Starship Enterprise: Encyclopedia II - Starship Enterprise - List of commanding officers

Starship Enterprise - List of commanding officers

The lists below are of captains officially recognized in the Star Trek canon, with additional non-canon captains of note listed afterwards.

Starship Enterprise - NX-01

• Jonathan Archer (2151–61) — Star Trek: Enterprise; (alternate timeline: 2151–3) in episode "Twilight"; Mirror Universe ISS Enterprise
• T'Pol — (alternate timeline: 2153–6) Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Twilight"
• Charles "Trip" Tucker III — (alternate timeline: 2156–65) Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Twilight"
• Lorian — (alternate timeline: ?–2154) episode "E²"
• Maximillian Forrest — Mirror Universe (c. 2151–5) ISS Enterprise, episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"

Text on a computer screen visible in the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" gives 2160 as the year Archer's command of Enterprise ended, but this is contradicted by the finale episode "These Are the Voyages..." which takes place at the founding of the Federation, previously established as occurring in 2161.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701

• Christopher Pike — Star Trek pilot episode "The Cage"
• James T. Kirk — Star Trek, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Willard Decker — Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Spock — Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Crossover" strongly suggests that Spock took command of the Mirror Universe ISS Enterprise from Kirk soon after the events of "Mirror, Mirror". During the events of The Motion Picture, Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock, Kirk commanded Enterprise despite holding the rank of admiral. The existence of a captain prior to Pike is suggested by computer screen data visible in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly Part II" which confirms the NCC-1701 launched in 2245; although a year range for Pike's tenure has never been established, it would suggest that the NCC-1701 was already approximately a decade old at the time of "The Cage", which in turn takes place more than a decade before the episode "The Menagerie" in the original series, leaving time for another captain to serve prior to Pike.

Various reference works (like The Star Trek Encyclopedia and the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual) and the animated series episode "The Counter-Clock Incident" identify Robert April as the first captain of the Enterprise (at Roddenberry's suggestion); however, due to these not being considered canon by Paramount (at most only semi-canon), this has yet to be made official. No Star Trek episode provides the name of the first captain of the NCC-1701.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-A

• James T. Kirk — Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Though Kirk was Commanding Officer of the Enterprise-A through the 2280s into the 2290s, Science Officer Spock and Chief Engineer Scott were also of the rank of captain, endowing the ship with an unusual command structure. However, Spock was still considered First Officer and assumed temporary command as usual in the event Kirk was off-ship, as in Star Trek VI.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-B

• John Harriman (2293–unknown) — Star Trek: Generations

Several non-canon sources have also named other captains of the Enterprise-B and are, thus, unofficial. According to several novels, Harriman was succeeded by Demora Sulu as captain. A poster of the NCC-1701-D also listed one Tomas Johnson Jr. as captain, but no information is offered as to when he might have commanded the vessel. Non-canon sources also suggest that Harriman's command ended shortly after the Tomed Incident of 2311; Sulu assumed command of the Enterprise-B afterward.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-C

• Rachel Garrett (?–2344) — in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", the Enterprise-C was transported 22 years into an alternate future, therefore Garrett actually died in 2366.
• Richard Castillo (2344) — succeeded Garrett when the Enterprise-C returned to 2344 and is assumed to have died in the ensuing battle with Romulan forces upon the vessel's return to the proper timeline. Castillo retains his rank of lieutenant as he takes command.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-D

• Jean-Luc Picard (2364–71) — entirety of ST:TNG series and Star Trek: Generations (barring exceptions below)
• William Riker (2366–7, et al.) — executive officer; during the Borg crisis in "The Best of Both Worlds", he was temporarily field promoted to Captain; Riker also served as CO in numerous alternate timelines and futures
• Edward Jellico (2369) — during Cardassian negotiations in "Chain of Command"
• Thomas Halliway (alternate future: 2369) — mentioned as being Captain, but unseen, during the alternate future depicted in "Tapestry"

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-E

• Jean-Luc Picard (2373– ) — Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: Nemesis

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-F

• As yet unrevealed. A non-canonical novel (Imzadi by Peter David) featured Data as the captain of the Enterprise-F. However, even in the non-canonical story that future was undone, and the death of Data (however his memories reside in a Soong android prototype B-4, making the possibility that Data could return like Spock in his new body in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) in Star Trek: Nemesis renders it unlikely any element of this storyline would become canon.
• Another non-canon version of the NCC-1701-F is the USS Enterprise from an on-line episodic series called Star Trek: Delta Fleet that takes place twenty years after the USS Voyager returns from the Delta Quadrant. This Enterprise-F is commanded by Captain Harry Kim (formerly an Ensign on Voyager.) However this is if Harry Kim didn't still end up gaining command of the USS Rhode Island.

Starship Enterprise - NCC-1701-J

• Captain Archer was transported aboard the Enterprise-J to discuss his role in history. The captain of this vessel is not revealed.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "List of commanding officers", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki