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* John Sheridan of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' was such a maverick that {{spoiler|he participated in a conspiracy against the (increasingly dictatorial) civilian EarthGov and finally decided to turn his command into an independent country}}. He also was not a fan of standard military tactics.
** Averted when, during the pilot episode remake/movie, he refused promotion to be second-in-command of the first ship being sent out to investigate Minbari space. He did so because he knew the CO was known to be overaggressive during tense diplomatic situations and he did not want to be in a position where he'd have to stand up to him for the ship's own good. The ship instead left for Minbari space with a much more jellyfish-spined XO, the captain got into a tense diplomatic situation where he became overaggressive, and we all know what happened after that.
** He also earned the sobriquet 'Starkiller' in the ensuing war against the Minbari... by mining an asteroid field with nuclear weapons, then luring a Minbari ship into it. Said ship, the ''Black Star'', went down in history as the ''only'' Minbari ship lost in that war.
* In the classic (if short) German SF series ''[[Raumpatrouille]]'', Commander McLane and the crew of the ''Orion'' are this to the extent that the series ''starts'' with their being reassigned to 'boring' patrol duty for a couple of years and saddled with a security officer who's supposed to ensure they tread the straight and narrow from now on. Needless to say, that's not quite how it works out.
* Most of the captains from [[Star Trek]] seem to fit this mold. Even Picard was credited with violating the [[Alien Non-Interference Clause|Prime Directive]] about eight or nine times, and that's in the middle of the series run.
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