Star Trek: How EVERY Captain Became Captain

Do you have what it takes to become a Captain? See how this list of famous names did it.
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[@TrekCulture]

Sulu, Jellico, Decker, Tilly, April, Hernandez, La Forge... part 2?

[@mongoslade5248]

B expecting it. Won't call U OUT over Sulu. 4 now.

[@thedelta4258]

Kim, Nog and a few others from STO

[@cobaltitconsultinginc.9600]

Harry Kim

[@Ninjajp247]

Harry Kim in new timeline. Original Harry Kim signed in his commission after losing all hands on voyager in original timeline, while skipping in the flyer with Chakotay. It was during their attempt to navigate the quantum skip tunnel they stole from the Borg. They were flung loose and phased into an ice planet.... Bodily.

[@Finians_Mancave]

Don't forget Capt Ransom of the Equinox (From Voyager series).

[@theusernameicoodfind]

Sisko is the only one that really got the screen time devoted to becoming a captain.

[@ChristmasLore]

And now, Captain M.Burnham and Captain Saru.

[@oninoni]

Riker? Kinda TNG Is his way to captain

[@seansullivan7928]

Is siko the broad

[@stellatedodin656]

Riker did as well. Saw him grow up all through the 1st Officer position up to Captain. And if you're into the extended lit universe, you get to see him rise up to Admiral...

[@pmd1973]

You missed Captain Sulu.... Oh my!

[@thebammer5166]

You beat me to it.

[@upsidedown4155]

There was a little nod to him, 0:09

[@haloboy456]

@@upsidedown4155 nah, I want a highlight lol, maybe one on Decker too, I'm sure there's a book out there.

[@upsidedown4155]

@@haloboy456 i get what ya saying, but considering its free its not a bad deal

[@mikeschneck9570]

Yeah they did didn't they

[@johnk9707]

Picard not only smiled when stabbed through the heart...he laughed

[@stevenswapp4768]

In his own words, he "LOLed"

[@vmolin2162]

Sisko should have started as Captain and been promoted to Commodore. His responsibilities were to big for a mere Commander! Sisko was responsible for preparing Bajor for entry into the Federation, for containing the Maquis threat, for maintaining a fragile peace with the scheming Cardassians, for planning and coordinating the war effort against the Dominion, and more.

[@davemiller6055]

Commodore isn't a reank, it is the title of a position. A captain commanding a flotilla or group of ships. It's a temporary position for the duration of a mission.

[@vmolin2162]

@@davemiller6055 Maybe in the U.S. Navy but this is Star Trek. In TOS there were several Commodores commanding starbases and in the episode "Doomsday Machine" a commodore commanded a single ship.

[@MDarkraven]

Sisko was in command of the Bajorian Sector as well as commanding Deep Space Nine. He would have been a Rear Admiral if not a full Admiral actually. Because of the area of his command. I have always believed the character of short changed in development.

[@MDarkraven]

@dave miller. Here are examples from TOS. Commodore Stone, Commander of StarBase 10, Commodore Jose Mendez, Commander of StarBase 12, Commodore George Stocker, Commodore Matthew Decker, Commanding Officer of the USS Constellation, Commodore Robert Wesley, Commanding the USS Lexington and a Task Force of 4 Starships (Lexington, Potemkin, Excalibur and Hood) From TNG... Vice Admiral Takamura, Commander of StarBase 173. Admiral Dexter Holt, Commander of Deep Space 3, Vice Admiral William Ross, Commander, Federation Forces Starbase 375. So Dave that is why I said Sisko got short changed.

[@williamwalls9745]

@@davemiller6055 Nope. The Starfleet officer rank system is based on the US Navy system where Commodore is a full-fledged military rank between Captain and Rear Admiral, that is assigned only during time of war. (Presumably, Commodore Decker from TOS is a holdover from a period of war. where he was promoted to that rank but had not since ascended to the admiralty.)

[@pills-]

You could probably make this list entirely with the OG Kirk and how many times he's been reinstated/demoted/promoted to captain :D

[@ecliptorcalrissian5014]

Throw in the Kelvin Timeline too, just to show that how no matter how history gets screwed with, it's a constant.

[@KittyStarlight]

It would be a very different sort of list if you did that. Because instead of being the list of every captain, it would just be the list of all the promotions, demotions and reinstatements of Captain Kirk. The list goes on and on. ^___^ I suppose there is probably enough for at least a good 10 to 12 minutes (or maybe more minutes) just from that list.

[@KittyStarlight]

The illustrious career of the captain with the most promotions, demotions and reinstatements in Starfleet history. That would indeed make an interesting list.

[@hagamapama]

Not really. Captain Kirk was promoted to Admiral once, then demoted once. Both for perfectly good reasons.

[@Sparky71870]

@@hagamapama, actually he was promoted to Admiral twice. Quite some time after his first promotion he took a voluntary demotion to command the Enterprise for the V'ger mission. Afterward he was re-instated as an Admiral.

[@kjamison5951]

Captain Hikaru Sulu. To quote the man himself “Are you kidding?” Oh my!

[@abbaszaidi8371]

“Ha....aaaaa....aaaaaa!”

[@SantomPh]

No one actually told us how Sulu bevame captain in-universe

[@Ninjajp247]

Captain of the excelsior

[@Ninjajp247]

@@SantomPh he was captain of the excelsior in star trek v chasing Kirk and them after they stole 1701-A to find the God of shaka ree

[@GeorgeSaint666]

How about Captain Crusher.... uhm I mean Captain Beverly Picard.

[@jennifermason6649]

You forgot Sulu becoming Captain of Excelsior.

[@super_ficial]

What about Gates ?

[@aziizrocks]

And H. Kim

[@super_ficial]

@@aziizrocks Very good. This is way Star Wars will always play second fiddle to Star Trek.

[@aziizrocks]

Especially after the last 3 movies, that's why I don't like discovery and Picard as an another scifi action series.

[@kjamison5951]

Oh my! How did they miss that one?

[@jameyohanlon2954]

Janeway was always the boldest, most decisional, and deadliest person to occupy the center seat. She could negotiate with skill or kick some alien ass with equal aplomb. She gave little quarter all the while staying within Star Fleet Regulations.

[@kassistwisted]

Until Pike, Janeway was the only starship Captain that I would glady follow into a fire. She exuded leadership.

[@tdog999100]

Dafaq you talking about? Janeway was unhinged, particularly in the last couple seasons and trampled on the prime directive more than once

[@willmoore8708]

Talk about "projection." Janeway was the best of all the captains. I can't count how many times Kirk ignored the prime directive. Well, I could, but I don't feel like it.@@tdog999100

[@ExarchGaming]

i'd say sisko is the most lethal of the captains, he was willing to render a planet uninhabitable in order to fight the maquise and willing participated in the assassination of a romulan politician.

[@stevenswapp4768]

​@@ExarchGamingSisko, (my favorite) is the one who I would be most worried to have really pissed off at me.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Riker and Sisko were Commanders for so Long cause they KNEW that IT IS the Most comfortable Rank in Starfleet.. Almost all the Power but only a Fraction of the responsibilities of the Captains Rank xD

[@robertagu5533]

Siskos promotion when his DS9 series began was long time coming. An personally I think by where he got where he was in the books post TV show he shoulda promoted to Admiral. Had to know during the Dominion War they was thinking about it. I would've if was them, he proved to be one the most experienced and best battle Captains they ever had

[@marvelboy74]

Sisko was at Lt. Commander though during Wolf 359 and his transfer to Utopia Planitia likely slowed down his development. But he was a single parent at the time and grieving the loss of his wife so being closer to home was probably what he needed. He didn't want to move Jake to Bajor and take command of DS9 though. But obviously that corresponds to his rank of full Commander and then we say his development from there.

[@cymaddux3131]

Shit, they are the busiest position on the ship

[@Mechani-Kong]

Straight up, the commander in position is where all the action is

[@jasonpye4649]

@@cymaddux3131 yeah along with everything else, they're in charge of Duty rosters

[@CertifiablyIngame]

This is a really cool video idea!

[@shuttleman27c]

Cool video idea as in the video is just an idea? Or as in you will make your own?

[@coltrinculo703]

Hello there

[@seancaptain3043]

Hi, I'm subbed

[@randyrogers8568]

I'm an ex US Navy officer and I can tell you right now the easiest way to attain the rank of Captain is ............ join the Army.

[@munstrumridcully]

Lmao! So true! Too bad most people won't get it because they don't know that in the US Air Force, Army or Marines, captain is a low rank, going from 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., and then CPT. You swabbies make everything confusing by having CPT. as such a high rank, above commander and just below Rear Admiral (lower half). To hell with Naval tradition--a captain is an 0-3 not an 0-6! 😉

[@robertf3479]

@@munstrumridcully No, you grunts, jarheads and grunts with wings confuse things badly by calling your O-3s 'Captain' when they are nothing of the sort. Captains are obviously highly experienced senior officers actually commanding independent units, usually with more firepower than anything your O-3s could command. 😉

[@munstrumridcully]

@@robertf3479 Oh you squids are all alike! What are all those big guns overcompensating for? 😃 The only good naval style "Captains" are Captain Kirk and Captain Picard! Real captains salute majors! 😉

[@harcomou8395]

You guys are hillarious!😎😂

[@harcomou8395]

An Army-Captain MIGHT be intimmidated by a CSM (Command Sergeant Major), a Navy-Captain certainly not by a Master Chief Petty Officer. Unless it's not the MCPON when he's a in company of his buddy the CNO ☆☆☆☆

[@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732]

Before Star Trek, Avery Brooks played a character called Hawk on Robert Urich's Spensor for hire, and a short lived spin off called 'A man called Hawk.' That is where the bad ass bald head came from.Hawk had the bald head and goatee which made him look like a tough dude. Brooks grew his hair back specifically for the DS9.

[@MicahSps]

The executives didn't want him to keep the shaved head as they thought he'd look too much like Hawk.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@MicahSps by season 4, someone saw the stupidity of that. They finally let Avery Brooks go with his Hawk look.

[@chrismurray1084]

@@BrotherDerrick3X plus the next generation was still going so chances are that they would not want two captains with no hair

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

@@chrismurray1084 would that be about his bald being better-looking? Because it is.

[@chrismurray1084]

@@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds It most certainly would be

[@karidhacker3196]

Captain Kathryn Janeway: Energize! Me: My day is done!

[@skippy8696]

Perhaps, but no-one says 'battle stations!' like captain Sisko.

[@yetinother]

"EVERY" Captain? you missed SO MANY!

[@hayleygolding4187]

Can I just say... I love the way Marcus Bronzy presents his episodes of TrekCulture 👍

[@devildogdragon9171]

You forgot to mention Captain Sulu who assisted Captain Kirk destroy a new version of the Klingon Warbird that could attack while still cloaked.

[@stlgraywolf4283]

An "autobiography" about Picard explains many of the details of his life during and after the Stargazer years. It's a really good book and I highly recommend it to any fan.

[@user-pn1fe6sg2w]

Sam Beckett became Jonathan Archer; Enterprise was one of the best multi-part episodes of Quantum Leap.

[@nbc_uk]

Oh boy...

[@PrincessToyNerd]

Well, so that’s why Sam never came back home…

[@julianaylor4351]

😁

[@edwardtakoch5181]

Btw, it wasn't just Kelvin Kirk that beat the Kobayashi Maru by reprogramming the test, Original Kirk did it as well, albeit on his third attempt.

[@snate56]

And he didn't do it by sleeping with an Orion computer programmer, either.

[@groom_of_the_stool]

Scotty crashed the Kobiyashi Maru program. I guess that means he beat it.

[@carolheaden]

Who is kelvin kirk

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

@@carolheaden Kirk in the alternate (kelvin) timeline, the one in the new movies

[@mrcritical6751]

Sadly though in The Kelvin Timeline they were far more strict about it and he was punished for it

[@token1371]

Benjamin Sisko had the most difficult senior staff. Call me crazy, but I LOVED Captain Edward Jellico (Ronny Cox) no nonsense direct command style that shook the senior staff out of Picard complacency.

[@williamalfonso1373]

Good! He was a dick to Picard.

[@token1371]

@@williamalfonso1373 *Picard is good, but he is VERY overrated from using his top talent.* Picard was meeting the officer who could make his dream come true of Bajor's Starfleet admission. Why not ask Data: "Tell me EVERYTHING about Ben Sisko"?

[@mystikmind2005]

Jellico was a moron, Ronny Cox did an excellent job of portraying the typical arrogant commander that usually gets everyone killed - But that scenario is nothing new, there are always plenty of 'outside' captains and admirals who turn up from time to time to play the idiots in order to make the main characters look smart. It does beg the question though as to where Starfleet manages to find all these moronic admirals/captains and how did they become an admiral/captain in the first place given the strict criteria of Starfleet??!

[@MatthewHolevinski]

my god he was great

[@JamesSerapio]

Jellico strikes me as a very capable military commander. Possibly my favourite captain in Star Trek. And he was totally right in finally demanding that Troi wear a uniform while on duty.

[@BlueSideUp77]

There's more to add for Janeway, with the Janeway Autobiography book. It is a good read. Not her fault 3 crewmen were injured.

[@mattlawler8794]

Captain Picard had a painting of a space station in his quarters. Considering there’s a painting of the Enterprise D and a model of the Stargazer in his ready room, I think the show runners wanted to hint that Picard may have been in command of that space station at some point. It would have been a good way to explain what he did in the nine years between the Stargazer and the Enterprise.

[@LadyArachnea]

Picard's Face Palm & Janeway's Death Glare are just Iconic 😀😉 Mwaaaaa "Energize". cannot hear that again without thinking of you 😁😂

[@RubberStig]

When I think of the most iconic Janeway-ism, I always think "Take us out!" Picard is of course the "Picard Manoeuvre" (pulling his tunic down) Sisko was only Sisko when bald ;-)

[@LadyArachnea]

@@RubberStig There is coffee in this Nebula 😁😋

[@WalterDWormack214]

*Captain Montgomery Scott,* was still serving as the *Chief Engineer* of the U.S.S. Enterprise, when he received his *promotion to Captain of Engineers.*

[@DeppenGamingLP1987]

His rank is captain and his position ist engineer. so the rank ist not ever the same the position. A position of the captain can be a commander...the rank: commanding officer commander xy or Lt.Cdr

[@DragoonMS]

Wait. Captain Garrett was born in Indiana like Captain Janeway? So between Garrett, Janeway, and Kirk, we've so far had a three country folks as starship captains, which is just AWESOME!! (not to include Dr. McCoy, as we don't know exactly what went on for him in the time between Generations and the TNG episode "Encounter at Farpoint" where he's an Admiral)

[@haroldhenderson2824]

To quote Wharf in a DS9 episode - We have lots of Captains, but few ships.

[@TysonPower]

This lore dive was dope! Love more stuff like this.

[@timclarke2661]

Captain Sulu: "Do I mean nothing to you?!"

[@Figgy20000]

Also Captain Suru Also about 20 other captains they missed sadly

[@icycream1406]

Anything Capt. Janeway says is just something else hah! She's my favorite captain. Love it! Thanks for this.

[@batgurrl]

I thought I was the only one. I see lots of hate or dislike or disrespect in comments and plenty of lists

[@icycream1406]

batgurrl haters gonna hate I guess, our Captain’s got a lot of fans! Ignore the haters. Gene Roddenberry’s hope for the future is all about getting past that kind of behavior.

[@batgurrl]

icycream1406 so true. I also think there’s plenty of misogyny going on. Seven was hot but not in charge so they love her. She was the only captain out there all alone with no help from the federation. Hardest job of all🖖

[@icycream1406]

batgurrl preach gurl! That’s why I love her, she stayed strong for her crew. And was a respected leader while maintaining her femininity. They were alone in that quadrant and they really became a bonded family by the end of it which is great.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@icycream1406 And her autobiography book, by Brad Goodman, is also out soon...

[@AustinFan4Life]

You forgot Captain Jellico. He replaced Picard during the events of "Chain of Command" in season 6 of TNG.

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

Right, but...nobody cares about him.

[@AustinFan4Life]

@@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds There are far too many fans on him than you realize, so to say "no one", isn't exactly accurate.

[@batgurrl]

Janeway rules in my book despite flaws.

[@JoseMolina-ij3xx]

The Flaws were mostly in the writers.

[@batgurrl]

Jose Molina tedious didn’t mean her acting or anything. Yes, it’s the writing

[@Sarasdad91]

Janeway is a great Captain, but 7 of 9 is just great to look at.

[@wearemikej]

Janeway's flaws humanized her which made her a great captain. She's in my top three.

[@batgurrl]

@@wearemikej she’s in my top two

[@the_door_opener2622]

Everyone here is complaining about the lack of Sulu, while I’m sitting here thinking about my man Captain Decker. Great video, man, it was really interesting hearing about all the different captain’s backgrounds. I always felt bad for Harriman, always thought Generations did him cheap, though, Generations did everyone cheap. My favorite Captain is probably Archer, I always loved the feel of Enterprise really getting out there and exploring unknown space. Sure, Archer said “We’re new at this” and “We’re new in this neighborhood “ and “We’re just exploring” a bit too many times in the first two seasons, but I still love him and the crew of Enterprise NX-01 all the same.

[@jimslancio]

A favorite of mine is Captain Ben Maxwell from the NextGen episode "The Wounded."

[@jacksonheathen2092]

Me too

[@charlescarmichael1124]

I liked him better as Ethan Kanin in 24.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Thanks for sharing such a comprehensive summary of the Star Trek captains!!! I love your channel!! 🖖

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Brilliant. I love your inflexion in your voice. You make a perfect narrator.

[@jabbarthomas5855]

What you have to remember that just as in the real Navy (upon which Star Trek’s rank system is based), there is the RANK of CAPTAIN and the POSITION of CAPTAIN. The rank itself is a higher rank but it doesn’t guarantee that you will achieve the CAPTAINCY of a vessel or station or outpost. Another term for CAPTAIN (referring to the POSITION not the RANK), is COMMANDING OFFICER (or C.O.). So you can be a CAPTAIN-COMMANDING OFFICER but NOT hold the RANK of CAPTAIN. This happens all the time in the Navy. You often see a Lieutenant Commander serving as a CAPTAIN (the POSITION) of a smaller vessel or non-capital ship or even a shore facility like a Frigate or an Supply Ship or a small base. One example of this (and the only Star Trek CAPTAIN of a ship or facility who wasn’t a CAPTAIN in rank is Benjamin Sisko). Later he is promoted to CAPTAIN in rank, but before that he was only a COMMANDER (one rank lower) but still the COMMANDING OFFICER of DS9 and the Defiant as he held the rank of Commander.. Most of the time DS9 avoids confusing the viewers by rarely referring to him as the “Captain of DS9” in position, which he TECHNICALLY he was as its Commanding Officer. They refer to him as “Commander Sisko” until he gets his promotion to Captain (in rank), though he already was a “Captain”. I can understand why they would avoid calling Sisko a “Captain” before he achieved the rank to avoid confusion (though I think they should have started him off as a Captain in the first place...). Are there Captains that are NOT commanding officers of a vessel or ship? Absolutely! In the Navy these officers are normally taken off of any ships and placed on shore facilities as an attaché (assistant) to an Admiral. You see this once or twice in TNG BUT they don’t talk much about it.

[@jonathanfraser6738]

Its also a military tradition that if you not a full general-L, you re still addressed as general. The same also goes for admirals

[@mattlawler8794]

There was one episode during the Dominion War where Dax was in command of the Defiant. O’Brian told Nog that even though Dax didn’t hold the rank of Captain, she should be called Captain because she was in command of the ship.

[@thomashill6347]

Thank you for working hard to give us fans a insightful look at the many interesting Captain characters in Star Trek. I always know I will enjoy the from TrekCulture My you live long and prosper. Maybe you could do an insightful look at what you think makes a Captain a great one from top to bottom.

[@myozbubble]

Great timeline. Thanks for not deviating from the theme. That's much appreciated and, respectful of my time with you. Thumbs up!

[@williampollard4759]

Very Well Done presentation. Your presenting voice is pleasant to listen to, and is engaging. I love the fact that you INDEXED all the video to enable your viewer to randomly selct the area of choice, or to rewind a selection. The content is very accurate, and informative. I would have to give this 5 out of 5 stars over all

[@the4thviewer28]

You missed Captain Decker, Captain of the refitted Enterprise before Kirk reduced him to Commander when he “stole” the command from him

[@Cybonator]

Oh my, that was truncated list. Capt Beverly Picard? Capt Geordie La Forge? Capt Harry Kim?

[@lutaria16]

Poor Harry, Tom was promoted twice and he had nothing.

[@daisyveronique3439]

Those were alternative universes, kinda hard to figure out how they got there without anything wilritten about it before hand

[@mnfrench7603]

What about Captain EMH?

[@simonhodgson5879]

They included Kelvin Kirk, why not alt crusher, Kim etc

[@seanryan3020]

Captain Decker? Captain Sulu? Captain April? Captain Scotty? (I know the video mentioned it, but not *how* he became captain) Dr. McCoy was an admiral in the TNG pilot, so he must have been captain at some point!

[@Seal0626]

12:51 that is a BEAUTIFUL transition cut.

[@rbrice259]

This was actually really very informative and to be honest. Calming. Damn good work. Thank you

[@billcarr9902]

William Windom as Commodore Matt Decker in "The Doomsday Machine" Playing with the disks in his hand in Kirk's chair after he took Command of Enterprise. Priceless.

[@markreeter6227]

Bogart's Queeg - 'The Caine Mutiny' (1954).

[@billcarr9902]

@@markreeter6227 Yes. Never thought of thar until now. Great comparison.

[@Damnsaburna]

I like when Suru becomes acting captain he has the computer tell him the strengths of al the best captains and archer was on the list. Enterprise is my fave so far :)

[@johncunningham4820]

Who's Suru ? Saru or Sulu ?

[@Damnsaburna]

@@johncunningham4820 saru* my bad 😁

[@johncunningham4820]

@@Damnsaburna . Thought so . I liked Saru as well .

[@Damnsaburna]

@@johncunningham4820 I can’t wait to see the Kelpians in discovery new season

[@karlleighton3508]

Just watching this has made me want to rewatch all Trek, love it.

[@cathythoman]

I’m re watching ds9

[@danielshaver4517]

Okay, This turned out to be a much better video than I expected it to be. Very well done.

[@trekcontinuum5946]

Great video! One minor addendum, Kirk commanded a second 5 year mission after the V’Ger incident where Spock returned to being Exec & Sci officer. Before people comment saying that’s not on screen canon... nor is half of this awesome countdown!

[@laurahuston2187]

And at least thus was not the JJ timeline!

[@robertballasty395]

Correct - There was a second five-year mission under Kirk. Non-canon is that when Admiral Kirk felt time for a change (choosing to be closer to the Academy than to Operations as in his previous desk job) he pushed for Spock to become Captain. Spock said he would take the job as a teaching position only.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

As recently documented in the novel The Higher Frontier, yes, Robert.

[@les4767]

How every captain became captain... Sulu: Am I a joke to you?

[@robertagu5533]

Well yeah.. actually you are Sulu.

[@Munataaa]

The new "Gay Sulu" is.

[@les4767]

@@Munataaa Agreed...Nero changing the timeline wouldn't have changed Sulu's sexuality.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

I read this in Takei's voice in my mind.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@les4767 he was never explicitly straight in TOS, he isn't explicitly gay in the Kelvin movies either. Bisesxual people exist, so STFU.

[@mitchellburgess5253]

Honestly, a question I never asked, but I damn well want to know the answer

[@ToallpointsWest]

Wow this took a lot of research! Good show!

[@thomaswashington5888]

They wanted to replace Commander Riker with his double in the episode "Second Chances". When i read that recently, i thought it was interesting! Thank you for this video! I really loved it!

[@thejimg]

I'm sure that Prime Spock played a part in Kelvin Kirk getting promoted to Captain...

[@benwillems8584]

How? Other than a motivating speech

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

That and the fact that he was Pike’s personal protege. I mean the guy was being groomed to be captain and not only devastated every challenge put to him but did it in record time and then saved the earth for good measure.

[@Iwtni06]

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you!

[@yahccs1]

What a lot of information you found... fascinating! I agree you missed Sulu... anyone else? PS glad you mentioned the "alternative timeline of Kirk etc." I thought that one had messed up the entire future history of the Star Trek universe and changed everything.

[@Seinghesa]

Daring putting both Kirk's down the list. Love your questioning!

[@russellarcher5181]

No Captain Sulu? I'm surprised you didn't resort to the _"Sisko is a badass"_ meme; by pointing out his ship is shaped like the back of his hand!

[@stevengalloway8052]

Good examinations and explanations. Thank you... 👍

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Nicely done #1!

[@thomasaanderson7967]

It would have been funny to sneak a picture of Q at the end of the picture of all the captains.

[@masere]

"That's Captain Q to you young man!"

[@robertf3479]

Captain Harriman obviously hadn't paid close attention when researching the history of ships named 'Enterprise.' Ships carrying that name often end up in the middle of the storm when the manure hits the high speed blower. 'The torpedoes and medical staff don't arrive until Tuesday,' Kirk just rolls his eyes.

[@amberwalsh2712]

lol right

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

😂 do you mean when the shit hits the fan???

[@talkingbull10]

My friend, this is really good...Thank you.

[@davidchamblee4364]

Great video. Excellent narration !

[@dissectingdiy]

Deep space nine was one of my favorite series. Just seeing the upgrades starfleet had to implement as a result of the Dominion war. As a result of the loss of the USS Odyssey. The Defiant was amazing. And Captain Sisko was one of the best captains in my opinion.

[@sean.ferrick]

Damn good idea for an article 😎

[@marcusbronzyofficial]

I need to shake the hand of whoever came up with this

[@mrbooks5]

Excellent video! lots of info!

[@pknuttarlott4934]

I love your antique film filter the squiggly lines random black dots and cigarette burns. Beautiful.

[@transitengineer]

This was outstanding! While, I have seen all the classic Star Trek shows which, aired on network TV. Can only remember the details of how they became either a Star Ship or Space Station Captain for a few. For example, the Deep Space Nine back story is special because the commander was passed over for a promotion to the rank of Captain and then sent to an "out of the way" posting that few in Star Fleet even carried about. However, after finding a stable "worm hole" and meeting an advanced alien race (the prophets) things changed.

[@2bituser569]

Was he passed over for Captain or just not enough experience yet as Commander?

[@transitengineer]

Good question. So, I just went back and re-watched the first 15 minutes of the 1st episode and it appears he had everything needed to be promoted to Captain including commanding a star ship in battle against the Borg. With the loss of his wife however, he longer had that "command altitude" and continued to "blame"Captain Parcard, for the death of his wife (both which, according to Star Fleet standards showed that he was not yet ready for the higher rank of Captain).

[@2bituser569]

transitengineer Yet ready for helping Bajor into the Federation?

[@transitengineer]

Guess, when watching the pilot episode we each view it differently but, that is what makes for an excellent TV show. When alone on the Enterprise together, Captain Parcard says he wants Bajor added to the Federation. When Sisko asks, do you think it will happen? Captain Parcard's reply is, it is not clear because with their new independence old factions have started fighting each other again. Then Sisko states "Sounds like they are not ready".

[@2bituser569]

transitengineer Picard

[@glennng6221]

What about Kelsey Grammer's character, Captain Morgan Bateson (in STTNG) of the Soyuz class U.S.S Bozeman?

[@douglasrowland3722]

Well....he's a Britt....so he probably knows very little about Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs !!!!!!!.........lol

[@themelligator]

A fact you may know, Bozeman is an homage to birthplace of producer Brannon Braga. His AIM handle used to be Boze65 or something.

[@Tar-Numendil]

Or the captain of the Saratoga in The Voyage Home, or Erika Hernandez of Colombia NX-02, or Hikaru Sulu of Excelsior. This video is missing a lot.

[@Tar-Numendil]

@@themelligator And here I was thinking it was named so because First Contact with the Vulcans happened in Bozeman, Montana.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

Never realized it was called the Kelvin timeline due to the ship being named the Kelvin. I had thought it was due to them having Kelvin class tech from the start rather than in main Trek where Kelvin class ships and tech only show up at the very end during the dominion war. Before that point no one in the Alpha Quadrant had a capital sized ship.

[@markhealey3660]

Captain Sulu? Shows how much I miss not having time to watch tv. Thanks. Loved the update.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

He got promoted towards the end of the original series movies.

[@LancetFencing]

Once again Sisko should have been a Commodore

[@cimbakahn]

TrekCulture: Here are some you have missed: Captain Robert T. April / Captain Garrovick / Captain Matt Decker / Captain Will Decker / Captain Hikaru Sulu / Captain Styles / Captain Edward Jellico / Captain Benjamin Maxwell / Captain Erik Pressman / Captain Silva La Forge / Captain Zimbata / Captain Robert DeSoto / Captain Leyton / Captain Tim Watters / Captain Solok / Captain Nog (In an alternate timeline 2422) / Captain Rudolph "Rudy" Ransom / Captain Harry Kim (In an alternate 25th century timeline) / Captain Michael Burnham (Mirror universe) / Captain Sylvia Tilly (Captain Killy (Mirror universe)) / Captain Beverly Picard (In an alternate future, Beverly had been promoted to captain and was commanding the medical ship USS Pasteur) / Captain Geordi La Forge (In another alternate timeline, La Forge had been promoted to the rank of captain by 2390 and was in command of the Galaxy-class USS Challenger. In that year, he pursued Chakotay, Harry Kim, Tessa Omond and The Doctor in a stolen Delta Flyer to the Takara sector in an attempt to stop them from changing history by preventing the destruction of the USS Voyager fifteen years earlier. (VOY: "Timeless")) / Captain ______ Madge Sinclair played an unknown (Saratoga Captain (uncredited)), in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) / Captain Joel Randolph (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) / Captain Clark Terrell (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). I don't think you need to worry about George Kirk and Saru, because they were only acting Captains. I take you were only interested in Starfleet captains, so i didn't include the others. I'm sure you know other races have captains too such as the Klingons, the Romulans, the Vulcans, and the Cardassians etc. etc..

[@yasodamensah2723]

I love inter Trekkie "fights"! : )

[@itsmznatnatbitchez]

Very good video! Very informational! Thanks!! Subbed & Liked!

[@alannorman6402]

You have an excellent presentation.

[@ianmsmitchell]

Good video, but you missed that Kirk was also demoted to Captain from Admiral in Star Trek IV. Yeah, I know, I'm pedantic.....

[@casperslaststandme5991]

no no your not pedantic at all, pedantic would be 'you said every captain in star trek but only mentioned federation captains' lol :)

[@Rumkitty2000]

No one was ever happier to be demoted than Kirk!

[@DarthAzabrush]

I just imagine the looks Archer gets at the Captain's Table. Kirk: I had a hard climb up the ranks against the odds. Pike: I was first officer to my distinguished predecessor. Picard: I took command when the entirety of the command staff were killed in the first shot of a battle. Archer: I stole the prototype and my dad built the engine. Others: *Facepalm* Dammnit Johnny!

[@YS-ep7zw]

I actually think it was a lot harder on Archer than any of the others after he became Captain (rather than in getting to Captain). Not only did he not have any accumulated mission logs or previous examples from other Captains throughout history to learn from, but his was the first and only Starfleet vessel at the time setting out to explore the vast and cold blackness of space. They had to find their way, make contact with unknown species and chart completely new territory completely alone. There wasn’t an entire fleet of other ships to call for help if you needed it. It would have been a daunting prospect to say the least, but Archer and crew were more than up for it.

[@DarthAzabrush]

@@YS-ep7zw Sure and I'll admit he had some good ideas like loosening up the chain of command on long range missions and the beginnings of what would become the Prime Directive but at the same time there is such a thing as being too casual when you are in command of a 150 meter long tin can with an anti matter engine loaded to the brim with nukes.

[@pault5557]

GREAT RESEARCH! I laughed out loud at your dis of the “Kelvin Universe”! 🤪

[@Wolfgang1224]

Outstanding job!

[@acentaur010]

What about Sulu? He went off and become captain of the Excelsior. Or are you saving that for his spin-off show?

[@67tr876]

Robert April need's more of a story and a show. He was the first captain of the enterprise after NX-01 and captain archer got to meet April on the day of the launch. One day later captain archer would die.

[@CaptRobertApril]

Bless you!

[@robertf3479]

That's odd, I thought April commanded Enterprise for her first five year mission (ST-TAS) and then was promoted with Christopher Pike taking command for something like 10 years.

[@CaptRobertApril]

@@robertf3479 Correct.

[@67tr876]

@@robertf3479 yeah that's correct. I was saying he was the next captain after archer.

[@robertf3479]

@@67tr876 My apologies, I misread / misunderstood your comment. For some reason I read it as APRIL dying one day after NCC-1701 launched.

[@starclone4]

Loved it, Super List !!!!

[@darryljames0111]

Really enjoyed this video

[@bf1255]

I had fun “tuning in” to this.

[@stevemarshall3846]

What about Will Decker from the first Star Trek movie? He was captain before Admiral Kirk took back the captain's chair.

[@jackman6256]

Kirk captain of 1701 when an commodore decker toke command of ship away from spock remember that show

[@bcs2em625]

Will Decker, the refitted Enterprise Captain in ST: the Motion Picture was supposed to be the son of Commodore Matt Decker from the TOS episode “The Doomsday Machine”

[@kachetty1]

Shew, dedication to research. Great video

[@oldmanjim2376]

First female captain of an Enterprise was actually Captain Demora Sulu, taking command of NCC-1701-B from Captain Harriman around 2311. And Picard was officially promoted to captain after the mission where he took over the Stargazer after Captain Ruhalter was killed and the XO was severely wounded and the XO later attempted a mutiny against Picard.

[@Evil.Totoro]

Sisko’s journey is the best, and he did it while raising a son alone... he’s the GOAT .

[@abbaszaidi8371]

I love the fact that this fella craps on the Kelvin universe

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

That is obvious. The Kelvin universe IS crap.

[@icarusfx]

All the movies after nemesis and shows after enterprise are just fan fiction from people who never watched Star Trek. Jar Jar Abrams said he never watched it because he didn’t get it, and the rest is just ripped off of Tardigrades

[@schmilew1230]

@@quuaaarrrk8056 it is but i still love it because those were the first movies i watched (i'm 14 so i kinda grew up - and am still growing up lmao- with it)

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

@@schmilew1230 I'm 14 and these were my first Star Trek Movies too. I like them as movies, but after I've seen most of the shows and movies twice or more often, I really hate them as STAR TREK movies. I just think of it as normal Sci-Fi and like them, but they are bad ST movies IMO.

[@schmilew1230]

@@quuaaarrrk8056 i totally agree with what you are saying they are great movies but they just don't feel like star trek

[@daniels8429]

Really enjoyed this 👌

[@Sarasdad91]

Rachel Garrett was not the only female captain of an Enterprise. Beverly Crusher was given temporary command of the Enterprise D. Picard even refered to her as Captain when she took temporary command of the ship during a Borg incident.

[@davidchilds9590]

Also Deanna Troi - though she was only acting (pun intended!).

[@yougosquishnow]

1) if pike was made first office of the enterprise he was the second captain not the first. 2) Picard laughed when the nosican stabbed him, he didn't just smile.

[@sirusfan8890]

Yes he was the first Captn was Robert April.

[@anthonygonzalez2897]

Yeah Robert April has always been cannonically the first Captain of the Enterprise. It is just not as well known because I believe it is covered in the originally cancelled pilot episode of Star Trek, The Cage. Then later revealed when that episode was released. Something along those lines.

[@yougosquishnow]

@@anthonygonzalez2897 right. I remember somewhere someone mentioned captain April. Might have been pike or Kirk.

[@jennifermason6649]

Don’t forget erzi Dax getting the adventine!!

[@ravipeiris4388]

Awesome video. Thank you.

[@onigvd77]

very informative video even for me who knows a lot of Trek

[@sebastianhopkins7322]

Riker also took command of the USS Zheng He (in the last episode of Season 1 of Star Trek:Picard)

[@robertf3479]

I suspect that Riker, as 'Acting Captain' was exercising positional authority normally in the wheelhouse of an Admiral just as Sisko did while 'commanding' a fleet of starships from USS Defiant with the rank of Captain.

[@skyserf]

15:04 I never thought about it much before but why were so many families onboard such a small ship as the USS Saratoga? Especially knowing it was headed to intercept a Borg cube.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

It's not like anyone knew the Borg were coming in time for the families to get shipped away...

[@skyserf]

Vuoto Pneumatico Non Non Regardless if there was time or not I thought one of the big new features of the Galaxy class starship was that it was large enough to allow for families to travel with the crew. The implication being that it didn’t happen before that class, especially not on a small ship like a Miranda-class vessel.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@skyserf maybe not all families were allowed, just the ones of high-ranking officials. Sisko was the first officer, so it makes sense that his family was let live on the ship.

[@skyserf]

Vuoto Pneumatico Non Non Perhaps, but it was never mentioned before or again.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@skyserf I don't think anyone's gonna officially address that ever, so this explanation is as good as any

[@aaronwasserman3637]

Well done video!

[@DUARTE99]

This was great!