

Though the character was replaced by William Shatner's Captain Kirk, the pilot remains canon and Pike was written into the show's mythos as the captain of the Enterprise prior to Kirk.
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On the way, the ship received a distress signal from the USS Enterprise with a message from Captain Christopher Pike.įans of Star Trek: The Original Series will remember that Pike was the captain of the Enterprise in the show's original pilot, "The Cage," where he was played by Jeffrey Hunter.
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A captain's dress uniform was similar to a commander's, with thick gold braid at the neck and closure, with added thin gold piping along the shoulder seam. ( ENT episode: " These Are the Voyages.")īy the era of the 23rd century, Federation Starfleet, captains' uniforms had a sleeve insignia of a two gold braids with a broken braid in between. Their service uniforms also had sleeve insignia of a two white bands with a division color-coded stripe between. In the Earth Starfleet uniforms of the 22nd century, captains wore pin insignia of four rectangular pips. Vulcan ships refer to their commanding officer as captain as well, although they sometimes use the terminology " commander", a type of reference shared with their offshoot cousins, the Romulans.Rigger is the Skeen's designation of a ship's captain.( TOS - TLE novel: The Lost Years NF novels: After the Fall, Missing in Action) The Romulan Star Empire has two ranks, commander ( rh'iov in the Romulan language) and legate, that are analogous to a captain's standing.( ST reference: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler) In Klingonese, a ship's captain is referred to as HoD.( Star Trek: The Next Generation, et al.) The Ferengi rank/ title most similar to captain is DaiMon, although like much of Ferengi culture the title is distinct and different in that it carries a mercenary ethic and prices to match.

In the Cardassian language, gul is a Cardassian officer rank title which, in translation to Federation Standard, is approximately equivalent to a captain.The Breen have a sort of rank or title that places a thot in control of their ships.( TOS - New Earth novels: Wagon Train to the Stars, Challenger CHA - Gateways novel: Chainmail) When Shucorion joined the crew of UFPF Challenger, he took somewhat of a demotion to first officer status, as he had previously been a captain-equivalent avedon.
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The Blood Many has a strict rank code which places an avedon at the head of their ships, the so-called Blood savages.The captain rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a colonel of military forces, although some militaries have an unrelated rank of captain that is equivalent to a naval lieutenant. The Federation also once had a rank of vice commodore, falling below commodore but above captain, and a title of fleet captain that is considered to outrank a captain. Captain is the most senior officer rank, a grade higher than a commander and a grade below either commodore or rear admiral in most rank structures, although some organizations will refer to a captain as a commodore in title only, to show the said captain's seniority over other captains.
