Captain (Star Trek)
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Captain is a commissioned Starfleet officer rank in the fictional Star Trek universe. "Captain" is also the label given to the master of a starship, regardless of his or her actual rank (DS9: "Behind the Lines"). The first Star Trek captain is Christopher Pike, who commands the USS Enterprise during the unaired Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". Dozens of captains, both seen and unseen, have played minor and major roles throughout Star Trek's various incarnations.
Captain Jonathan Archer commands Star Trek: Enterprise's titular ship one hundred years before Captains Pike and James T. Kirk command a starship of the same name.
The Animated Series states that Captain Robert April preceded Pike as commander of the Enterprise. However, while April's tenure as commander of the Enterprise is generally accepted by fans, Star Trek's producers have never made this official[1].
Pike wears a single rank stripe, the same as all other officers aboard the USS Enterprise. This gives rise to the theory that Pike may have been a captain in title only. However, series creator Gene Roddenberry later stated that Pike was indeed a captain and that the generic rank insignia was an effort to demonstrate that all Enterprise crewmembers are astronauts first, and officers second; therefore specific rank insignia was unimportant[citation needed]. The next Enterprise captain, James T. Kirk, wears distinct captain insignia separating him from the rest of the crew.
The first guest captain to appear in Star Trek is a merchant commander in "Charlie X". Two captains sit on Kirk's court-martial board (TOS: "Court Martial"). Captain Ronald Tracey is the first captain seen in command of another starship (TOS: "The Omega Glory"). The captain of the USS Defiant also appears, albeit as a corpse on the deck of his bridge (TOS: "The Tholian Web").
The Star Trek feature films include multiple captains, starting with Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and continuing with Spock's promotion to captain at some point before the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Spock becomes captain of the Enterprise, although he eventually returns to serving as Kirk's first officer. Montgomery Scott is promoted to captain in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, but, after a brief assignment to the USS Excelsior, continues to serve as chief engineer under Kirk. Star Trek III also includes Captain Styles, commanding officer of the USS Excelsior. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home includes the first appearance of a female Starfleet captain, in command of the USS Saratoga. Hikaru Sulu is promoted to captain and becomes master of the USS Excelsior a few years before the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (a scene mentioning Sulu's promotion to captain and assignment as commander of the Excelsior was scripted but cut from Star Trek II[2]). William Riker is promoted to captain in Star Trek: Nemesis and is given the command of the USS Titan.
Other well known Star Trek captains include Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E, Captain Benjamin Sisko of the space station Deep Space Nine and the starship USS Defiant, Captain William Riker of the USS Titan (featured in the Star Trek: Titan novels) and Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager.
[edit] References
- ^ Okuda, Michael & Denise (1994,1997,1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. New York: Pocket Books, 18. ISBN 0-671-03475-8.
- ^ Takei, George (1995). To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-89009-3.
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[edit] External link
Captain article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
