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	LIST OF NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA)
			 (last updated 10/30/92)

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  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 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 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.  This is obviously not  a hard  and fast  rule, 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.

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:  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)

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  Commodores.  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").

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.
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.

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.

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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.  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".

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 was born on July 13,  2305 (Maurice and
Yvette Picard)  in  LaBarre,  France.    He  attended  SFA  from  2322-2327
("Conundrum").  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.  (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 Ira Graves ("The  Schizoid Man").   He was
born on February 2, 2336 on Omicron Theta, and  was at  SFA from 2341-2345.
He has a dead brother Lore and a daughter Lau ("Conundrum").   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", "Cost of Living", etc), 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").  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).

Deanna Troi has  a Betazed  mother (Lwaxana,  daughter of  the fifth house,
holder of the sacred chalice of Riix) and a human father  (Alex, a deceased
Starfleet officer), enjoys  chocolate, and  was imzadi  to Riker.   She was
born on  March  29,  2336  on  Betazed,  and  was  at  SFA  form  2355-2359
("Conundrum").  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 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 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).

Miles Edward O'Brien enjoys kayaking and poker, got married in season four,
and had a child in season five.  He was  a tactical  officer on  one of his
previous assignments.

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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