Archive-Name: faql.rec.arts.startrek.names last updated 28 May 1995 LIST OF NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA) This posting is intended to cut down on the "often asked questions" about the Enterprise crew that seem to pop up every few months in the rec.arts.startrek.misc newsgroup. It is one of a number of periodic postings posted to r.a.s.* Please refer to the "FAQL: LIST OF PERIODIC POSINGS TO r.a.s.* NEWSGROUPS" article for a full list of periodic postings, and to the "FAQL: LIST OF ACRONYMS" article for acronyms used in this and other postings. =========================================================================== 1) Names (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Data, Vulcans, etc) 2) Ranks 3) ST:TOS Crew backgrounds 4) ST:TNG Crew backgrounds 5) ST:DS9 Crew backgrounds 6) Wigs, hairpieces, and beards 7) Chain of Command =========================================================================== 1) NAMES: 1a) Kirk's middle initial/middle name. It is generally agreed that Kirk's full name is "James Tiberius Kirk". It was only given as "James T. Kirk" in TOS; the "Tiberius" didn't come around until TAS ("Bem") and the novels. It was formally established in ST6. In "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Gary Mitchell makes a gravestone for Kirk that says "James R. Kirk", apparently before Gene had settled on a middle name (or possibly proof that Gary was failing as a god). 1b) Spock's other name (you couldn't pronounce it, as he told the blonde in "This Side of Paradise") isn't given in TOS or TFS. It is given in one or more of the books if you care to believe them. According to the Officer's Manual (and probably originated from D.C. Fontana), it is Xtmprszntwlfd (pronounced with six syllables). In the novel "Ishmael", it is given as S'chin T'gai. In "Journey to Babel" there's this exchange: Kirk: Mrs. Sarek... Amanda: Amanda. I'm afraid you [can't?] pronounce the Vulcan form. Kirk: Can you? Amanda: In a fashion, after many years of practice. 1c) McCoy's middle initial is given in "Friday's Child" and TFS (ST3) as "H". Some novels have it as "H", others as "T", and apparently still other have his middle name as "Edward". Geoffrey Mandel's Officer's Manual lists his middle name as Horatio. 1d) Data's name was shown on a computer screen (in "The Measure of a Man") as "Lt. Cmdr NFN NMI Data" ("No First Name, No Middle Initial"). 1e) As a general rule, Vulcan males have five-letter names starting with "S" and ending with "K" (Spock, Sybok, Sarek, etc) in honor of Surak, and Vulcan females have names starting with "T'" (T'Pau, T'Pring, etc.). The explanations for Saavik are either "she's part Romulan, so the naming convention didn't hold" or "Her name is T'Saavik, but the "T'S" is too hard to pronounce. There also seems to be an exception for Dr Selar. it is explained in Anne Crispin's novel "The Eyes of the Beholders" that Dr Selar's original Vulcan name was "T'Para". Lt Valeris from ST6 also has an odd name for a Vulcan female; Jeanne Dillard's novelization of the movie explains the name as being given to her by a Klingon. I suppose with Tuvok in VOY we almost have to ignore the gender split and go with "Most Vulcans have names that start with T or S and are close to 5 English letters". These are obviously not hard and fast rules, since Sarek's father's name is Skon, whose father's name is Solkar. Either Surak wasn't very many generations ago (remember, Vulcans are long-lived) or the "five letter rule" wasn't observed until the last few generations. Of course, it could be "five Vulcan letters" not "five letters in English". :-) 1f) Other names from Geoffrey Mandel's Officer Manual: Montgomery Edward Scott, Itaka Sulu (though George prefers Walter and Gene and some novels call him Hikaru (which is what he was called in ST6)) , Upenda Uhura (most novels and comics say Nyota), Pavel Andreievich Chekov (also stated as such in "The Way to Eden"), and Christopher Robin Pike. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) RANKS: TOS: (Franz Joseph's Tech Man) - all stripes 2cm wide. Ensign - No stripe. Lr, j.g.- 1 broken stripe Lt - 1 stripe. Lt Cmdr - 1 broken stripe above 1 stripe. Cmdr - 2 stripes. Capt - 1 broken stripe between 2 stripes. Comdr - 3 stripes. Adm - 4 stripes. TOS: (Fasa rulebook) Recruit - 'Enterprise Star' (ES). Enlisted 2nd Class - ES with slash underneath. Enlisted 1st Class - ES with 2 slashes underneath. Petty Officer 2nd Class - ES with chevron underneath. Petty Officer 1st Class - ES with 2 chevrons underneath. Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and rocker underneath. Senior Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 2 rockers underneath. Master Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 3 rockers underneath. Warrant Officer - 1 silver broken stripe. 1cm wide. Chief Warrant Officer - 1 silver stripe. Ensign - No stripe. (officer stripes are 2cm wide) Lt, j.g. - 1 gold broken stripe. Lt - 1 gold stripe. Lt Cmdr - 1 gold broken stripe above 1 gold stripe. Cmdr - 2 gold stripes. Capt - 1 gold broken stripe between 2 gold stripes. Comdr - 3 gold stripes. Adm - Thick shaded area between 2 gold stripes. Movies: (D Schmidt's Line Officer Requirements) Lt, j.g. - 1 silver pip with gold tip. Lt - 2 silver pips with gold tip. Tips facing. 0.5cm apart. Lt Cmdr - 1 gold bar in a silver cage. Cmdr - 2 gold bars in a silver cage. Capt/ Fleet Capt - 3 gold bars in a silver cage. 2 gold arrowheads on ends of Fleet Captain. 2 silver arrowheads on ends of Captain. Comdr - 1 gold arrowhead on a bronze circle. R Adm - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze rectangle. V Adm - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze triangle. Adm - 4 gold arrowheads on a bronze square. Fleet Adm - 5 gold arrowheads on a gold pentagon. TNG: The "pips" (the circles on the uniform collars) signify rank. A hollow circle counts as a half circle: 0.5: Ensign, Junior Grade ? 1.0: Ensign 1.5: Lt., Junior Grade 2.0: Lt. 2.5: Lt. Commander 3.0: Commander 4.0: Captain 5.0: Commodore (from TNG Tech Manual) There is almost certainly no such rank as "ensign, junior grade" in Starfleet, because there is none in the US Navy, which the Starfleet ranking system is otherwise impeccably modeled after. The "0.5" pip insignia was first spotted, apparently, in "The Drumhead", worn by Crewman Simon Tarses, who had not attended the Academy and therefore could not be an ensign. Subsequent inferences about this insignia can only be relied upon if one assumes that Miles O'Brien has never been a lieutenant, or indeed a commissioned officer, despite what Richard Arnold says (and despite a singular reference in "Where Silence Has Lease"). The current concensus is that the "half-pip" or hollow single circle must represent a non-commissioned rank to which O'Brien has been promoted. A good candidate is that of "Chief Warrant Officer" (again, despite what has been said before), which would be a promotion above "Chief Petty Officer" (from "Family"). Note that this also contradicts the trading cards. The "ensign junior grade" rank is a non-authoritative creation of Shane Johnson and is only used in his Starlog "TNG Technical Journal" (and, incorrectly, in Jeanne Dillard's DS9 novelization for "Emissary"). All the admirals shown on TNG have had two gold bars, one on each collar, each with three gold pips: _______ | | | O O O | |_______| So perhaps gold bars with fewer pips would be used for Fleet Captains. We'll have to wait and see if they ever show up on future TNG episodes. Deanna Troi's rank was given as "Lt Commander" in "Encounter at Farpoint" (the pilot episode) and occasionally on computer displays (e.g. "The Child"). She is introduced by Captain Jellico to some Cardassians as "Lieutenant Commander Troi". Also, in "Disaster", she has command on the bridge; O'Brien said that "Counselor Troi holds the rank of lieutenant commander". Since she's been back in uniform, she has been consistantly wearing 2.5 pips. In TNG's "Thine Own Self" Troi took the Bridge Officer's test and became a full Commander. Wes was made an acting ensign by Picard in "Where No One Has Gone Before", then made full ensign in "Menage a Troi" and given a uniform. O'Brien was addressed by Worf's father as "another chief petty officer" in "Family". He was referred to as "Lieutenant" by Riker in "Where Silence Has Lease" when Riker and Worf beam over to the fake Galaxy-class vessel (though this was before he had been given a name, so it could theoretically be a different character). The latest set of collector's cards has a card for O'Brien and gives his rank as Lt Jr Grade. They apparently decided to demote him for the episode "Realm of Fear" in order to allow Barclay to give orders to him. Richard Arnold (who still works for Paramount even though he lost his office when Roddenberry died) and the Script Consultant mentioned at a March 1993 Creation con in Minneapolis that O'Brien is a lieutenant. Forget his old pips, forget everything else--he is a lieutenant. Also, he was never a petty officer because Star Fleet does not have Petty Officers (ignoring "Family" for the moment). Keiko mentions in the 2nd or 3rd episode of DS9 "...but you would have to give up your promotion"). Riker was given a field promotion to Captain in "The Best of Both Worlds Part 2", but was back to being a commander in the next episode. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) ST:TOS CREW BACKGROUNDS: James Tiberius Kirk is from Riverside, Iowa; he was married in "Paradise Syndrome", and is now a widower. He was also in love (if he knows the meaning of the word) with someone named "Ruth" ("Shore Leave"), and mentioned that he almost married that little blonde lab tech that Gary Mitchell steered Kirk's way ("Where No Man Has Gone Before") which some have guessed to be none other than Carol Marcus. He had a son, David Marcus ("ST2: The Wrath of Khan", "ST3: The Search for Spock"). He had a brother George Samuel Kirk (only Jim calls him Sam) who died in "Opperation--Annihilate!" and has a nephew Peter. See also the "Love Interests" monthly posting for further details. Leonard McCoy was in love with someone named "Nancy", whom the salt-sucker takes the form of in "The Man Trap". They were going to mention in one episode that he had been married with a daughter named Joanna, but it never made it on film. The novel "Crisis on Centaurus" tells us how he meets Kirk, that he is divorced and has one daughter, Joanna. Chekov's ex-girlfriend (Irena [Irini?] Galliulin) is seen in "The Way to Eden". Saavik was half Vulcan and half Romulan. This wasn't mentioned in the movie (probably cut to save time), but it was in the novelization, the trailer shown on Siskel & Ebert, and was mentioned by Stewart in the special showing of "The Cage". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) ST:TNG CREW BACKGROUNDS: William Thomas Riker is from Valdez Alaska. His mother died while he was young (three?). His father (Kyle) was shown in "The Icarus Factor". Wil has turned down three captaincies (the Drake mentioned in "Arsenal of Freedom" (and "Encounter at Farpoint"?), the Aries ("Ares"?) in "The Icarus Factor", and the Melbourne in "Best of Both Worlds"). He enjoys jazz music (Frakes wanted Riker's middle name to be the Tholonius (after the jazz musician Thelonious Monk) so Peter David had been using this is his novels), plays the trombone, is a master of poker, and enjoys cooking. The character was based on Decker. He has a double (Thomas Riker) that was seen in "Second Chances". Thomas is, in every way, the same person, but differs in experience from the point of the accident forward. Will Riker resides in deck 8, room 0912. Jean-Luc Picard is from France. He never married, has an artificial heart (from his wild younger days), enjoys Shakespeare, horseback riding, Dixon Hill novels, and Earl Grey tea. He was born on July 13, 2305 (Maurice and Yvette Picard) in LaBarre, France. He attended SFA from 2322-2327 ("Conundrum"). According to Star Trek Chronology - The History of the Future, Picard applied to Starfleet Academy in the year 2322, but was rejected. He the reapplied the following year (2323) and is accepted. He was captain of the Stargazer for 22 years. Nine years elapsed between the destruction of the Stargazer and Picard's assignment to teh Enterprise-D (which would make Picard's years at captain's rank at least 31 years). He is responsible for the death of Jack Crusher ("Coming of Age", as well as a few other episodes). The full story is given in the 1991 novel "Reunion" on pages 193-198, where Wesley asks his prof about Jack's death. The Stargazer was going to blow up; Jack and another crewman had to go out and cut through the nacelle; they passed out; Picard went out, but could only save one of them, and Jack was not the one. The novel "Encounter at Farpoint" gives a different explanation. (Aside: Patrick Stewart left school at the age of 15 because he was "not interested".) He is 59 years old in "The Neutral Zone" (current year minus birth year), but somehow only 51 years old in "Tapestry" (send back 30 years to age 21). He resides in deck 8, room 3601. Data has an ultimate storage capacity of eight hundred quadrillion bits. His total linear computational speed has been rated at sixty trillion operations per second (from "Measure of a Man"). He was built by Dr. Noonian Soong, who was taught by Ira Graves ("The Schizoid Man"). He was born on February 2, 2336 on Omicron Theta Four, and was at SFA from 2341-2345. He has a brother Lore (who died in "Descent II") and a daughter Lal (born, lived, and presumed dead in "The Offspring"). He and Tasha Yar were "more than friends" ("The Naked Now") or as he said in "The Measure of a Man", "We were... intimate". The character was based on Questor, from "The Questor Tapes". Data is left-handed (not surprising, since Spiner is). Data dreams. He resides in deck 2, room 3653. Worf's parents were killed at Khitomer in a Romulan attack. His adopted parents, Sergei and Helena Rozhenko, (from the planet Gault) were shown in "Family". He has a brother (Kurn), a dead girlfrined K'Ehleyr, a bastard son Alexander ("Reunion", "Cost of Living", etc), a bonded son Jeremy Astor ("The Bonding"), and foster brother Simon from the Rozhenkos ("Heart of Glory"). Worf resides in deck 2, room 3118. Geordi LaForge is named after a Star Trek fan with muscular dystrophy who passed away in 1975 (George La Forge). The character LaForge was born blind, given sight by Riker ("Hide and Q") which he decided he didn't want, and decided against a sight operation by Dr. Pulaski in "Loud As A Whisper". Both his parents are in Starfleet; his father is an exobiologist and his mother is a command officer ("Imaginary Friend"). He was promoted majorly between season s one and two when he was made Chief Engineer (for the first season, they were going through chief engineers left and right). He resides in deck 2, room 2471. Deanna Troi has a Betazed mother (Lwaxana, daughter of the fifth house, holder of the sacred chalice of Riix) and a human father (Alex ("Conundrum"), Ian Andrew ("The Child" and "According to Star Trek Chronology - The History of the Future"), a deceased Starfleet officer). She enjoys chocolate, and was imzadi to Riker. She was born on March 29, 2336 on Betazed, and was at SFA form 2355-2359 ("Conundrum"). According to Star Trek Chronology - The History of the Future, Deanna Troi was on the planet Betazed studying psychology at the University of Betazed. This is in the year 2357. She joins the Enterprise in the 2364. So we have to make up information wrt the years. Perhaps the U of B is affiliated with SFA. She used to have a betazoid cat ("Pen Pals"). She had one child, Ian ("The Child"). Her character was based on Ilia. She is an empath. She resides in deck 8, room 0910. Beverly C Crusher, MD is a widow and mother of Wesley S Crusher, whose father (Jack) was killed while serving under Picard. She was born October 13, 2334 (Paul and Isabel Howard) in Copernicus City, Luna. She also lived on Aveda Three as a child ("The Arsenal of Freedom") (incorrectly spelled "Arvedda" in the novel "Children of Hamlin") where her grandmother lived. She attended SFA from 2349-2355 ("Conundrum"). She was head of Starfleet Medical for one year. (Aside: Cheryl "Gates" McFadden started going by her middle name when she stopped doing B movies). She resides in deck 8, room 2133. Natassia "Tasha" Yar grew up avoiding the rape gangs and died at the "hands" of Armus ("Skin of Evil"). When the Enterprise-C came through a rip in time, it caused a changing of history: the Klingons never became friends with the Federation and Tasha Yar never died. Tasha was sent through the rip to repair the original timeline, apparently to survive and bear a daughter Sela with a Romulan. For a more in-depth explanation, see the "TIME LOOPS" posting. She has a sister Ishara Yar ("Legacy"). Guinan has only been on the Enterprise for a few years ("The Child"), and didn't know Picard before coming on board ("Time's Arrow") but somehow has known Picard for a long, long time ("Time's Arrow"). She is 700 years old (according to Richard Arnold at a 1993 Leicester UK Convention). Her relationship with Picard is more than family; more than friends (from "Best of Both Worlds II"). She was on Earth in the late 1800s ("Times Arrow"). She is left-handed (not surprising, since Whoopi is). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) ST:DS9 CREW BACKGROUNDS: Benjamin Sisko has a "sour space for Captain Picard" (because he lost his wife during the Borg attack at Wolf 359 thanks to Locutus) and is struggling to raise his 12 year old son Jake. He was serving on board the USS Saratoga three years ago during the Borg invasion, then spent some time at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards at Mars rebuilding the fleet. Sisko objected to being assigned to DS9. He told Starfleet he had a son to raise and had been asking for an Earth assignment, not this. His important work on DS9 gives him a new direction, but his is still very much a life framed by tragedy. He is a baseball fan, but since baseball died out in the 22nd century he has to visit the holo-suite to visit players and games. He is gentle, strong, soft-spoken, and short-tempered. Jake Sisko is your typical "army brat" who doesn't remember life on Earth, has been aboard four different starships, and stationed on two planets. This transient life style has taught him how to scope out a new terrain and assimilate quickly. At the same time he has an inner fear of forming new friendships because he loses them so easily. He dreams of going to live on Earth. He collects holodeck programs of various places on Earth that he uses to try to fulfill his fantasy. Deep inside he knows that his mom would still be alive if they did not live in space, and he has a suppressed bitterness about it. His father promised there would be other kids on the station; as it turns out there are only a handful of various alien species. Only one is his age, Nog, a Ferengi teenage boy who is a bad influence. Jake is close with his dad; they are buddies. The boy has no technical expertise at all. He struggles with his homework but is dedicated to doing his best. Odo is the security chief on DS9 (the character has come to be known colloquially as "Jello Man"). He was security chief for the Bajorans before the Federation came to DS9 and was the Cardassian security chief on DS9 before that. He is a shapeshifter, much like Martia in ST6. He was found alone 50 years ago on a mysterious derelict spacecraft that appeared in the Denorias asteroid belt and is from an unknown race. He was found by the Bajorans and lived amongst them. At first he was sort of an Elephant Man, a source of curiosity and humor as he turned himself into a chair or pencil. Finally he realized he would have to take the form of a humanoid to assimilate and function in their environment. He does it, but resents it. As a result, Odo performs a uniquely important role in the ensemble: he is a character who explores and comments on human values. Because he is forced to pass as one of us, his point of view usually comes with a cynical and critical edge. But he can't quite get it right, this humanoid shape, though he continues to try. So he looks a little unfinished in a way. He's been working on it a long time. Someone might ask him: Why don't you take the form of a younger man? His answer: I would if I could. He has the adopted child syndrome, searching for his own personal identity. Although he doesn't know anything about his species, he is certain that justice is an integral part of their being, because the necessity for it runs through every fiber of his body -- a racial memory. That's why he became a law man. He has a couple of Bajoran deputies; he doesn't allow weapons on the Promenade, and once every day he must return to his gelatinous form. He has no sense of smell. He hopes someday that a ship will come through the wormhole whose crew can tell him who and what he is. In order to keep the writers from using his shape-shifting ability to constantly save the day, we find that his ability to assume ANY form is very taxing and he must rest at the end of each day in his natural form, rather like a bowl of Jello. He was there when the Feds took over the station from the Cardassians, and has his own way of doing things, though he wants to become more human (all Star Trek shows have to have ONE character who wants to be human). He'll take the law into his own hands to make things the way he wants. He has been on the station for at least four years prior to the Federation takeover in "Emissary". It is intersting that Odo doesn't know about others like himself when Martia (Star Trek 6) is from a known race called the "Chameloids" and we had the Alassomorph shapeshifters from "The Dauphin". [Placeholder note to eventually add more info taken from the DS9 episode "The Search, part II" --ed] Quark is the Ferengi bartender/civilian administrator. He runs several entertainment concessions along the promenade, including the main bar, restaurant, gambling house, and the holo-suites upstairs where your every fantasy can be played out. He spends most of his time behind the bar. If there is some scam being run in the sector it often involves him. But beyond the malevolence he is a charming host, in a Ferengi sort of way, and forges an interesting relationship with Sisko. They actually enjoy sparring together now and then. The Ferengi lends a hand to dissolve a problem for the commander -- as long as there's something in it for him. His completely sexist attitude makes Kira an obvious adversary, and he is consumed with passion for Dax. He is willing to help the station's crew - as long as there's something in it for him. The Ferengi are ugly, sexist, greedy little aliens who are interested only in profit and getting their hands on anything of yours they happen to fancy. He has been on the station for at least four years prior to the Federation takeover in "Emissary". Nog is Quark's teenage nephew. Nog befriends (and is a constant bad influence on) Jake Sisko. Together they get into lots of trouble. There are supposed to be lots of running jokes on these characters, due to the Ferengi nature. Kira Nerys is the first officer, a former Bajoran terrorist and a major in the Bajoran army. She is having trouble adjusting to the idea of peace. She's a strong, dominant personality, and she is frustrated by the way in which the Bajoran leaders are frittering away valuable time by endlessly debating what their next move should be. This part was originally written to be Ro Laren, but Michelle Forbes declined the role. The character has been renamed, but is otherwise the same. She has been trying without success to reach the Kai herself to air her grievances. It is very possible she was sent by the government to be the Bajoran administrator at the space station simply to get her outspoken voice out of ear shot. Kira loathes the Cardassians. She committed atrocities against them in the name of freedom, some of which bother her. Miles Edward O'Brien enjoys kayaking and poker, got married to Keiko in TNG's season four, and had a daughter Molly in TNG's season five. He was a tactical officer on one of his previous assignments. He transferred to Deep Space Nine along with his family. He's sorry to leave the Enterprise, but pleased at the promotion (to Master Chief of Operations). He will be in charge of the comings and goings of vessels, plus the nuts and bolts maintenance of the station. He's constantly frustrated by the jerry-rigged way this place is put together. He saw the Cardassians commit unspeakable atrocities and lost a close friend at the massacre at Setlik III. The war changed and hardened him. The first man he ever killed was a Cardassian who jumped him on patrol. As he tells the story to another Cardassian in the NexGen episode, The Wounded, "I never killed anything before. When I was a kid I would worry about having to swat a mosquito. It's not you I hate, Cardassian: I hate what I became because of you". Colm Meaney has decided that he would like to switch shows. Keiko will not deal well with the change of scenery and following her husband to this hellhole in order to support his career. Look of more domestic strife. He would receive a commission and would be "Chief Operating Officer" in this case. Lt Jadzia Dax is the half-humanoid science officer (an attractive 28-year-old trill woman (Lieutenant Jadzia Dax), containing a 300-year old worm). For those that don't remember, the Trill is a species which forms a symbiotic link with a humanoid life form (Dr. Crusher fell in love with one in "The Host"). Sisko knew and valued the last person this trill inhabited as one of his most respected teachers (Curzon Dax), and has some deep psychological conflicts with the fact that it now inhabits a beautiful young woman. Many centuries ago [on the Trills' home world], the symbionts lived underground while the humanoids were on the surface. Due to an environmental disaster, they were forced to join to survive. As time went on this mutual support evolved to become a biological dependency, and thus two individuals became one. They speak with one voice. The symbiont's life span is far longer than the host's and, as a result, one symbiont will be combined with several hosts during its life. When a host dies, doctors surgically remove the symbiont. The worm then burrows itself into the new host. Dax's host was joined with her when she was an adult. The symbiont part of her is 300 years old, a brilliant scientist with an innate wisdom who can draw upon a library of knowledge built of six lifetimes of experience. Kira forms a very close relationship with Dax and often tells her to loosen up (this sounds like a mixup of whoever's speech this was from; now that the series has started, it seem to be *Dax* who tells *Kira* to loosen up). Dax admires Kira for her youthful energy, her purpose and her drive and becomes something of a mentor to her. Dr Julian Bashir, Lieutenant Junior Grade is the chief medical officer (in his late 20s). He is wet behind the ears, but thinks he knows it all. He just graduated from Starfleet medical (second from the top of his class) and came out here because this is where heroes are made and this is where the adventure is (even though he was offered a cushy job at Starfleet Medical). He is the antithesis of Kira who is street wise savvy but wiser and cynical. O'Brien becomes Bashir's confidant. As a man who has seen combat and a decorated veteran of Starfleet duty, O'Brien represents an ideal to the young doctor. Julian greatly respects Sisko, but is terrified of him. He is anxious to live up the commander's expectations. Sisko is amused by Julian and is very patient with him. This is the wilderness. He's got a lot to learn. He was patterned after Michael J Fox. Kai Opaka is the Bajoran spiritual leader. The Bajoran are supposed to be very mystic and spiritual. The Kai provides sharp counterpoint to the secular nature of Starfleet. She challenges conventional human logic. The Kai seems to have an awareness on a higher plane of consciousness and knows things she cannot possibly know. Although our people do not accept her powers at face value, we cannot always explain them, either. She speaks in vague, mystical indirect language, forcing her listeners to seek her meaning. There are hints that she has some strange mental powers, which may or may not be explored in the series (sounds like Guinan). And like Guinan, she will be in about a quarter of the episodes each season. We will find out a lot more about Bajorans from DS9. It will be Opaka who finally legitimizes Federation prsence in Bajoran space, and ultimate entry into the Fedreation itself, as she develops a strong bond with Commander Sisko. (Remember that Ro kinda denies her heritage so you won't learn much about them from her.) Opaka is (for the moment) stranded on a planet on the other side of the wormhole ("Battle Lines"). Kai Winn has taken over her position on Bajor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) WIGS, HAIRPIECES, AND BEARDS: Gates McFadden started wearing a wig so she wouldn't have to fuss with her hair each morning (starting with season three). She stopped wearing the wig midway through season six (either "True Q" or "Tapestry"). Nana Visitor wears a wig. Her hair is actually shorter than the short wig she wears on DS9. This may have changed after the first few episodes, since Nana seems to have lengthened her natural hair. It may have changed again (I'm going to have to bill her for making me update this section so often) since her hair is ridiculously short halfway through the third season. Shatner has worn a hairpiece since before working on TOS. He switched to a "permed" hairpiece for the movies. Frakes started wearing a hairpiece sometime after the first season of TNG when he started getting "scalp-burn" from the hot lights on the TNG set. Spiner was *supposed* to be bald for one scene in "Unnatural Selection", but they thought Stewart might take exception to it. Stewart was wearing a piece (with receding hairline) in the mind rape episode where Picard takes Bev to see Jack's corpse. Kirk somehow avoided growing a beard when he was an Indian for a month in "Paradise Syndrome", but his sideburns grew longer. McCoy had a beard at the beginning of ST1. Data grew a beard for a short time in "Unnatural Selection". He also mentioned that his hair can grow. Riker grew a beard after the first season of TNG and has kept it ever since. Frakes said at a con that he grew it in mock protest, but Roddenberry said he liked the "nautical" look it gave him. Picard had a beard in Rip Van Riker's dream ("Future Imperfect"). Geordi was seen shaving in "Code of Honor". Geordi started growing a beard in season six ("The Outcast"), but it's hard enough for him to emote in his acting when you can't see his eyes. Worf has a beard because Klingons are proud of their beards. Dorn plans to grow a beard for season seven so he doesn't have to have one glued on each day. Riker, Worf, and Geordi bet their beards against Bev Crusher's hair color in a sixth season episode. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) CHAIN OF COMMAND The tech/writers guide from TNG season 5 lists the CoC as follows: 1. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 2. Commander William Riker 3. Lt. Commander Data 4. Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge 5. Lt. Worf (Security Division) 6. (Ships Services) 7. (Ships Defense) 8. (Sciences) 9. Commander Dr. Beverly Crusher (CMO) 10 Lt Commander Deanna Troi (Medical) In the case of the episode "Disaster" Troi assumed command based on the fact that she was the ranking officer on the Bridge and because the lieutenant in nominal command was killed. Troi would not have assumed command had the lieutenant lived. According to another section in the guide, all officers at or above the level of lieutenant are assumed to have had access to certain areas of training and can be assumed to have certain skills: 1. pilot shuttle 2. fire phaser 3. operate tricorder 4. fight 5. operate computer 6. operate transporter 7. set a course In addition each character has skills related specifically to their culture or job (i.e. Worf's exotic weapons, Deanna's prescribing psychiatric drugs), etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you know of any other topics that should be included in this list, feel free to email me at one of the addresses below. Be aware that about 10% of the mail I send out bounces, so if you don't get a reply from me, it isn't because I'm ignoring you. :-) This article is Copyright 1990-1996 by Otto Heuer. It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. 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