Great point. Surely they could have found something more manageable given their limited number of crew... And the fact that the Enterprise was being decommissioned.
Where is the flair in hiring a privateer? Flair is stealing your ship because the fleet admiral said he was gonna scrap your baby.
I don't know if I've ever watched a full episode of any Star Trek show and I've never watched a Star Trek movie. I had one good friend growing up that was a trekkie, he told me all about Klingons and the Borg, but that's all I know
If you have a few hours to kill, watch the Wrath of Khan. If you enjoy that movie, we can work from there. The original series and the next generation tv series are all about social and political themes of their respective times. If you watch it in that frame of mind, you'll enjoy them.
Would have been more dignified than getting taken out by a single Klingon Bird of Prey... in two separate generations.
What's amazing is that Kirk the character is actually a better actor than Shatner who plays him. Example: "KHHAAAAANNNNN!!!!!" Boom, Kirk out-acting Shatner.
I'm with you on Sisko, but I enjoyed DS9 more than the other series. I like all the main captains for different reasons.