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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phoenix: [QB] Yes, but Star Trek was set in the 2200s. The fact that the US Navy had Commodores in the 1960s is pretty irrelevant. By the time of Kirk, US Navy Commodores will have been gone for a very long time (and I see very little chance of them coming back, seeing as that would involve RAdms (lower half) becoming Commodores, and they wouldn't want that, would they?), whereas RN Commodores will probably be around for a long time. We know that Commodores exist (at least in TOS), and we know the Officer ranks (Ens, LtJG, Lt, LtCmdr, Cmdr, Cpt). However, we have hardly any evidence concerning enlisted ranks. We have Chief O'Brien, a CPO from the Valiant, and Worf's stepdad who was a CPO. I believe, in the Navy, a Master/Senior CPO is addressed as "Senior Chief" or "Master Chief", at least by those inferior in rank. O'Brien (or anyone else) is never called this. So we don't know they exist. There dont appear to be any Warrant Officers (in the American sense), so I'll assume they don't exist. Here is a theory: The Enlisted Ranks are: Crewman 3rd Class Crewman 2nd Class Crewman 1st Class Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Warrant Officer (This is basically the RN system) In early TNG: PO has single solid pip, CPO has 1 solid 1 black, WO has 2 solid. PO O'Brien serves on BB in Enc at FP PO O'Brien promoted to CPO CPO O'Brien is Transporter Chief CPO O'Brien is referred to as CPO several times. Then, Starfleet realises (when a certain Cmdr Riker informs them that all the other officers on his ship are laughing at him for mistaking a CPO for a Lt) that this system is the worst insignia system in the history of the universe. So: Late TNG/early DS9: PO, CPO and WO have 1 black pip, merely to distinguish them from the other ranks, who have no insignia. Then in DS9 4(?), when the patch is introduced, they decide to give them proper insignia for once. CM3 - Nothing CM2 - 1 Chevron CM1 - 2 Chevrons PO - 3 Chevrons CPO - 3 Chevrons, 1 dot WO - 3 Chevrons, 2 dots So, when O'Brien was "promoted" to be at DS9, he was made a WO. He is still addressed as Chief, because he is Chief of Operations. He continued to wear a black pip to start with because that was the correct insignia. Comments? :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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