What Makes A Good Captain

[Anonymous]

no ones perfect...well except me

[Anonymous]

Well in my humbler opinion the best type of person for a captain or leader of any kind is someone who can listen to their troops, evaluate the situation and then make the best desiscion based on all the information. Someone who can wiegh the stakes and sometimes take the hard road regardless of what he's told but tries to not only protect his men but also use them to the best advantage they can. As was stated earlier in this thread it's not a democracy but it shouldn't be a dictatorship either, something inbetween would work. Like give me your opinion and if it works I'll listen to it but if it doesn't I'll have to make the desicion anyway. It should also be someone that inspires their men, I once had a CO that I would have stormed the gates of hell for with nothing more then my fists and spit for weapons, now he was a good commander.

[Anonymous]

A good captain is nothing unless he knows how to utilse his crew to thiers and his, strengths. The crew needs to be as good, if not better, than the captain at what they do, but without a solid foundation, the captain, even the most skilled crew can fall apart. In some ways it was unfair to put this to a poll as no one answer is correct. A few of those traits are not needed in a captain, but there are more that a captain needs. He cannot just rely on one trait. He needs to be a well-rounded person, able to asses the situation and act in a way to sufer minimal damage and maximum effect. A smooth operator operating correctly, to quote Rage.