Warrant officer

Warrant officer was a type of rank used by Starfleet in the 24th century. 
In 2384, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway took on Dal R'El, Jankom Pog, Rok-Tahk, Murf, and Zero under her wing as warrant officers in training, as a compromise, due to refusal to let them formally enroll into Starfleet Academy as they felt it was unfair to the Federation citizens already on the waiting list. () The group and Gwyndala were later allowed to enroll into Starfleet Academy before it was shut down indefinitely because of the Attack on Mars. Afterwards, Janeway, Captain Chakotay and The Doctor gave the group field commissions as ensigns and the which had been turned into a training ship. ()
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===Background information===
According to the personal notes of the movie-era Starfleet ranks designer, Robert Fletcher, "there is no warrant rank." (p. 11)
A '"Star Trek" Cast Ranks' memo from Rick Berman to Bill Theiss confirms the intention of having warrant ranks, whereas it was stated that the "C.W.O." ("Chief Warrant Officer") was described as having "1 Black Disk" (pip).
According to the , the insignia worn by CPO Miles O'Brien in 's first few years and enlisted Maquis on was supposed to represent a warrant officer, even though numerous dialogue references and general naval parlance about the ranks of those referred to would seem to contradict this.
The insignia for Voyagers provisional crewmembers were designed by Jim Magdaleno. He intended for the insignia with a single black line within the lozenge to represent the position of chief warrant officer. 
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