Omega Vision
Okay, so here are the rules.
First, assume your ship will be a TNG/DS9/VOY-era ship, let's say a Galaxy class, with a primary mission of exploration and a secondary purpose as a means of defense against hostile powers.
Second, you must fill eight positions. These positions are: Captain, First Officer, Chief of Security/Tactical Officer, Helm/Navigator, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Engineer, Chief Science Officer, and Wildcard (can be any kind of position; can even be a civilian/non-Starfleet member, but no one who would radically change the ship's operations like a Q or some other being of great power, and it can't be any kind of position that makes one of the other positions redundant)
Third, you can select main or recurring* characters from the following: TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, and any of the canon movies.
Fourth, you can't use more than two characters from the same source. Characters like Worf and O'Brien are exceptions because they were main characters in two different shows. With this rule in mind, choose wisely.
Fifth, assume that despite differences in eras, all characters have been collected and put through an education program so that they all have roughly equivalent levels of knowledge in history, technology, and tactics as of the DS9 era. We're judging them not by their eras but by their personal skills and strengths.
Sixth, you can't use characters for positions outside of their canon positions, tempting as it is for me to imagine a ship with Picard as captain and Kirk as his first officer. Again, a character like Worf might prove an exception as he was portrayed as alternatively first officer or commander of the USS Defiant in DS9 as well as being Tactical officer in DS9 and TNG.
*To be recurring, let's say they had to have been in at least 3 episodes.
Okay, so I'll begin.
Here's one possible crew:
Captain: Picard. (TNG) This is the hardest choice because I don't think there's a single bad captain in any of the shows. But Picard is just the best for a lot of reasons. He's incredibly smart and charismatic, he's probably the most level headed and deliberative of any captain in Star Fleet history, and yet for that thoughtfulness he's still quite decisive when he needs to be. To add to that, several episodes of TNG showed that he can throw down, so he even scores points for being rough and tumble despite his polish.
First Officer: Spock. (TOS) It would be a lot less interesting for sure than the interplay between Kirk and Spock, but this combination of Picard and Spock would arguably produce a better team.
Tactical: Worf (DS9) He's the only tactical officer who I don't have to try to remember.
Helm: Data. (TNG) An easy choice.
Science: Seven of Nine (VOY) This is another easy choice. At first I considered T'Pol, but when you think of it, Seven of Nine is just a stronger, smarter T'Pol with nanoprobes that can basically do anything with the right application.
Chief Engineer: O'Brien (DS9)
Medical: The Doctor. (VOY) There are a lot of great doctors. This was a close one, with Bashir from DS9 and Phlox from ENT almost taking it, but the Doctor's advantages as a holoprogram make him a natural pick. He's the only doctor who can treat his patients with essentially no chance of contamination.
Wild Card: Silik (ENT) I admit, this is a stretch, but he was a recurring character and he did cooperate with Starfleet when it suited him. I could see him serving in a sort of cloak and dagger role, doing Starfleet's dirty work on behalf of Section 31 while constantly butting heads with the more morally enlightened crew members.
First, assume your ship will be a TNG/DS9/VOY-era ship, let's say a Galaxy class, with a primary mission of exploration and a secondary purpose as a means of defense against hostile powers.
Second, you must fill eight positions. These positions are: Captain, First Officer, Chief of Security/Tactical Officer, Helm/Navigator, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Engineer, Chief Science Officer, and Wildcard (can be any kind of position; can even be a civilian/non-Starfleet member, but no one who would radically change the ship's operations like a Q or some other being of great power, and it can't be any kind of position that makes one of the other positions redundant)
Third, you can select main or recurring* characters from the following: TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, and any of the canon movies.
Fourth, you can't use more than two characters from the same source. Characters like Worf and O'Brien are exceptions because they were main characters in two different shows. With this rule in mind, choose wisely.
Fifth, assume that despite differences in eras, all characters have been collected and put through an education program so that they all have roughly equivalent levels of knowledge in history, technology, and tactics as of the DS9 era. We're judging them not by their eras but by their personal skills and strengths.
Sixth, you can't use characters for positions outside of their canon positions, tempting as it is for me to imagine a ship with Picard as captain and Kirk as his first officer. Again, a character like Worf might prove an exception as he was portrayed as alternatively first officer or commander of the USS Defiant in DS9 as well as being Tactical officer in DS9 and TNG.
*To be recurring, let's say they had to have been in at least 3 episodes.
Okay, so I'll begin.
Here's one possible crew:
Captain: Picard. (TNG) This is the hardest choice because I don't think there's a single bad captain in any of the shows. But Picard is just the best for a lot of reasons. He's incredibly smart and charismatic, he's probably the most level headed and deliberative of any captain in Star Fleet history, and yet for that thoughtfulness he's still quite decisive when he needs to be. To add to that, several episodes of TNG showed that he can throw down, so he even scores points for being rough and tumble despite his polish.
First Officer: Spock. (TOS) It would be a lot less interesting for sure than the interplay between Kirk and Spock, but this combination of Picard and Spock would arguably produce a better team.
Tactical: Worf (DS9) He's the only tactical officer who I don't have to try to remember.
Helm: Data. (TNG) An easy choice.
Science: Seven of Nine (VOY) This is another easy choice. At first I considered T'Pol, but when you think of it, Seven of Nine is just a stronger, smarter T'Pol with nanoprobes that can basically do anything with the right application.
Chief Engineer: O'Brien (DS9)
Medical: The Doctor. (VOY) There are a lot of great doctors. This was a close one, with Bashir from DS9 and Phlox from ENT almost taking it, but the Doctor's advantages as a holoprogram make him a natural pick. He's the only doctor who can treat his patients with essentially no chance of contamination.
Wild Card: Silik (ENT) I admit, this is a stretch, but he was a recurring character and he did cooperate with Starfleet when it suited him. I could see him serving in a sort of cloak and dagger role, doing Starfleet's dirty work on behalf of Section 31 while constantly butting heads with the more morally enlightened crew members.
