From: ottoh3@cfsmo.honeywell.com (Otto Heuer #3)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: FAQL: NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA)
Date: 1 Oct 92 05:05:23 GMT
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	LIST OF NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA)
			 (last updated 7/15/92)

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.

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 1) Names (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Data, Vulcans, etc)
 2) Ranks
 3) Crew backgrounds
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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.
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 "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 as "H".
Some novels have it  as "H";  others as  "T".   Geoffrey Mandel's Officer's
Manual lists his middle name as Horatio.

1d) Data's name was shown on a computer screen once 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.

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'll be called in ST6)) , Upenda Uhura some
sources say Nyota), Pavel Andreievich Chekov (also  stated as  such in "The
Way to Eden"), and Christopher Robin Pike.

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2) RANKS: 

TOS:  (Franz Joseph's Tech Man) - all stripes 2cm wide.
     Ensign  - No 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:  Deanna  Troi's  rank  was  given  as  "Lt.    Cmdr"  in "Encounter at
Farpoint" (the pilot episode) and  occasionally on  computer displays (e.g.
"The Child").  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.
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.  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/Fleet Captain	(assumed)

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3) 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.   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.

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".

William T.  Riker  is from  Valdez Alaska.   His  mother died  while he was
young (three?).   His father  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 in  "The Icarus  Factor", and the
Melbourne in "Best of Both Worlds").  He enjoys jazz music (his middle name
is supposedly the  name of  a jazz  musician (Tholonius  Monk?)), plays the
trombone, is a master of poker, and enjoys cooking. The character was based
on Decker.

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  is responsible  for the  death of Jack
Crusher ("Coming  of  Age",  as  well  as a  few other  episodes).  (aside:
Patrick Stewart  left  school  at  the  age  of  15  because  he  was  "not
interested".)

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  the guy  in "The  Schizoid Man".   He and
Tasha Yar were "more than friends"  ("The Naked  Now").   The character was
based on  Questor, from  "The Questor  Tapes".   Data is  left- handed (not
surprising, since Spiner is).

Worf's parents were killed at Khitomer  in a  Romulan attack.   His adopted
parents, Mr.    and Mrs.   Rojenko,  (from the  planet Galt)  were shown in
"Family".  He has a brother (Commander Kurn), a dead girlfrined K'Ehleyr, a
bastard son  Alexander  ("Reunion"),  and a  bonded son  Jeremy Astor ("The
Bonding").

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 mother is an exobiologist
and his  father  is  an  officer  (might  have  these reversed) ("Imaginary
Friend").

Deanna Troi has  a Betazed  mother (Lwaxana,  daughter of  the fifth house,
holder of  the  sacred  chalice  of  Riix) and  a human  father (a deceased
Starfleet officer), enjoys chocolate, and was imzadi to Riker.  She used to
have a  betazoid  cat  (from the  episode where  Picard was  with the holo-
horse).  Her character was based on Ilia.  She is an empath.

Beverly C. Crusher, M.D. is a widow and mother of Wes Crusher, whose father
(Jack) was killed while serving under  Picard.   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)

Miles Edward O'Brien enjoys kayaking and poker, got married in season four,
and had a child in season five.

Guinan has  only been  on the  Enterprise for  a few  years [episode?], and
didn't know Picard before coming on board [episode?] but  somehow has known
Picard for a long, long time [episode?].   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).

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