LIST OF NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA) (last updated 7/15/92) This posting is intended to cut down on the "often asked questions" about the Enterprise crew that seem to pop up every few months in the rec.arts.startrek.misc newsgroup. It is one of a number of periodic postings posted to r.a.s.* Please refer to the "FAQL: LIST OF PERIODIC POSINGS TO r.a.s.* NEWSGROUPS" article for a full list of periodic postings, and to the "FAQL: LIST OF ACRONYMS" article for acronyms used in this and other postings. =========================================================================== 1) Names (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Data, Vulcans, etc) 2) Ranks 3) Crew backgrounds =========================================================================== 1) NAMES: 1a) Kirk's middle initial/middle name. It is generally agreed that Kirk's full name is "James Tiberius Kirk". It was only given as "James T. Kirk" in TOS, the "Tiberius" didn't come around until TAS ("Bem") and the novels. In "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Gary Mitchell makes a gravestone for Kirk that says "James R. Kirk", apparently before Gene had settled on a middle name (or possibly proof that Gary was failing as a god). 1b) Spock's other name (you couldn't pronounce it, as he told the blonde in "This Side of Paradise") isn't given in TOS or TFS. It is given in one or more of the books if you care to believe them. According to the Officer's Manual (and probably originated from D.C. Fontana), it is Xtmprszntwlfd (pronounced with six syllables). In "Journey to Babel" there's this exchange: Kirk: Mrs. Sarek... Amanda: Amanda. I'm afraid you [can't?] pronounce the Vulcan form. Kirk: Can you? Amanda: In a fashion, after many years of practice. 1c) McCoy's middle initial is given in "Friday's Child" and TFS as "H". Some novels have it as "H"; others as "T". Geoffrey Mandel's Officer's Manual lists his middle name as Horatio. 1d) Data's name was shown on a computer screen once as "Lt. Cmdr NFN NMI Data" ("No First Name, No Middle Initial"). 1e) As a general rule, Vulcan males have five-letter names starting with "S" and ending with "K" (Spock, Sybok, Sarek, etc.) in honor of Surak, and Vulcan females have names starting with "T'" (T'Pau, T'Pring, etc.). The explanations for Saavik are either "she's part Romulan, so the naming convention didn't hold" or "Her name is T'Saavik, but the "T'S" is too hard to pronounce. 1f) Other names from Geoffrey Mandel's Officer Manual: Montgomery Edward Scott, Itaka Sulu (though George prefers Walter and Gene and some novels call him Hikaru (which is what he'll be called in ST6)) , Upenda Uhura some sources say Nyota), Pavel Andreievich Chekov (also stated as such in "The Way to Eden"), and Christopher Robin Pike. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) RANKS: TOS: (Franz Joseph's Tech Man) - all stripes 2cm wide. Ensign - No stripe. Lt - 1 stripe. Lt Cmdr - 1 broken stripe above 1 stripe. Cmdr - 2 stripes. Capt - 1 broken stripe between 2 stripes. Comdr - 3 stripes. Adm - 4 stripes. TOS: (Fasa rulebook) Recruit - 'Enterprise Star' (ES). Enlisted 2nd Class - ES with slash underneath. Enlisted 1st Class - ES with 2 slashes underneath. Petty Officer 2nd Class - ES with chevron underneath. Petty Officer 1st Class - ES with 2 chevrons underneath. Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and rocker underneath. Senior Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 2 rockers underneath. Master Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 3 rockers underneath. Warrant Officer - 1 silver broken stripe. 1cm wide. Chief Warrant Officer - 1 silver stripe. Ensign - No stripe. (officer stripes are 2cm wide) Lt, j.g. - 1 gold broken stripe. Lt - 1 gold stripe. Lt Cmdr - 1 gold broken stripe above 1 gold stripe. Cmdr - 2 gold stripes. Capt - 1 gold broken stripe between 2 gold stripes. Comdr - 3 gold stripes. Adm - Thick shaded area between 2 gold stripes. Movies: (D Schmidt's Line Officer Requirements) Lt, j.g. - 1 silver pip with gold tip. Lt - 2 silver pips with gold tip. Tips facing. 0.5cm apart. Lt Cmdr - 1 gold bar in a silver cage. Cmdr - 2 gold bars in a silver cage. Capt/ Fleet Capt - 3 gold bars in a silver cage. 2 gold arrowheads on ends of Fleet Captain. 2 silver arrowheads on ends of Captain. Comdr - 1 gold arrowhead on a bronze circle. R Adm - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze rectangle. V Adm - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze triangle. Adm - 4 gold arrowheads on a bronze square. Fleet Adm - 5 gold arrowheads on a gold pentagon. TNG: Deanna Troi's rank was given as "Lt. Cmdr" in "Encounter at Farpoint" (the pilot episode) and occasionally on computer displays (e.g. "The Child"). Wes was made an acting ensign by Picard in "Where No One Has Gone Before", then made full ensign in "Menage a Troi" and given a uniform. Riker was given a field promotion to Captain in "The Best of Both Worlds Part 2", but was back to being a commander in the next episode. The "pips" (the circles on the uniform collars) signify rank. A hollow circle counts as a half circle: 0.5: Ensign, Junior Grade 1.0: Ensign 1.5: Lt., Junior Grade 2.0: Lt. 2.5: Lt. Commander 3.0: Commander 4.0: Captain 5.0: Commodore/Fleet Captain (assumed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) CREW BACKGROUNDS: James Tiberius Kirk is from Riverside, Iowa; he was married in "Paradise Syndrome", and is now a widower. He was also in love (if he knows the meaning of the word) with someone named "Ruth" ("Shore Leave"), and mentioned that he almost married that little blonde lab tech that Gary Mitchell steered Kirk's way ("Where No Man Has Gone Before") which some have guessed to be none other than Carol Marcus. See also the "Love Interests" monthly posting for further details. Leonard McCoy was in love with someone named "Nancy", whom the salt-sucker takes the form of in "The Man Trap". They were going to mention in one episode that he had been married with a daughter named Joanna, but it never made it on film. Chekov's ex-girlfriend (Irena [Irini?] Galliulin) is seen in "The Way to Eden". Saavik was half Vulcan and half Romulan. This wasn't mentioned in the movie (probably cut to save time), but it was in the novelization, the trailer shown on Siskel & Ebert, and was mentioned by Stewart in the special showing of "The Cage". William T. Riker is from Valdez Alaska. His mother died while he was young (three?). His father was shown in "The Icarus Factor". Wil has turned down three captaincies (the Drake mentioned in "Arsenal of Freedom" (and "Encounter at Farpoint"?), the Aries in "The Icarus Factor", and the Melbourne in "Best of Both Worlds"). He enjoys jazz music (his middle name is supposedly the name of a jazz musician (Tholonius Monk?)), plays the trombone, is a master of poker, and enjoys cooking. The character was based on Decker. Jean-Luc Picard is from France. He never married, has an artificial heart (from his wild younger days), enjoys Shakespeare, horseback riding, Dixon Hill novels, and Earl Grey tea. He is responsible for the death of Jack Crusher ("Coming of Age", as well as a few other episodes). (aside: Patrick Stewart left school at the age of 15 because he was "not interested".) Data has an ultimate storage capacity of eight hundred quadrillion bits. His total linear computational speed has been rated at sixty trillion operations per second (from "Measure of a Man"). He was built by Dr. Noonian Soong, who was taught by the guy in "The Schizoid Man". He and Tasha Yar were "more than friends" ("The Naked Now"). The character was based on Questor, from "The Questor Tapes". Data is left- handed (not surprising, since Spiner is). Worf's parents were killed at Khitomer in a Romulan attack. His adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rojenko, (from the planet Galt) were shown in "Family". He has a brother (Commander Kurn), a dead girlfrined K'Ehleyr, a bastard son Alexander ("Reunion"), and a bonded son Jeremy Astor ("The Bonding"). Geordi LaForge is named after a Star Trek fan with muscular dystrophy who passed away in 1975 (George La Forge). The character LaForge was born blind, given sight by Riker ("Hide and Q") which he decided he didn't want, and decided against a sight operation by Dr. Pulaski in "Loud As A Whisper". Both his parents are in Starfleet; his mother is an exobiologist and his father is an officer (might have these reversed) ("Imaginary Friend"). Deanna Troi has a Betazed mother (Lwaxana, daughter of the fifth house, holder of the sacred chalice of Riix) and a human father (a deceased Starfleet officer), enjoys chocolate, and was imzadi to Riker. She used to have a betazoid cat (from the episode where Picard was with the holo- horse). Her character was based on Ilia. She is an empath. Beverly C. Crusher, M.D. is a widow and mother of Wes Crusher, whose father (Jack) was killed while serving under Picard. She was head of Starfleet Medical for one year. (aside: Cheryl "Gates" McFadden started going by her middle name when she stopped doing B movies) Miles Edward O'Brien enjoys kayaking and poker, got married in season four, and had a child in season five. Guinan has only been on the Enterprise for a few years [episode?], and didn't know Picard before coming on board [episode?] but somehow has known Picard for a long, long time [episode?]. Her relationship with Picard is more than family; more than friends (from "Best of Both Worlds II"). She was on Earth in the late 1800s ("Times Arrow"). 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