LIST OF NAMES, RANKS, AND SERIAL NUMBERS (AND CREW DATA) (last updated 1/12/93) 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) Crew backgrounds =========================================================================== 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) 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. 1e) 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, 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. --Otto "HACK-MAN" Heuer _____ _________ _ _____ _____ _____ _____ | ___|| _______|| | Otto E. 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