Flight control officer

The flight control officer, also known as conn officer, or simply conn or helm, was the crewmember on a Federation starship assigned the duty of piloting the vessel. This position combined the roles of the navigator and helmsman used previously. The term "conn" was also used to refer to the flight control station itself. () As a staff officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade Tom Paris held the position of chief conn officer aboard . ()
During the rewrite of Tuvok's Insurrection Alpha holoprogram, B'Elanna Torres suggested that "there is room in every good story for a little bit of passion." Paris agreed, saying that "you know, maybe you're on to something. I could add a steamy love scene between the Starfleet conn officer and the Maquis engineer." Torres sarcastically responded, "Oh, that's realistic." ()
== List of flight control officers ==
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* Lieutenant Junior Grade Geordi La Forge (2364)
* Lieutenant Torres (2364; relief)
* Chief Miles O'Brien (2364; relief)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Worf (2364; relief)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade (2364; relief)
* Ensign Haskell (2365)
* Ensign Clancy (2365)
* Ensign (2365)
* Acting Ensign/Ensign Wesley Crusher (2365-2367)
* Ensign Allenby (2367)
* Ensign Anaya (2367)
* Ensign (2367)
* Ensign Felton (2368)
* Lieutenant Ro Laren (2368-2369, 2370)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Monroe (2368; relief)
* Ensign Sariel Rager (2367-2369)
* Ensign McKnight (2367-2369)
* Ensign Gates (2366-2370)
* Ensign (2370)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Sam Lavelle (2370)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Jae (2371)
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* Ensign (2372)
* Lieutenant (2374)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Hector Ilario (2375)
:Jadzia Dax, Kira Nerys, and Nog provisionally served as conn officer at various times.
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* Lieutenant Stadi (2371)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade/Ensign Tom Paris (2371-2378; chief conn officer)
* Ensign Culhane (2375)
* Ensign (2375)
* Lieutenant Junior Grade Ayala (2378)
* Commander Chakotay (2378; relief)
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* Lieutenant (2373)
* Lieutenant Branson (2379)
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* Ensign Nell Chilton (unknown, alternate future timeframe)
== Appendices ==
=== Apocrypha ===
The Star Trek Roleplaying Game Player's Guide describes the flight controller as having to be knowledgeable in atmospheric craft, subspace field geometry, complex mathematics, space sciences, astrogation, system operation of the flight console, and systems repairs at the level of a technician.
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