Jonathan Archer: Personnel File

[@UncleMikeDrop]

I very much liked the uniforms from this era as they actually look like uniforms. There's a very utilitarian aesthetic to them that has always appealed to me.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@King PeppyI like the TOS look too, but it is highly impractical. They should have different configurations for different roles. Bridge personnel.can have the pretty uniforms, security personnel can have the shoulder patches, engineering personnel can have a mechanic jumpsuit type uniform, and away team personnel should have purely utilitarian uniforms with a modular configuration capable of accommodating mission variable loadouts. Medical personnel should be allowed to dress as doctors, nurses, orderlies, etc. Function should always take priority over form. Then again.....they do have a habit of sending senior officers into high-risk situations so I guess it's a bit much to expect common sense. LOL

[@stevemanart]

If you stripped away the decorations at the shoulders and added a rank patch on the sleeve, they're basically the coveralls I wore over my clothes in the Navy as a repair tech.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@stevemanart Yeah. That's a good look. That look says "we're here so let's get stuff done". "THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE RIGHT JOB!!" -Montgomery Scott Chief Engineer-. To be clear, I'm not telling at you. I'm quoting Scotty and he was yelling at the time.😁

[@TheShootist]

better quality velour

[@karlsmith2570]

Mike Vasquez plus they actually had pockets unlike the uniforms from Star Trek:TOS-Voyager

[@tenacity4200]

I wish ENT lasted long enough to show the Earth Romulan war.

[@ojisanhoward8940]

Right? Sounded like it was gonna be good!

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Agree. It would also be cool if we maybe got a game to fill out this part of Star Trek's Lore. I know there is already Star Trek Legacy but a game with the Earth-Romulan War as it's full focus would be fun if done right.

[@georgerutledge9581]

I totally agree they could have had a whole season on the Earth Romulan war!!!

[@georgerutledge9581]

@Tesla-Effect Have you read any of the ST:ENT books Telsa-Effect.

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

Yeah I'm sure they would have had to retcon a few things or something because Kirk had said that war or A war with the Romulans was fought with nuclear powered ships and the two beer saw each other. While you could still say that the NX ENT never saw the Romulans they still had a view screen and were able to see and talk to other ships so it would have been interesting to see ships before that era in space doing old school submarine type battles

[@Guardias]

Any moments where Archer and Shran are interacting are good ones.

[@dwaynejeffers1632]

The Andorians dont like the pink skins

[@CulturePhilter]

I love the fact that they gave him the middle name Becket. Nice Quantum Leap reference. 😀

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

Oh boy

[@willjenkins4195]

I just learned that from watching this, it’s a great nod

[@Zooumberg]

That is why I hate it. Well sort of. Quantum Leap will always be the show I see in Scott Bakula. I hate it he's in Star Trek, I've tried watching it and I just can't get into it. I see Sam too much.

[@RA10H56]

Do you think becket mariner was also named after archer?

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

I actually quite enjoyed enterprise. Archer is quite a relatable captain and this video just makes me respect him more. I also hope the thing about him living to 2245 is or will be canon as fir him to see that the legacy of his father, himself, and the USS Enterprise lives on.

[@artificialavocado9652]

Next to Picard, of course, Archer is my favorite Captain.

[@DET_C0RD]

Occultatum Quaestio agreed. At first I thought the show was cheesy but within a week or two I found myself on the last episode crying because I felt like my extended family was leaving me.

[@SirDankleberry]

phoenixkhost Yeah he was human who was under an incredible amount of pressure. Like a lot of humans.

[@capnsteele3365]

@phoenixkhost I believe he was more human than most of the other captains. he behaved more like what we would expect a captain of our rime

[@annoyingnick26]

Agreed, also Terra Invicta!

[@mariewalker9466]

This particular Star Trek series made me finally believe we could one day travel throughout space. Maybe not in my lifetime, but I believe it will happen.

[@SirDankleberry]

Josh Here’s hoping. I at least want to see man on Mars in my lifetime.

[@dwaynejeffers1632]

At the rate mankind is going. We will kill each other before reaching for the stars

[@theavocado6061]

You got faith of the heart then I guess?

[@jaklinhyde]

@@theavocado6061 Yes why not?? Go back as little as 200 years and tell ppl of that time that one day we’ll be flying thru the sky in metal tubes going over 500mph. I’m pretty sure most would think you’re crazy. Who knows what anything would be in the 2200’s

[@digitaldevil7522]

It's really too bad Enterprise didn't get a full seven season run, as was typical of the other Treks of the time. They cut it off just as it was really hitting it's stride.

[@WesStacey]

I loved the fact that they let him evolve over time. He went from wide eyed explorer in season 1 to gaining more and more of a hard edge throughout the Xindi story arch, then in season 4 they didn't just return him to pre-expanse archer but kept that hard edge to him but let it be dulled a bit more. I'm rewatching them again now and season 1 and 2 floundered a bit but season 3 was where things got really good followed by becoming truly trek in season 4 by coming back and dealing with several plot threads form later shows.

[@theGhoulman]

I'm sorry but where did you get 'wide eyed explorer' from the guy who wanted to knock the little Vulcan woman 'on her ass'? Hey, yea perhaps a little. But frankly he seemed to be wide eyed only between moments of being disgusted with the alien shit around him.

[@joeclaridy]

@@theGhoulman if you exclude the Vulcans you can clearly see he wanted to explore the stars. Because of his father's death and Vulcan interference it did cause him to form a bias against Vulcan.

[@theGhoulman]

@@joeclaridy Bullshit! Explore the stars? Exclude the Vulcans??? Ok, fine... He was a bitter man who hated being forced to deal with other cultures. He SAID SO in the show. The whole thing with his dog pissing on a tree? Remember? Bitching about having to deal with T'Pol and ANY other culture they happened apon. Come on!

[@joeclaridy]

@@theGhoulman again in episode 1 his whole goal was to explore space but he was hampered by the Vulcans who actively delayed human deep space travel. Less we forget they were a major roadblock in the evolution of human warp technology as well as the constant spying and eventual terrorist plot on the Earth Embassy on Vulcan. In his eyes the Vulcans were dicks who constantly kept humanity down due to our rejection of Vulcan logic. Remember the Vulcans tried the same tactics with the Arconians but it failed and they were expelled from there system after 100 years of "diplomacy". Yet after 1 day T'Pol tells Archer he managed to establish better relations in a single day than Vulcan had in a single century.

[@joeclaridy]

@@theGhoulman as for his wide eyed niavity that was apparent from episode 1 until the Xindi crisis. He projected many morals and customs you'd find on Earth on to other species. The dog tree incident was one of them but he grew out of it thanks to T'Pol, Flox, and others who called him out on it. After the Expanse you don't see this in him he is more aware of his actions and is less impulsive.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

"Cause I've got faith, of the heart. I'm going where my heart will take me …"

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

@Tiger Dragon I used to hate it but damn has it grown on me.

[@oliverewarthopkins7818]

I hated that song, and I still do.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

" … I've got faith, to believe; I can do anything. … "

[@TheShootist]

crap tune from a crap era

[@permeus2nd]

Occultatum Quaestio I love the song, it’s much better than most of the show.

[@oliviabean8264]

I always found the bromance between him and the engineer really sweet and touching. They just had such amazing onscreen chemistry and that was the definition of a friendship you could trust with your life.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

When he "crossed" the line in the expanse by attacking another ship to get a warp coile after negotiations failed...Makes you realize that living in 22nd Star Trek universe was one HELL of a job for any Starfleet Captain/personal cause so much was not discovered yet. "It was the worst of all times, it was the best of all times"... I really like to think that he lived until 2245.. Closing the cycle somehow... from one Enterprise to another No bloody A,B,C OR D!

[@ajgascon808]

"You can't be afraid of the wind. Take us out." Capt. Jonathan Archer. Broken Bow

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

God I wish ENT got 7 seasons

[@TheShootist]

worse of all trek except for the VD series

[@BrentHarmon]

It could have gone that long had it they brought in better story writers in the beginning of the series.

[@TheGeoffers08]

Absolutely agree. Loved it.

[@dawngilbert9251]

@Brent Harmon I agree. ENT had writers who weren't great. Brannon Braga and Rick Berman masterminded most of the episodes with story editors who wrote the screenplays. It's too bad that they resorted to bad writing and lack of continuity in place of dramatic moments. Sometimes it's like they threw out the writers guide and just wrote what was convenient. Especially during the third season. It's too bad because ENT was potentially as good a show as any of the others and with better writing would have survived to 7 seasons.

[@BrentHarmon]

@@dawngilbert9251 This is true. Brannon Braga admitted that he had fired the writing staff after voyager ended in 2001 and writing partner Ronald D. Moore left in 2000 over story disputes and stuff of that nature after DS-9 ended in 1999.

[@majoorF]

The moment in season 2 when Captain Archer overcomes his emotions regarding the value of all life. You can not respect and value other life if it means destroying yourself. It felt like a profound change of mind. It was brutal, selfish and neccesary. It was the turning point in season 2. Scott Bakula was an amazing actor.

[@dawngilbert9251]

I liked Archer so much. Manly man. Berman and Braga designed an excellent capable captain. Scott Bakula played him like a boss.

[@ShatteredGlassUnicron]

I really want it to be 100% confirmed he lived long enough to see the NCS-1701 Enterprise. It just seems so wonderfully poetic that he gets to see the legacy he has started.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

ENTERPRISE is amazing and your thoughts on Archer are spot on he did make it up as he went along but with heart and humanity that's why he was chosen he's the best of us

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Your sentence punctuation sucks ass. I had to read your comment 2-3 times before I understood what you are saying. It's because you're uneducated & stupid, not myself.

[@adamritterbush7367]

Captain Archer was awesome, I loved the show.

[@shadowpriest7386]

121 years before kirk, 191 years before Picard was born....a true Pioneer of star fleet. ☺

[@Mrcharrio]

I want a sequel to Enterprise where Archer is part of the Federation's new Temporal Observer unit, But then something goes wrong... Archer is flung backwards in time, trapped in the past he must fix the wrongs and correct the timeline before randomly leaping again. Only his guide on his journey is Colonel Grat an observer from his own time. Who appears in the form of a Hologram that only Archer can see and hear. And so captain Archer finds himself leaping from time to time striving to put right what was once put wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

[@Lcnstkll007]

My Hero

[@Rob17Cotton]

Mrcharrio like some sort of quantum leap?? 😂😂😂

[@H3xx99]

Favorite episode was when his dog got sick and he had to learn to put his pride aside and be diplomatic.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I do like the idea of Archer living long enough to see NCC-1701 launch. Seems fitting.

[@brains4845]

One of my favourite Archer moments was when he jumped back through time and punched the Suliban leader in the mouth and said either "I said you're an ugly bastard" or "you're an ugly son of a bitch". I really liked Archer as he had a good mix of the optimistic future of Picard and the rugged "get the job done" attitude Janeway and Sisko had. He felt much more relatable to me than the other captains

[@theavocado6061]

I love this series. Scott Bakula is awesome and the NX-01 design is awesome. It looks like an actual ship that real people could live and work on. The newer styles are goddamn cruise ships in comparison. Like a real leader, he cares for every single crew member. The kind of guy who remembers everyone’s name, spouses name, where they are from, etc. As a rule he’d never ask anyone to do something he wouldn’t do himself.

[@AeronHale]

I personally loved Captain Archer. Despite all his inexperience at the beginning we see him grow and adapt constantly over the series. Beyond that he tried his best to hold to his values and to be the best human he could possibly be in the face of incredible difficulty.

[@umadbroimatroll7918]

Capt Jonathan Archer, the reason the prime directive was a thing

[@DrewLSsix]

Wish we had more of that type of thing,

[@Mr._Anderpson]

Favorite Archer moment? Probably his irritation at the species he had to address with an elaborate & ceremonial apology after Porthos relieved himself on one of their sacred trees.

[@usveteran9893]

Captain Archer has always been my favorite Captain. I just wished we could have gotten a few more seasons, loved the show.

[@Bigflorent]

Enterprise was and still is my second if not first favourite series, an epicly good starting show for the whole star trek universe, a series that made me cry at times, made me dream at times, made a tear in my eyes most of the times, whishing a future, so near, and so good (in all his problems too)... Archer came to stay in my heart forever, with his wise choices, with his morality, with his kindness... and Scott Bakula well, was epicly good. This personnel file is amazing, made me rewatch all the series in my mind... so so good really. Thank you, thank you really so much.

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

It's my second favorite behind DS9, but easily could have been the first had it had more seasons. God it was so good

[@joeclaridy]

I think I'm in the minority putting Enterprise as the best series with it being a hair above Deep Space 9. For me both series parallel one another when you look at the existential threats from superior hostile forces as well as the behind the scenes politics between allies. What puts Enterpries is a hair above is that unlike DS9, the NX-1 was always on their own, under gunned, no manual on how to conduct themselves in deep space, and lack of allies when in battle. DS9 was rarely found itself in this position up until the Dominion War.

[@TrekkieBrie]

Mine goes DS9 (forever and always) ENT TOS (interchangeable with TNG) TNG (interchangeable with TOS) VOY Not including TAS or DISC since I haven't seen either in full.

[@yodayeo3040]

@@joeclaridy I m a star trek enterprise fan all the way from Asia is just sad ended to early from south east Asia specifically I love Johnathan archer especially Scott bakula he is e best captain

[@yodayeo3040]

@@joeclaridy ds9 is very boring if not for the ferengi like nog ROM they were way more interesting than Quark as for Dominion war the actor acting as weoyoune was the best because he is also in enterprise as shran The only star trek which talk specifically on andoria

[@rickledford2953]

What was the final fate of Admiral archers dog after a young mr. Scott used him in a transporter experiment

[@cjdiz06]

Jonathan Archer is definitely my favorite Captain! thanks for making this file.

[@rexcaliburn]

i liked archer he isnt "perfect" like the other captains he is the most human and relatable. and i like enterprise as a whole its sad it got cut short and many fans never even gave it a chance based solely on the theme song.

[@stevenlitak2464]

Scott Bakula's Jonathan Archer's middle name was Becket. That's ironic, because the name of his Quantum Leap character, Dr. Sam Beckett's father was named John Beckett.

[@dawngilbert9251]

That was no mistake. Becekett was an homage to Quantum Leap.

[@Jadyra]

Also, you might want to look at his serial number SCO22.(22= tt) 9273-CY. The next set I'm working on but he did get The golden globe in 92 for Quantum leap.

[@revdraco]

I loved Enterprise - the characters were more relatable than any other ST series. I was livid when it was cancelled.

[@TheClintonio]

I only watched it for the first time two months ago, I loved it and wished it continued.

[@CaptainForsyth]

this show got me into star trek and played a large part in created my own Science fiction universe. I always watch the Speech he gave to the Coalition. "Final frontier begin in this hall, Let Explore it together."

[@johnricci4511]

I saw a lot of Bakula in Archer having worked with him on his final film prior to starting work developing Enterprise. He is one of three ST captains I have worked with including Shatner and Avery Brooks.

[@AlfaPro1337]

Actually, Warp 5 was achieve in 2151, running away from the Mazerites. Warp 5.2 was achievable after the the Xindi Incident, in 2154, observed in Affliction.

[@TheElpikachu]

My wife was never into sci-fi shows. Until I got her to see Enterprise and now she's more of a Trek fan than me.

[@BlueBoxRevan]

Captain Archer was the Commander Shepard of Star Trek

[@generaljimmies3429]

He was banging every sexy alien he came across?

[@BlueBoxRevan]

@@generaljimmies3429 that was Captain Kirk. Lol

[@tinek.2642]

Wow, this is so awesome. Love to see about the Captain Acher's life and career. And absolutely love your description of his character. He is my fav ST-Cpt., also the crew and the show. Thank you so much for this clip!!!

[@robanybody3363]

I personally liked the show enterprise. It had a good cast and the writing wasn't terrible.

[@Phanto5692]

Enterprise, much like other Star Trek series, took some time to find it's stride but when it did, it was awesome af. As for my favorite Captain. It's kind of hard to decide. I would say it's a tossup between Archer and Sisko. Both of them felt relatable and we saw them at their strongest and at their weakest, something I can connect to because I too am imperfect. Kirk and Picard, though great characters, still felt more like the ideal Captains which is fine for Roddenberry's vision but it was hard for me to form any sort of rapport with either of them. I haven't seen Star Trek Discovery so I can't comment on the Captains there. And Janeway's just b-s insane.

[@marvelfirefist7084]

In discovery Cap. G. Lorca is from the mirror universe.

[@Acsion42]

Archer will always be my favorite captain. cause IVE GOT FAITH

[@DrakeFellwing]

Johnathan Archer was genuinely a respectable captain.

[@jaspr1999]

Archer, it turns out, became my favorite captain after MANY years of a strong unwillingness to watch Star Trek Enterprise because of the first few episodes. When this show came out I was excited to see it until I did... The first episode was alright, but the next few were too silly to see it as Trek. It took years for me to finally break down and give it a chance and to my surprise, I really liked it. I have to admit to being very unfair to the series and deprived myself of the joy of it. Archer really does set the foundation of Starfleet and ultimately the Federations' cooperative structure. I still bristle at the final episode, but that has to do with the jerks at the top and not the cast and crew.

[@zeeegeee]

Time has been kind to Enterprise. It has a few continuity errors that bother me but now that we have Discovery I really appreciate Enterprise

[@MatHelm]

It's "Broken BOw" (bo), as in Bow an Arrow (and a small city in southeastern Oklahoma). Not Broken BoW (bau), as in damage to the nose of a ship.

[@LostMercenary99]

Best Archer moment? The ready room scene with Phlox in Damage.

[@-sirfrenzy-1781]

One of my favorite Captains in Starfleet, truly the Best Exploroer in the 22nd Century.

[@paxwallacejazz]

While I hated the theme song I loved the series. I still haven't watched much DS9 but have been told it's actually the most sophisticated and consequential series.

[@reddyredwolf3931]

Well in the Kelvin timeline at least he lived long enough to train the next generation in Starfleet Academy as Admiral. There was a noodle incident involving his dog and Montgomery Scott.

[@DrewLSsix]

Possibly, it was no doubt meant to allude to that particular Archer, but there’s no canon evidence that the mentioned admiral wasn’t his offspring or an entirely different person happening to share a surname.

[@RimaNari]

"makes him the most relatable of the captains" This is the most important consequence of Archer's character design for me. Overall, Enterprise had to do the balancing act between being forward-driven and future-optimistic like Trek ought to be, but also mainting a certain grounding with our current world. This makes Enterprise the transition between the utopia we all love and the world we all know. Archer's character as a gut-feeling driven, morally upright, sometimes erronous person makes him relatable and that's super important for the central main character of Enterprise. Even though I find the way Archer is portrayed by Bakula sometimes annoying, the writers did a very good job.

[@RRW359]

Is his middle name Alpha or Beta cannon? Also, wasn't he still an Admiral into the 23'rd century? I distinctly remember a Kelvin-timeline Scottie mentioning a transporter accident involving "admiral Archer's prized begal".

[@DrewLSsix]

Could have been one of his kids.

[@joeclaridy]

@@DrewLSsix he had kids?

[@revdraco]

Also. . . Kelvin timeline. Not Prime.

[@LMG1792]

One of my favorite shows. Wish it had gone on longer.

[@reginaldtyroneshort]

ENT should’ve had earth improving the ship each season. Season 2 the ENT should’ve hade upgraded weapons and shields. S3 the ship should’ve had added a tractor beam and upgraded sensors. Season 4 should’ve had a ship that could reach warp 6 and the beginning of the federation. S5 should’ve begun the earth romulan war.

[@Roxor128]

I thought Enterprise was decent, but still had its flaws. I'll put Archer second on my list of captains, right behind Picard.

[@karlsmith2570]

Actually The title of the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is "Broken Bow" as in a bow used in Archery

[@ChevronQ]

this series is incredibly well done. you just earned my subscription😊

[@ModelMinutes]

I love putting your videos on in the background whilst I build my models :D

[@GeorgeGiann]

Star Trek Enterprise: best Star Trek series, in my opinion.

[@artificialavocado9652]

I have to admit I’ve always been a Captain Archer fanboy. Underrated show.

[@richardfrye3509]

I’d wish they would make a movie with the original cast. Maybe it could include the earth Romulus war.

[@DMSProduktions]

I liked Archer! SHOULD have seen more of him!

[@dizzyd4205]

His most impressive feat was he was able to maintain bedhead throughout the entire series.

[@sXeblues]

Enterprise is my second all-time favorite Star Trek series, after TOS... And, until Anson Mount’s deepening and fleshed out stint as Christopher Pike on Discovery, Archer was always my second favorite captain after Kirk. I think, on a given day, I might be persuaded to swap them both around, between the second and third all-time favorite captain positions, depending on my mood. And y’know, I only just learned via this video that his middle name was Beckett - which I absolutely love, as a big-time fan of Quantum Leap!

[@dramonmaster222]

Captain Archer is definitively one of my top Five Captains in Trek.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

Funny

[@WesStacey]

Seems like with DIS we're getting a revolving door of captains.

[@dramonmaster222]

@@WesStacey I think Anson Mount did a splendid job as Captain Pike soI am curious as to see who the new captain will be.

[@WesStacey]

@@dramonmaster222 yes i'm still a few episodes behind but i know he's on his way out, I really need to get caught back up.

[@joeclaridy]

Him and Sisko are 1A and 1B as my favorite Captains. They both went through similar events but in different era's. They both were sent far away from Earth. They both had a massive war arc which shaped their character going forward. They both were seen as more than a Captain; Archer was a defacto ambassador of Earth and Sisko was the Emissary to Bajor. I have Archer as 1A because the environment he worked in was more dangerous with Earth being a new power that was continuously outclassed and outgunned.

[@CJAvls]

My favorite moments with Captain Archer is when he was traveling back in time on adventures with Al and Ziggy fixing things that were wrong in the past.

[@TimothySchulting]

Enterprise had some real high point, it suffered from a lot of poorly written episodes. The ST franchise had been using the same core writing team since 1986. They were retreading tires story ideas. They needed new ideas and writers.

[@winnipeggentleman5641]

I think you made a mistake at 5:00 - The Xindi mission had nothing to do with the temporal cold war. The Xindi were being used by an inter-dimensional species that was trying to turn the regular space in our galaxy into their other-dimensional space so they could then invade our dimension and conquer our galaxy. The Xindi were being used by those interdimensional aliens to destroy Earth to prevent the later formation of the Federation. Just because those dimensional aliens could also work the timeline doesn't mean they were part of the actual temporal cold war that involved the Suliban, and others. Those dimensional beings were working for their own motives and goals, completely separate from anything else any of the other galactic species were doing in our dimension other than the Xindi, including those who were involved in our dimension's temporal cold war. The entire Xindi storyline was a line unto itself, it had nothing to do with the parallel story of the temporal cold war going on at the same time. --Darren

[@alexthewhale6915]

i dont think enterprise went under the columbia refit because we see in 2161 from the final episode that the Enterprise looks the same with no added secondary hull, so that is something to rethink

[@GamerX51]

I find it highly ironic that so many commenters on this thread seem to love Enterprise, considering how much hate it received from the fans at the time it first aired. Discovery must be really, really gawd-awful if Enterprise looks so good next to it.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Thank you so much for this. My favorite Captain of them all. 🥰

[@RedEyed2012]

I loved the Mirror Archer where the audience gets to finally hear that Angry Sore that was squirming in Archer's brain that made him such a stuck up prick most of the time in the Prime universe.

[@RabidWolf1966]

One of the earliest? He was the FIRST Captain of ANY Enterprise

[@UNIFORM94]

One of the best Star Trek shows because it takes you into how everything got started ashame we didn't get more of it.ENT should've gotten more seasons but when you put a show in the death slot your really trying to kill it off. I wish another network had picked it up.

[@briankillacky5569]

It was a great series. I wasn’t a fan at first but watched it on Netflix and couldn’t stop watching. I watched the series 4 or 5 times straight through not including all the reruns I watch on tv now

[@gallendugall8913]

The problem with Archer is that the writers who wrote him knew jack about leadership. It's a problem that crops up frequently in modern popular fiction.

[@ComradeCorwin]

I really liked how you suggested important episodes for this character. I think that would be an awesome addition to any of your videos on cultures, planets, species, etc.

[@thatrealba]

My favorite Captain is Rijer. He strikes the perfect balance between Kirk and Picard. He knows his stuff and isn't afraid to throw out the rule book.when need be.

[@thequintessentialgamer7514]

The series lasting long enough to cover the romulan war would've been awesome

[@thomashill6347]

I did enjoy him as a Captain and in the many encounter with Klingons and Romulans

[@shmee123ful]

Ahh yes the one captain that shares my undying dislike of 97% of all Vulkans. Now that's a man I can fallow until the gates of hell

[@a.j.leonard964]

I read somewhere that he lived to see the launch of the USS Enterprise NCC 1701.

[@theRealRindberg]

I watch the last episode yesterday (started watching 2 week ago) and I really liked it! I've never watched it (except for the first few episodes) because of the godawful intro music! Thanks to Netflix it's now easy to skip the intro, and then ENT became really good... and I now wished that it would've been a 7 season series :|

[@jaklinhyde]

This was a great explanation of Captain Archer, I’ve read thru countless other comments and ppl seem to not be able to grasp the concept that this was humanities first time out in deep space exploration. Too many ppl wanted the NX-01 crew to be perfect or criticized the decisions they made but you have to think about it as if they are teenagers just exploring the world, the Vulcans(parents) told them some things to maybe watch out for but some things you just have to learn on your own so of course mistakes are going to be made. I loved this show from beginning to end.

[@signaltome]

As Enterprise is my third favorite Trek show, AArcher is my third favorite captain (main protagonist, Sisko starts as Commander first) Oddly enough, the first two shows/captains are reversed with Picard being my all time favorite Captain while DS9 is my all time favorite show with Sisko being second in my list of captains. So I might as well make a list: Picard, Sisko, Archer, Janeway, Kirk, and: DS9, TNG, Enterprise, Voyager, TOS. I think that is about it, I am quite sure I have not missed any shows. Of consequence. ;-)

[@tonebonebgky2]

Although very chilling (perhaps that's one of the reasons why I like it so much I'm not sure I usually don't like "chilling") was Archer's reply to Sim when he said (without an ounce of remorse because he knew that he couldn't afford to be remorseful) and he said I need trip, trip!

[@mariokajin]

For me this series is The Enterprise with The Captain. The second one is Voyager.

[@TheSquad4life]

Unpopular opinion I think Archer is as charismatic , insightful and bold as Picard and other fav Star Trek captains if not slightly better. I think enterprise gets a bad rap at times but it shows us the genesis in a raw way and the crew was certainly more likable than others. From Tucker to T’pol

[@jjustdrive7894]

Phlox, Archer ..... until someone writes that directive Archer, T’pau ... I’m beginning realise how the Vulcans must have felt

[@DarthMalgusSith_Lord]

out of all Fictional character that i admired and look up to, i take Captain Jonathan Archer and Captain Jean-Luc Picard as my role model because of their morality and determination

[@whoispriest]

i thaught archer lost the run for command initially. i was waiting for you to mention that, he was not the original choice by star-fleet.

[@pfcn2]

Missing the Tellarites in the first diplomatic contact between Earth and Tellar.

[@thomashill6347]

I always like the Personnel Files, very well done. I like the way you lay it out and give the your opinion on the person's nature and how it make them who they are. Are you going to do one on Commander Spock without Discovery's input LOL?

[@user-do1kg1py1d]

archer is most "human" and in my opinion some what a example how how all humans have to be in the futre and not with polictal shenagians

[@yodayeo3040]

Archer is e best

[@shingshongshamalama]

Just looking at the lore paints Jonathon Archer in a WAY better light than the show ever did holy shit.

[@richturner978]

I like the Archer as a captain and as a person and the friendship that he had with trip also think Enterprise should have been allowed to continue there's so much more the story that was never complete I hope they bring it back it's never too late

[@thevillageyid]

Archer is awesome. Scott Bakula's weird but convincing acting makes Enterprise that much better hehe.

[@roguerifter9724]

Sisko is still my favorite Trek main captain though Archer is solidly in the third slot behind Prime Kirk

[@dawngilbert9251]

There's a discrepancy in the whole achieving warp 2 until Robinson broke it in the episode First Flight. It was established in the episode Horizon that the cargo ships had warp 2 for decades. In that episode Tucker says that Cochran signed the interior of the nacelles himself. Travis said he was raised on the Horizon so that would make the existence of warp 2 pre-date First Flight. Also, if Archer's father had invented the engine what engine were the cargo ships using? It would have made more sense to have said that they were breaking something like warp 4 in First Flight rather than just 2. That a new engine was needed to break a higher speed like warp 4. Achieving warp 5, then laying the keel for warp 5 Enterprise next would have made more sense.

[@matthewronson5218]

Captains (esp. of warships), still operate with a large degree of independence in taking actions. His command were like the sailing warships of old, where contact with the Admiralty was routinely not possible, and any reports sent would take week or months to arrive at the 'high command'. These Officers were expected to act in their countries, crowns or nations best interests, to be expert in all aspects of naval warfare, navigation and all ship and fleet operations. They must also be adept with skills of Ambassadorship, negotiation, parley, given the independent nature of their venture. These ships must be as self-sufficient as possible, by sheer necessity. They have to have sufficient stores of everything on board and crew size is limited, no matter the ships size. They'd want as many multi disciplined and capable people as possible and not so many specialists.