Jean-Luc Picard vs. Kathryn Janeway

Janeway managed to reach the Starfleet admiralty much quicker than Picard. In Nemesis, Janeway was already a Vice Admiral and ordering Professor X around. Which, if you think about it, is quite unfair. For starters, Picard had been through so much more. Some might claim that Janeway's intimate knowledge of the Borg made her a priceless asset --- that's all good, but Picard was assimilated. Assimilated by the Borg. Stripped of his humanity. And then reclaimed it.

He's Jean-Luc Picard.

Here's some reasoning behind Janeway's quick ascension: The reasons for Janeway's rapid ascendance to the admiralty have never been fully explained. Some books have stated that, thanks to her extensive first-hand knowledge of the Borg, she was promoted to Rear Admiral to gain the proper security clearances to be able to access all available information on the Borg; however, these books are not considered canon. Others suggest it was her actions during the series finale episode 'Endgame' (crippling Unimatrix One and destroying the Borg transwarp hub) coupled with Voyager's successful return to Earth--with most of the ship's crew intact and having collected an enormous amount of data from the Delta Quadrant--which made possible her fast climb through the ranks. Others have even surmised that, considering her spotty performance and record during her captaincy of Voyager, she may have been promoted to "get her out of the way"; in other words, to promote someone who was publically a hero to a higher rank in seeming reward, but in actuality to keep her from captaining another ship and causing more trouble in doing so.

Let's hope so. She's nothing but trouble. All women are --- fictional or not, this particular one proves it.

Picard would kick her ass. And then slap it.

Jean-Luc for Admiral. I wish we could vote on it.