Hot Star Trek Women

You wouldn't necessarily think that a careerist military woman from Indiana with a nasal voice would make a top hottest list, but then you don't know Captain Kathryn Janeway. Much of her hotness comes from her competence. If you've got Janeway on your arm, you never have to worry about making a decision ever again. There is great solace to be found in the passenger seat sometimes. And when she literally and figuratively lets her hair down she ain't bad to look at either. See above photo of Chakotay with heart thumping fiercely with the blood of a mighty woodland animal.

Don't get us wrong - regular Universe T'Pol is smokin' hot, too. Especially wearing little shorts in Dr. Phlox's pon faar decompression chamber. But for my money, it always seemed like a reprise of Seven of Nine but with pointy ears. When Enterprise took a trip to the Mirror Universe and we caught a glimpse of Jolene Blalock's evil Vulcan - let's just say her hair may have been down, but much of us was up.

This entry proves that physical beauty is only skin deep. Major Kira, while certainly no Tellarite, is hardly the hottie like the other names you'll see this high on the list. But she may be the only name here I can say I truly love. Yes, Kira Nerys, I would take a blast from a Romulan disruptor for you. You have been through so much, you've seen the injustices of the Cardassian occupation, you fed your soul with hate to stay alive during the resistance, your romance with Vedek Bareil met a tragic end. And yet you persevere. You fight! And change your hairstyle a lot. Either way, Nerys, we love you.

This may be just blind optimism. As of this writing, I've only seen twenty minutes of selected scenes of JJ Abrams' Star Trek, but I'm already convinced it is a masterpiece. That she orders a "Budweiser Classic" at the bar (before shaking off a drunk and grabby James T. Kirk) isn't her fault. The fact is that she looks fantastic in the red miniskirt with the silver earpiece and I'm salivating to see more of her.

A forgotten figure when it comes to Voyager's eye candy, the Ocampan medical aide certainly had none of the boom and bang of reclaimed Borg Seven of Nine, but I always found Kes to be a spry little treat. Tiny and adorable, but with forceful telepathic powers and a breathy, deep voice, Jennifer Lien's Kes also makes the list for one key reason: if she's willing to schtup Neelix, we definitely have a shot at her

Yeah, well, you knew she was coming. I'm flesh and bone! I can't not collapse and say, yes, Seven of Nine is totally frickin' smokin'! In her silver outfit. In her purple outfit! Her blue one, her dark grey one! Even still connected to the collective! She's one hot dish of gagh! And, if you connect the dots, this hotness may have been responsible for Barack Obama becoming president. It's true.

Jadzia Dax. Body of a hot young woman, mind of a dirty old man. And those spots go all the way down to her feet. Unlike previous Trek Science Officers, Jadzia had an impish, troublemaker streak. Maybe any one of us would get that if we lived 300 years. Jadzia was smokin' hot before she shacked up with Worf, but the idea of her mating with (and breaking the ribs of) a Klingon just put her over the top. Bronze medal, you go to Jadzia Dax.

In a recent conversation with a friend who was into Star Wars but not Star Trek (yes, I'm open minded enough to speak to such people) I described Ro Laren as the Boba Fett of Trek-dom. She only appeared in a few episodes, but made a huge impact and has a tremendous following. Go to a convention and see how many young girls dress as her. She's a feisty warrior, but also a wounded person, in need of care. She has suffered a lot and her tough façade easily betrays this weakness. You can see it in her walk, the way she slumps her shoulders. Picard takes her under his wing and puts so much faith in her that her defection to the Maquis hurts that much more - even if we understand this. How does this make her hot? It just does. Ro Laren is a fragile bird with a busted wing who'll nip you with her beak after you mend her. Who among us doesn't have a masochistic streak? (Oh, and the fact that Ro Laren would eventually become Admiral Cain doesn't hurt her standings either.)

Forget for a moment the warp core breach Uhura's presence on the bridge caused amongst uptight segregationists, let's just swim down the lazy river of her mellifluous voice singing "Beyond Antares." She can get her memory zapped by Nomad and be back at her post the very next episode! She can rock a killer 'fro in The Motion Picture or pull a phaser on Mr. Adventure in The Search For Spock. I won't even mention the fan dance. I remember late nights, watching Channel 9, the hum of the Enterprise bridge keeping the room a mellow buzz, and the great gams of Lt. Uhura, peeking our from under that red miniskirt keeping even the worst Season Three episodes interesting. Naku panda, Nyota.