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Future Captains; What Race/Gender
Topic Started: Oct 12 2004, 07:53 PM (276 Views)
captain_proton_au
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Also surprising given Treks world wide audience.

US is probably the biggest audience, but European viewers would be a big chunk, France apparently isnt big on Trek but the scandanavians and germans are. I dont know about Russia or South America, but I know its big in Canada


Have we actually had a main character that was Canadian?
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captain_proton_au
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Ok, this has got me going, lets look at all the human main characters that were born on earth, this is just from memory, so tell me if Im wrong on any of these:


Kirk,McCoy, Uhura: American
Scotty: Scottish
Sulu: American born japanese
Chekov : russian
Picard :french born with a british accent ?!?!?
Riker, Geordi, Bev, Wesley: American
Sisko, Jake: American
O'Brien: Welsh wasnt he?
Bashir: I think he was born in Pakistan, but his dad had a very dtong british accent
Janeway, Chakotay, Kim, Paris: American
EMH based on Zimmerman, an american
Torres Dad was american
Archer, Trip: American
Hoshi: supposedly Japanese, but with a very strong american accent
Mayweather: grew up on cargos ships, but still amanaged to develop a strong american accent
Reed: British accent even though he apparently grew up in malaysia.

In summary: so..
16 / 26 that were all american
3 / 26 born somewhere else but still sounded american
7 / 26 not born in America

And only 5 that didnt have american accents: Scotty, Chekov, Picard, O'Brien and Reed

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O'Brien was Irish, and it was never nailed down as to where Bashir was from.
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Oct 19 2004, 10:34 AM
and it was never nailed down as to where Bashir was from.

Wasnt there something mentioned in 'Doctor Bashir, I presume'?
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^^^The episode with his parents showed his mom wearing a sari. That should give some indication of his presumed background.
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captain_proton_au
Oct 18 2004, 08:25 PM
Ok, this has got me going, lets look at all the human main characters that were born on earth, this is just from memory, so tell me if Im wrong on any of these:


Kirk,McCoy, Uhura: American
Scotty: Scottish
Sulu: American born japanese
Chekov : russian
Picard :french born with a british accent ?!?!?
Riker, Geordi, Bev, Wesley: American
Sisko, Jake: American
O'Brien: Welsh wasnt he?
Bashir: I think he was born in Pakistan, but his dad had a very dtong british accent
Janeway, Chakotay, Kim, Paris: American
EMH based on Zimmerman, an american
Torres Dad was american
Archer, Trip: American
Hoshi: supposedly Japanese, but with a very strong american accent
Mayweather: grew up on cargos ships, but still amanaged to develop a strong american accent
Reed: British accent even though he apparently grew up in malaysia.

In summary: so..
16 / 26 that were all american
3 / 26 born somewhere else but still sounded american
7 / 26 not born in America

And only 5 that didnt have american accents: Scotty, Chekov, Picard, O'Brien and Reed

Chakotay, I believe was from somewhere in Central America if the some of the flashbacks about his life are accurate. Also, one need not necessarily assume that Torres' father must have been American. With that surname he could easily have been from Mexico or other parts of Central or South America...
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captain_proton_au
Oct 20 2004, 02:35 AM
Captain Welsby
Oct 19 2004, 10:34 AM
and it was never nailed down as to where Bashir was from.

Wasnt there something mentioned in 'Doctor Bashir, I presume'?

No, it was never said where he was from, even though he must have lived in England for a long time to get an accent like that.
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Just from memory so I could be wrong but I think theres a line in 'Tattoo' saying he grew up in Arizona

As for Torres father, he did have a strong american accent, I dont think it was ever said where he was from, if it is it would be Lineage
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No, its all just specualtion.

I cant find anything on the web about the birthplace of Torres, Chakotay or Bashir.


the only thing I found was...

"Chakotay is a Native American from a tribe settled on a planet in the Demilitarized Zone "
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Thankyou! I told you i was right! As always!
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I'm almost dead certain Bashir was meant to be British. Remember there are a lot of people of sub-continental decent in Britain.

Also Reed's accent could be attributed to his British lineage....Isn't it established that his father was Royal Navy? Malaysia is (at least today) part of the Commonwealth so he could have associated largely with British ex-pats.

Anyway, it's time for an Aussie or even a Kiwi I say.
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I want to see a Vulcan captain, for a non human. As to human, let's see an Asian, or how about a Hindu captain?

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How about a Shi'ite captain?
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