The idea of a starship captain looms large in the sci-fi zeitgeist. Most famously embodied by William Shatner as Kirk in Star Trek, and later, Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the heroic steadfast, nerves-of-steel brand of starship leader has been burned into Trekkie brains for decades and also made a big impact on how we think of leaders in adventure fiction in general. But, since 2020, one starship captain has been doing things a little bit differently.
“All the Star Trek captains are very hands-on,” Dawnn Lewis tells Inverse. “But Captain Freeman is hands-on like your mama. “She not only makes sure your hair is combed, but she puts spit on her fingers to make sure it stays combed and smooths it down.”
