10 favorite ladies of trek [6/10]: captain kathryn janeway

• kathryn janeway was a warm but tough woman, battling impossible odds to get her crew home from the far-away delta quadrant. she made incredibly difficult choices in totally uncharted territories, navigating through space and through life without any map or guidance. isolated from the federation as she was, she could have made easy but morally questionable choices to make life easier for her crew; instead, janeway was a strong captain, starfleet through and through, making the tough calls when she had to but never sacrificing her or her crew’s integrity along the way. although a stern and stalwart captain, janeway was still friendly with her crew and knowledgable of their needs and wants. she is notable for forging remarkable friendships with people a lesser captain might have considered enemies: the maquis crewmen chakotay and b’elanna torres; a disgraced starfleet officer, tom paris; and a former borg drone, seven of nine. without janeway at command, voyager never would have made it home: this is unquestionable.