
Many Star Trek captains have become legendary for their daring or clever battle strategies to make a name for themselves at Starfleet Academy. Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, famously beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario, and in an alternate timeline, his father George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth) sacrificed himself to save those aboard the USS Kelvin. The timeline of enigmatic Captain Jean-Luc Picard, as seen on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” however, saw a tactic he had once employed backfire in ways he could not have foreseen. In Season 1, Episode 9 — “The Battle,” Picard executed what came to be known as the Picard maneuver, where his ship, the USS Stargazer, raced into high warp speed right in front of an enemy vessel, disrupting their sensor readings. Unfortunately for Picard, this tactic would later cause him problems he never anticipated when it was used against him in a future encounter.