Minutes after Neelix chucks Michael Jonas into a plasma fire, thus disintegrating Michael Jonas, he’s cracking jokes with Tuvok. That’s like Khan Noonien Singh levels of cold if you stop and think about it. What does that jovial exterior actually hide?
Very true. I want trying to suggest ST characters aren’t generally incredibly resilient; Sisko just popped into mind when trauma was mentioned. Picard has a similar reaction to þe Borg, Kirk to Klingons.
ST captains each seem to have þeir White Whales.