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on small ships:
The Defiant was commanded by a Commander until Sisko was promoted to Captain, and then he commanded it during big deal fleet ops, but usually a Lt Cmdr was in the chair ( i think Dax was officially the captain while Sisko was assigned to SB 375, and Worf was always the ships master whenever we saw it in ops before that )
I think Oberths typically would be commanded by lts or cmdrs, the only reason we saw the Grissom with a captain was that it was a sensitive mission.. or perhaps it does depend on the crew size.
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On the other hand, if you have a Captain in command of an Akira or Excelsior for example, you should have at least a Fleet Captain or Commodore (if that rank still exists) in Command of a Galaxy, maybe even an Admiral for a Sovereign. Still, this is not the case. The commanding officer of the Lantree (designated a tansport ship with a crew of a dozen or so) was a Captain, as was the commanding officer of the Brattain. Or the above mentioned Esteban. I have no problem with lower-ranking personel in such positions, but if they do it, they should do it consequently.
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heh, well the CO of the Nenebek was a "Captain" too. maybe not all of these Captains are really Captains. maybe the "Captain" of the Lantree was like "yar, call me Captain or ye gets me phaser in yer teeth, yar". or maybe Captain was just being used as a polite adjective: if you are the CO of a ship, then you are a "Captain", but not necessarily a Captain.
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quote:Originally posted by The Real Folk Blues: heh, well the CO of the Nenebek was a "Captain" too. maybe not all of these Captains are really Captains. maybe the "Captain" of the Lantree was like "yar, call me Captain or ye gets me phaser in yer teeth, yar". or maybe Captain was just being used as a polite adjective: if you are the CO of a ship, then you are a "Captain", but not necessarily a Captain.
Captain Telaka was seen on-screen, at least his corpse. Clearly visible were four stars. Same for Captain Zaheva. Picard reviewed her log entry.
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The difference however is that the captains of the Lantree and Br!ttain had four pips, whereas other "skippers" like Dax did not. Wartime may be a factor here.
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