Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard, also known as Admiral Picard, Captain, Captain Picard, JL, Locutus and Mon Capitán, is one of the main characters from the Star Trek series.
== Charactah Account ==
Picard was a celebrated Starfleet officer, archaeologist, writer, historian, diplomat, and philanthropist, who served throughout much of the 24th century. The highlights of his career were centered around assignments as commanding officer of the Federation starships USS Stargazer, USS Enterprise-D, and the USS Enterprise-E. In these roles, Picard not only witnessed major turning points of recent galactic history, but played a key role in them also, from making first contact as captain of the Federation's flagship with no fewer than 27 alien species, including the Ferengi and the Borg.
Picard also became the chief contact point with the Q Continuum, and served as Arbiter of Succession of the Klingon Empire, where he presided over the investiture of Klingon Chancellor Gowron. Picard would expose the Romulan Star Empire as backers of Gowron's chief rivals, later aiding a Romulan underground movement of dissidents to gain a toehold on the Romulan homeworld. He continued to serve as captain of the Enterprise-E, the sixth Federation starship to bear the name, until at least the early 2380s.
Following his command of the Enterprise-E, Picard rose to the rank of admiral, he resigned from Starfleet for a time, after he felt that the organization had strayed from its ideals, before eventually rejoining as the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Married... With Children 2099
* Star Trek
* Star Trek Classics
* Star Trek Unlimited
* Star Trek: Countdown
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Dog of War
* Star Trek: Mirror Broken
* Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer
* Star Trek: Picard Countdown
* Star Trek: The Mirror War
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Special
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Divided We Fall
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Doctor Who: Assimilation
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ghosts
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hive
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Perchance to Dream
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Killing Shadows
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Last Generation
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Mission Continues
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Modala Imperative
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Q Conflict
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror
=== Movies ===
* Star Trek Generations
* Star Trek: First Contact
* Star Trek: Insurrection
* Star Trek: Nemesis
=== TV Series ===
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7
* Star Trek: Picard
* Star Trek: Picard Season 2
* Star Trek: Picard Season 3
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7
=== Video Games ===
* Star Trek Adversaries
* Star Trek Fleet Command
* Star Trek Legacy
* Star Trek Online
* Star Trek Timelines
* Star Trek Trexels II
* Star Trek: Armada
* Star Trek: Armada II
* Star Trek: Bridge Commander
* Star Trek: Elite Force II
* Star Trek: Encounters
* Star Trek: First Contact
* Star Trek: Generations
* Star Trek: Hidden Evil
* Star Trek: Invasion
* Star Trek: Legends
* Star Trek: Starfleet Command III
* Star Trek: Starship Creator
* Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Echoes from the Past
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Future's Past
* Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge
* The Pinball Arcade
== Trivia ==
* Jean-Luc Picard was the first character to be seen on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Likewise, he was the last person to be seen in the final TNG outing, Star Trek Nemesis.
* Other than in alternate timelines, Picard appeared as a captain throughout the entire run of TNG and the subsequent films. Data and Dr. Crusher are the only other characters from TNG to remain at the ranks they started with, though a costuming error in "All Good Things..." has Data wearing the wrong insignia for part of that episode.
* Picard is the only character to have appeared in the pilot episodes of three Star Trek series (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", DS9: "Emissary" and PIC: "Remembrance"). Patrick Stewart is also the first actor seen on screen in each episode, and speaks the first lines in each episode, although in "Emissary" he appears and speaks first as Locutus of Borg.
* Apart from James T. Kirk, Picard is the only person to captain two Enterprises, commanding the Enterprise-D and the Enterprise-E. With the restoration of a cut scene from an extended version of the episode "The Measure Of A Man", Picard also shares with Pavel Chekov the distinction of having served aboard two starships named Enterprise and one named USS Reliant.
* Picard has the distinction of having on-screen dialogue with three of the other main Star Trek captains, the most by any other captain. Picard meets with James T. Kirk in the film Star Trek Generations, Benjamin Sisko in the DS9 pilot "Emissary", and Kathryn Janeway in the film Star Trek Nemesis.
* Picard is the only lead character in any Star Trek production who is unambiguously not American. Jonathan Archer was born in upstate New York and raised in San Francisco, California; Christopher Pike was born in Mojave, California; James T. Kirk was from Iowa (his alternate reality counterpart was born in space, but raised in Iowa); Benjamin Sisko was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; and Kathryn Janeway was born in Bloomington, Indiana. Michael Burnham was also born on Earth, and while her nationality hasn't yet been confirmed outright, she speaks with an American accent.
* Picard's name, Jean-Luc, is the hyphenated French variants of John and Luke. Picard's sense of French national pride only surfaced briefly in some early episodes, most notably "The Last Outpost". Over the run of TNG, the character adopted several characteristics commonly associated with the English: he enjoys the works of William Shakespeare, and is never seen reading any works of literature by a French author. He drinks Earl Grey tea, an English beverage named after an English nobleman, and is rarely seen drinking wine, a beverage which is commonplace in French life, only drinking it on five occasions, in "Family", again in "First Contact", at the end of Star Trek Nemesis, and in PIC: "Remembrance" and "Nepenthe". Additionally, his father, brother, and nephew all spoke with English accents.
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== External Links ==
* Jean-Luc Picard at Memory Alpha
* Jean-Luc Picard at Heroes Wiki
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