Commodore (Star Trek)

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Starfleet ranks and insignia Commodore
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Commodore is the lowest commissioned Starfleet flag officer rank in the Star Trek fictional universe. It exists in the franchise's 22nd and 23rd centuries; its existence in the 24th century is uncertain. This rank is analogous to the actual military rank of commodore – below admiral (usually rear admiral) and above fleet captain or the line officer rank of captain – in some navies.

In Star Trek: Enterprise, Maxwell Forrest appears as a commodore during a flashback in the episode "First Flight", establishing that the rank exists in Starfleet as early as the mid 2150s.

Commodore Jose Mendez is the first Star Trek flag officer

"Commodore" is often mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series. During the series, a total of six characters appear on camera as Starfleet commodores:

Commodore Barstow – "The Alternative Factor"
Commodore Matthew Decker – "The Doomsday Machine"
Commodore Jose Mendez – "The Menagerie"
Commodore George Stocker – "The Deadly Years"
Commodore Stone – "Court Martial"
Commodore Robert Wesley – "The Ultimate Computer"

The third season of the TOS has no commodores and a Starfleet commodore is not seen again – and then only briefly – until the Federation Council scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. "Commodore Probert" is mentioned in communications chatter audible during the Epsilon 9 establishing shots in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Later Star Trek television series do not have any commodores seen or discussed on camera. Admiral Gregory Quinn's offer to promote Captain Jean-Luc Picard "to admiral" may indicate that the rank of commodore does not exist in the late 24th century – although the dialogue may also indicate Quinn's desire for Picard to skip the grade. (TNG: "Coming of Age")

The FASA role-playing game manual Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual (which is not canon) indicates that commodore may exist during the TNG timeframe, conjecturing a five-pip collar insignia.^[1] The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal indicates that the rank of commodore may be denoted as a single rank pip insignia, enclosed within a gold box worn on both sides of the uniform collar.^[2] However, The Star Trek Encyclopedia contradicts this by stating that one boxed pip indicates an admiral (possibly a rear admiral (lower half)).

Starfleet ranks and insignia
Flag Officers:	Fleet admiral	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore
Officers:	Fleet captain	Captain	Commander	Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant	Lieutenant junior grade	Ensign
Other:	Enlisted	Officer cadets
Alternate and non-canon rank insignia