You may jump directly to my sections on Guest Stars and Trivia.
Or, visit Star Trek:WWW, or read about Star Trek Ranks or the Voyager Crew.

For pictures of Star Trek ribbons, visit GMAN. Ribbons are the equivalent of medals, worn

The original characters were all promoted in later movies & TV.
The rank graphics are from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The sleeve insignia for the original series is usually also described.
Note that in the chain of command, Medical Officers (McCoy, Crusher & Troi) rank very low (below all bridge officers), even though they hold high ratings.
If you don't recognize someone's name, they're probably from Deep Space Nine or Voyager.

ADMAdmiral

VADMVice Admiral (insignia is hypothesized) compare to US Navy VADM

RADMRear Admiral (insignia is hypothesized) compare to US Navy RADM, originally: thick stripe between 2 gold stripes, or 4 stripes

ADMCommodore (insignia is hypothesized) compare to US Navy RDML, originally: 3 stripes

CAPTCaptain compare to US Navy CAPT, originally: 1 broken stripe between 2 stripes CDRCommander compare to US Navy CDR, originally: 2 stripes LCDRLieutenant Commander compare to US Navy LCDR, originally: 1 broken stripe above 1 stripe LTLieutenant compare to US Navy LT, originally: 1 stripe LTLieutenant Junior Grade compare to US Navy LTJG, originally: 1 broken stripe ENSEnsign compare to US Navy ENS, originally: no stripe CPOChief originally: Enterprise Star over chevron with rocker Yeoman (enlisted rank)

Guest Stars with Military Rank

Star Trek Trivia

  • Kirk is a widower. Bones is divorced and has a daughter.
  • Spock's first name is Xtmprszntwlfd (six syllables).
  • Kirk is from Iowa, Picard is from France, Riker is from Alaska, and Crusher is from the Moon.
  • Picard was rejected the first time he applied to Star Fleet Academy. Patrick Stewart dropped out of school when he was 15.
  • Data's storage capacity is 100,000,000 Gigabytes, and his CPU speed is 60,000,000 Mhz (ops).
  • Geordi LaForge is named after a Star Trek fan with muscular dystrophy who passed away in 1975 (George La Forge).
  • Guinan is 700 years old. The Trill (a worm) that lives in Jadzia Dax is 300.
  • Benjamin Sisko doesn't like Picard because the Borg, under Locutus, killed Sisko's wife.
  • Baseball died out in the 22nd century.
  • Dr. Julian Bashir was patterned after Michael J. Fox.
  • William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden and Nana Visitor wear wigs.
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