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+ | Aboard a [[starship]] the '''first officer''' was the second-in-command, just below the [[captain]]. On a [[Federation]] starship, the first officer had the following functions: |
* The principal adviser to the captain |
* The principal adviser to the captain |
Revision as of 17:23, 2 July 2011
Aboard a starship the first officer was the second-in-command, just below the captain. On a Federation starship, the first officer had the following functions:
- The principal adviser to the captain
- Implementer of the captain's orders
- Preparation and issue of duty rosters (VOY: "The Gift", "Tsunkatse", "Endgame")
- Commander of the vessel in the event of the captain's absence, incapacitation or death
- Work with the chief medical officer or counselor on crew evaluations (TNG: "Lower Decks")
In Starfleet the position was usually held by an officer with the rank of commander or lieutenant commander. The position was also referred to as executive officer (or XO).
In Starfleet's early period of existence, the first officer would accompany the captain on landing parties, depending on the situation. By the 24th century, however, it was the first officer who usually led away teams while the captain remained on the ship.
In the 22nd and 23rd centuries, the first officer would serve as a department head first and a commander second (similar to the second officer), and only took command when the captain left the bridge, as such, there was no first officer's station as there would be in the 24th century, as the XO would alternate between the command chair and their station as a department head.
Some noted first officers in Starfleet history were:
- Subcommander/Commander T'Pol of Enterprise NX-01
- Lieutenant Commander (later Commander, and later Captain) Spock of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
- Commander William T. Riker of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) and the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
- Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys of Deep Space 9
- Lieutenant Commander Worf of the USS Defiant
- Commander Chakotay of the USS Voyager
The Starfleet of the alternate reality established in 2233 by the temporal incursion of the Romulan Nero had the following noteworthy first officers:
- Lieutenant Commander George Kirk of the USS Kelvin
- James T. Kirk -First officer of USS Enterprise (promoted by Captain Christopher Pike)
- Commander Spock of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
List of first officers
Earth Starfleet
- Subcommander/Commander T'Pol
Federation
- Commander Brink
- USS Brattain (2367)
- Lieutenant Maxwell Burke
- Lieutenant Commander Cavit
- USS Voyager (2371)
- Commander Chakotay
- USS Voyager (2371-2378)
- Commander Pavel Chekov
- Commander Willard Decker
- Lieutenant Ducane
- Commander Steve Gerber
- USS Yamato (2365)
- Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hobson
- Commander Martin Madden
- Commander Steven Mullen
- Lieutenant Tom Nellis
- Major/Colonel Kira Nerys (Bajoran Militia liaison officer)
- Lieutenant Commander/Commander William Riker
- USS Hood (NCC-42296) (2361-2364)
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (2364-2371)
- IKS Pagh (2365, part of the Officer Exchange Program)
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (2372-2379)
- Lieutenant Commander Shelby
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (2367)
- Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko
- Lieutenant Commander/Commander/Captain Spock
- Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Worf
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (2367)
- USS Defiant (NX-74205) (2372-2375)
- USS Sao Paulo (2375)~
- IKS Rotarran (2373,2374)
Klingon Empire
- Hon'Tihl
- IKS Toh'Kaht (2369)
- Kaz
- IKS Klothos (2269)
- Korax
- IKS Gr'oth (2267-2269)
- Commander Kurn
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (2366, part of the Officer Exchange Program)
- Lieutenant Commander Worf
- IKS Rotarran (2373,2374)
Other
- Ferengi - Kazago
- Bok's Marauder (2364)
- Tellarite - Gaavrin
- Tezra (early 22nd century)
Mirror universe
- Commander Jonathan Archer
- Lieutenant Commander T'Pol
- USS Defiant (NCC-1764) (2155)
- Commander Spock
- ISS Enterprise (2267)
Alternate timelines
- Lieutenant Sato
- Enterprise NX-01 (2165)
- Commander Thelin
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2269)
- Commander Worf
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (2367-2370)
- Commander Spock
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2258)
- Cadet James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2258)
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Apocrypha
- Commander Worf
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (2380)
- Commander Sonya Gomez
- USS Da Vinci (Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers)
- Commander Elias Vaughn
- Deep Space 9 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pocket))
- Commander Christine Vale
- Commander Jon Cooper
- Commander Shelby
External link
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