Starfleet Database
Personal Files
Psychological Profile #8234
Drawn up by Counselor Elizabeth J. Dairyman* on Stardate 53556.4
Janeway,
Kathryn, Captain
Command goes hand in hand with control. Since Kathryn Janeway is a woman of great command-ability, she also is a person who can handle the pressure of being in charge very well. But is she dominant? Does she need to be in control of everything? Yes and no. Janeway is a strict woman, there is no doubt for it. Although she fears contradiction, she encourages her crew to have their own opinion and isn’t only willing to listen to it but has the courage to admit when she has been wrong, too. Inferiority, to her, is something hard to accept, failure inadmissible. This is the driving force behind her actions and it is a powerful one.
As a
Captain you need to respect the certain distance between a commanding officer
and her crew. A distance Janeway did not keep entirely, in order to assure the
welfare of the people who served under her, for over five years of complete
isolation, from the Federation.
Kathryn
Janeway is a sensible and emotional woman, with an amazing amount of
self-control, that allows her to repress her feeling efficiently. However she
is haying a hard time defeating the guilt that plagues her ever since her ship
stranded in the Delta-Quadrant. Minor break-downs occurred but she always
managed to overcome them, with the help of the friends who surround her.
Despite
of her ability to act cunningly, she chooses the direct and honest way, whenever
possible. Beating around the bush is something she dislikes, whether it
concerns work or personal matters.
Sometimes
resoluteness and stubbornness are hard to discern. Janeway possesses both
qualities to an extreme. Her strong will helped her in various situations and
she is, no doubt a trustworthy woman but the immense pride that lives inside of
her, can be dangerous. Turning down a challenge is something she would never do
keenly. Her way of taking insults concerning the ship or her person seriously
can be unhealthy, as well.
Being
an authority requires being authoritative, as being in command of a starship
obligates to take responsibility of what happens behind each and every
bulkhead. Janeway was aware of that fact, when she joined Starfleet. She was
aware of it when she took command of the USS
Voyager and did not become oblivious to it, when she was stranded it the
Delta-Quadrant, 70 000 light-years from home, facing a journey that most likely
would take longer that her own remaining life-span. As soon as she realised
that it came down to this: giving up the rules or living them out, Captain
Janeway made her decision: to hold Starfleet’s principles upright, no matter
how difficult it that might prove. It did not stop her from doing a good job in
bending them from time to time, often to their limit, though.
On
this ship so far away from everything the Federation established, Janeway is
not only Captain, she is the final instance- concerning her ship- she is God.
Since there is nobody to reprimand her, she sometimes tends to overstep the
invisible line, but good officers under her command always prevented her from
remaining there for very long, so far.
Janeway
is qualified for the job of a Captain, nevertheless diplomacy is not her
strength. She believes in science, regulations and justice rather than making
compromises and concessions. She made mistakes due to physical and psychical
weakness, but imperfection is a very human trait.
Coffee,
and its ingredient caffeine, is the only substance she seems addicted to. Data
revealing that lack of caffeine can influence her mood and objectivity exist,
however it is unlikely to bring her crew or ship in imminent danger.
Even
if there is an attraction to certain of her crew, a physical relationship with
an subordinate is something Janeway never dared to indulge in. Yet she has
strong platonic bindings to many of her crew, be it Commander Tuvok, whom she
has known for a long time and considers a dear friend, or the EMH she trusted
with her life a many times.
Janeway regards the people she integrated into her Starfleet crew as her own,
personal rehabilitation-program. She is concerned about their well-being as
much as she is about that of the original crew.
This
woman has a strong maternal instinct and to the younger officers on board, she
definitely is some kind of mother figure.
Kathryn
Janeway tends to be slightly claustrophobic when it comes down to walking in
caves or other narrow places, where she can feel the burden of tons of stone
above her.