Captain

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Captain is a rank of officer in many naval services and space forces, most notably Earth Starfleet and its Federation counterpart. The title of captain is also used in a more general sense to refer to any individual, civilian or otherwise, who is the commanding officer of a ship.

Contents 1 Naval captains 2 Insignia 2.1 22nd century 2.2 23rd century 2.3 24th century 3 Positions and lists 3.1 Earth & Federation Starfleet 3.2 Klingon Defense Force 3.3 Romulan Mining Guild 4 Appendices 4.1 Connections 4.2 External links

[edit] Naval captains

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. 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. The captain rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a colonel of military forces, although some militaries have an unrelated rank or captain that is equivalent to a naval lieutenant. The Romulan Star Empire has two ranks, commander (rh'iov in the Romulan language) and legate, that are analogous to a captain's standing. In the Cardassian language, gul is a Cardassian officer rank title which, in translation to Federation Standard, is approximately equivalent to a captain. In Klingonese, a captain is referred to as HoD. (TOS novel: The Romulan Way; ST reference: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler)

[edit] Insignia

[edit] 22nd century

In the Earth Starfleet uniforms of the 22nd century, captains wore pin insignia of four rectangular pips. Their service uniforms also had sleeve insignia of a two white bands with a division color-coded stripe between. (ENT episode: "These Are the Voyages...")

[edit] 23rd century

By 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. A captain's dress uniform was similar to a commanders's, with thick gold braid at the neck and closure, with added thin gold piping along the shoulder seam. (TOS episode: "Court Martial")

In the early 2270s, captains's uniforms had the same sleeve insignia, and an epaulet that also bore two solid stripes and a broken stripe. (TOS comic: "Domain of the Dragon God!")

In the uniforms of the 2280s, captains wore pin insignia with a three central bars attached to two command officer flag devices, above and below. (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia)

[edit] 24th century

In the uniform insignia introduced in the mid-24th century, a captain wears four circular pips as their rank insignia. (TNG roleplay module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

[edit] Positions and lists

[edit] Earth & Federation Starfleet

See: Starfleet captains

[edit] Klingon Defense Force

• Bek'Ta
• B'Tak
• Cha'DIch, son of hiJaK
• Ch'Targh
• Dorrek, son of M'Raq
• Gatrell
• Grannk
• G'Zar
• H'Ta, son of Kahmar
• Kaaj, son of Torg
• Kalan
• Kang, son of K'naiah
• Kargan, son of Talak
• Kasak sutai-Khornezh
• Kaul
• K'Draq, daughter of Sangra
• Kert sutai Restok
• Kevas
• Klaa
• Klag, son of M'Raq
• K'mpec
• Koloth
• Konet sutai Cultuic
• Korris
• K'retok
• Krenn
• Krill sutai Limur
• K'Tar (Captain)
• K'Temoc
• K'Vada
• Qurag
• R'taga
• Sotugh

[edit] Romulan Mining Guild

• Nero

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Connections

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks
Klingon Defense Force naval & marine	ENL (bekk)	PO/LDR (DevwI') CPO/TROOP LDR (QaS-DevwI')			ENS (lagh)	LT JG	LT (Sogh)	LT CMDR	CMDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)		CDORE (totlh)	ADM ('aj)			FADM
	ENL (mang) LCPL	CPL (Da')	SGT (bu') SGT MAJ		LT JG	LT (Sogh)	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG ('ech)	MAJ GEN	GEN (Sa')
Earth SF	CREW	PO		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT		CMDR		CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE	RADM/2ADM	VADM/3ADM	4ADM	FADM/5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC						LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CDR			CDORE 1ADM
	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJOR	LT COL	COL		BRIG	GEN
US military (& US Navy)	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG GEN	MAJ GEN	LT GEN	GEN
	CREW	PO		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CMDR	CAPT		RADM LH	RADM UH	VADM	ADM	FADM
Vulcan				Subaltern	SLt		Lt	Maj	SCdr		Cpt Cmdr	Min		Admin

[edit] External links

• Captain article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Captain article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Captain article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.