Kinnison, of course:

(Yes, I know it's not the first in the series. )

[draynay]

I like all these captains, though I prefer lady Shepard.

Gonna add Sisko to the conversation for punching Q in the face and letting Garak talk him into breaking the rules.

If I had to pick one it'd be Adama.

[Fencers]

Lotara Sarrin. Everyone else is trash.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Lotara_Sarrin

[Demoncrash]

Prince Yriel Ulthanash

The swashbuckling pirate prince of the stars, Prince Yriel Ulthanash is what you would get if you changed Jack Sparrow to an elf and threw in an extra bucketload of cocksure arrogance and a sense of hygiene. He is known as the greatest Eldar naval genius to have lived, and this only makes his arrogance grow greater (and if other Eldar are calling you arrogant, then that has to mean something).

The prince was once an Autarch and the fleet master of Craftworld Iyanden, and was renowned for his tactical genius and daring leadership. It was a testament of his skill and ability at void warfare that he received the post of Autarch without having walked the Path of Command, but had instead walked the Path of the Mariner. He thrashed a Tyranid Hive Fleet and a Chaos Lord’s armada, and his deeds made him well feared and respected. It was the Chaos fleet that would be the turning point in Yriel’s career, however. In his recklessness, he stripped Iyanden of all its starship defenses and focused on defeating the enemy above all else. A last torpedo fired from the Chaos flagship burst through the fleet and made it through to strike the Craftworld, inflicting huge damage and instantly killing many tens of thousands of Eldar along with destroying their soulstones (you know what the latter means).

It should come as no surprise that Yriel was stripped of his rank for his foolishness, which led to so many avoidable deaths. It was, however, a surprise to Yriel, who was so enraged he went into self-imposed exile, and many of his men followed him. With these men he started the Eldritch Raiders, which became one of the most feared Eldar pirate bands in the galaxy behind Duke Sliscus and his Sky Serpents. Many believe that Sliscus is Yriel's dad, and the whole pirate thing runs in the family.

For years Yriel plied the stars, stealing from the rich, ignoring the poor, making raspberries at the Imperium who couldn't catch him even if he handed himself over to them (once the Imperium tried to estimate how many of their ships he had pillaged, Yriel trolled them by spamming a message across the Imperium that he'd gotten to many more ships than that). They tried to turn him against other Eldar corsairs, but this backfired splendidly when he just absorbed them and made himself an even bigger menace.

When Hive Fleet Kraken arrived in the galaxy, one of its tentacles was heading directly towards Iyanden, which could not outrun the speed of the Tyrannic threat. When Yriel heard of the danger his Craftworld was in, he at first ignored it... but in the end, blood is thicker than arrogance, and he could not truly abandon his people. He and his raiders struck like the spear of Khaine against the Tyranids, tipping the scales in the favour of the Eldar. To save his people Yriel took up the cursed Spear of Twilight, which would doom its wielder by slowly burning their soul to nothing (which would happen immediately if they tried to discard the weapon), and turned it against the bugs, slaying the Hive Tyrant that lead the beasts. Hailed as the saviour of the shattered craftworld, Yriel was reinstated as Autarch and master of the fleet.

Since then, Yriel has fought many battles and feels his time is soon to be over. However, a vision by the Harlequin Shadowseer Sylandri Veilwalker has shown him he still has much to do, and that the end times may be upon the Eldar. With a renewed spirit, Yriel steps forth to kick demon ass once more in the name of Iyanden.

And for those wondering, this is Craftworld Iyanden



That's right, an entire world is his ship.

[Deleted]

Yang Wenli and Reinhard von Lohengramm, especially when duking it out against eachother.

[Lisa Frank Succubus]

No Scorpius no cigar.

[Mifuyne]

[Isadora]

Adama, obviously. Why do you even need to ask? He is the emobidment of good leadership.

[Blobfish]

Ming the Merciless

[shrunken]

Ming the Merciless

Fuckin' right.

[Blayze]

Tylor.
Who else could make a recruitment AI fall in love with him, subdue an unruly crew by telling them to do whatever they want, accidentally resolve a hostage crisis or avert intergalactic war with a single salute?