Which Should You Captain: the Starship Enterprise or The Millennium Falcon?

By: Zoe Samuel

5 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Whether you're living a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, or boldly going where no man has gone before, you need a good ship and a good crew. Where should you find yours?

Are you a natural leader?

Yes.

Sort of.
In multiple ways.

No.

Can you get people to buy into your ideas?

Yes, because it's the rules.

Yes, by appealing to their greed.
Yes, because of my charisma.

No.

Are you technically savvy?

No, but I know people who are.

Yes.
Yes, and I can teach it too.

Sort of.

Are you good at hiring?

Absolutely.

Not really.
I'm learning!

No.

When you give an order, does it stay given?

Of course.

Usually.
More these days than before.

Um...

Do you know every nut and bolt in your ship?

Mostly.

Yes.
I do now.

About half.

Are you handy with a gun?

Give me a phaser!

Give me a blaster.
Give me any weapon.

I am better with a slingshot.

Do you believe in justice?

Of course.

In a vigilante way.
I believe that justice comes from many sources, and I try to uphold it.

I don't believe in it.

Do you support the current authorities?

Naturally.

LOL no.
I had a rebellious youth but I grew out of it.

Sometimes. Depends on the policy.

Can you do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs?

What's that?

Yeah.
I did it in 10.

I got round in 14. Is that bad?

Do you shoot first?

No, that's ungentlemanly.

Yes.
Depends on the occasion.

I mean to, but it doesn't work out that way.

Do you generally like aliens?

Sure.

No.
Highly situational.

I prefer droids.

Would you ever obey an unlawful order?

No.

Sure, for fun.
Generally not.

I don't know, it depends whether I wanted to do that thing anyway.

Does your crew follow you out of love or because they have to?

A little of both.

Love mostly.
Insane personal devotion trumps anything else.

I'm not sure they follow at all.

How long do you plan to spend becoming captain?

Twenty years.

Ten years.
Twenty-five years.

I want it now!

What would you have been if you were not a captain?

CEO.

Sexy bandit.
Venture capitalist.

Pickpocket.

Hyperdrive or Warp speed?

Warp.

Hyperdrive.
I use all technologies.

I don't like going fast, I get travel sick.

Are you good at diplomacy?

Very.

You mean with a gun?
Yes, but you also have to know when not to negotiate.

It comes and goes.

Do you believe in playing by the rules?

Yes. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

No.
Depends on the rules.

I don't know the rules well enough to say.

Are you more of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away sort of person, or a boldly going where no man has gone before sort of person?

Boldly going, me.

I'm a long time ago.
I can handle either.

I like the present.

Do you ever break the law?

Only secretly.

Often and proudly.
Once.

No, that's scary.

Do you have insalubrious associates?

Of course not.

I have them and I am one.
Only as many as I need to do the job.

I might have one or two.

Do you tend to find you win no matter the odds?

Yes, it's the darnedest thing.

I'd lose a lot if my friends didn't save me.
Only when I plan.

I usually lose.

Do you like to send weirdly officer-heavy missions into danger?

Yeah, that's fun.

I wouldn't do that if I had enough crew.
I send the right people for the job.

I like to go myself, it's more heroic.

Are you good at planning ahead?

Of course, that's the job.

Not really.
Yes, but I can also improvise.

No, that's boring.

Are you honest?

Mostly.

Not really.
When it's appropriate.

Yes, to a fault.

How's your love life?

Varied.

I love only one.
I had a phase but I grew out of it.

Mostly unrequited.

If you wanted your ship to disappear, how would you do it?

Cloaking.

Hide inside a monster or on the back of another ship.
Get out of Dodge.

Throw a tarp over it.

What uniform suits you?

Grey with a color panel.

I don't do uniforms.
I look good in anything.

Red shirt.

Do you believe in seat belts?

That's cheating.

No, but I do at least believe in bucket seats that would be quite safe in a crash.
Health and safety? Pah!

What's that?

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