Why Star Trek's Confederation Picard Is Worse Than Mirror Kirk
Thought Star Trek's Mirror Kirk was bad? General Picard of the Confederation is an entirely different proposition in Star Trek: Picard. Thanks to Q's meddling, Star Trek: Picard season 2's Federation is now the Confederation — a bloodthirsty, war-mongering state founded upon the notion that humans are great and all other races must die accordingly. General Picard has apparently played a significant role in the Confederation's galactic success, and Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc is dismayed to learn his alternate self is a ruthless murderer whose estate is managed by an army of synthetic and alien slaves. And he doesn't even drink Earl Grey.
Every time a Star Trek captain crosses over with their evil alternate (and it happens with surprising regularity), the franchise is paying homage to 1967's «Mirror, Mirror» episode. This original series classic sees a transporter malfunction swap Captain Kirk with his wicked counterpart from the Mirror universe and, just like «General» Picard currently is, Kirk played the role of his evil self until a route home could be found.
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We've met alternate Picards before in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but none so abhorrent as the Confederation variant. As such, it's only natural to compare this bald barbarian to Star Trek's very first «bad captain» — the one and only Mirror Kirk. General Picard has a trophy room filled with the skulls of his enemies, and has apparently destroyed multiple populated worlds, including Qo'noS. He champions racial purity, and has enslaved or killed countless civilizations. Q describes him as the most bloodthirsty human who ever lived and, for once, he might not be exaggerating. Mirror Kirk's record
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