Ensign (Star Trek)
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| Starfleet ranks and insignia Ensign |
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| Star Trek pilots: | No insignia |
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Ensign is a commissioned Starfleet officer rank in the fictional Star Trek universe.
The rank extends at least as far back as the 22nd century; Star Trek: Enterprise features two major characters who are ensigns: Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather.
Ensigns appear rarely in the original Star Trek, in which they wear no visible rank insignia. The first ensign appears in "Court Martial", where the rank is held by an unnamed personnel officer who offers testimony at Captain James T. Kirk's trial. Pavel Chekov, introduced in Star Trek's second season, is the first regular Star Trek character to hold the rank. Chekov was often written as the young junior officer with much to learn.
In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, an unnamed alien ensign who appears early in the film wears a dashed sleeve stripe. In the later film Star Trek: Generations, Enterprise-B helmsman Demora Sulu is an ensign.
Starfleet ensigns also appear in Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which various flight control officers and other minor characters hold the rank. Wesley Crusher receives a field commission to ensign at the conclusion of "Ménage à Troi". Star Trek: Voyager's Harry Kim also holds the rank, as does Tom Paris when he is demoted as a disciplinary measure in "Thirty Days. Nog from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is commissioned as an ensign in "Favor the Bold".
As an entry level rank in the U.S. Navy, a typical ensign can expect to spend two to three years "in grade" before promotion to the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). In Star Trek, however, Harry Kim spends his seven years aboard Voyager as an ensign, and both Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather are ensigns in the final episode of Enterprise, which takes place 10 years after the show's pilot episode.
[edit] See also
- Ensign (rank) for non-fictional uses
| 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 | |||||
