Question as asked: Who was the captain of the Enterprise after Kirk? In 2270, William Decker was promoted to the rank of captain and given command of the Enterprise.
The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 9, "Võx," streaming now on Paramount+. Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas recently revealed that Worf (Michael Dorn) captained the USS Enterprise-E after Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart).
Pike first appeared as the main character of the original unaired pilot episode for Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Cage", portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter. When this pilot was rejected, Hunter withdrew from the series, and the character of Pike was replaced with Kirk.
Captain Kirk and Captain Picard were not alive at the same time. Captain Kirk lived in the 23rd century. Captain Picard lived in the 24th Century, 80 years later. Star Trek: Generations.
Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. He first appeared in the original Star Trek series serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise as science officer and first officer (and Kirk's second-in-command) and later as commanding officer of the vessel.
In the Enterprise commanded by Kirk, Scotty is the 3rd in command, or Second Officer. He is often shown in command when Kirk and Spock, the first officer, are away. In the Enterprise commanded by Jean Luc Picard, Data is the third in command.
The main officers include Commander William Riker as the First Officer, Lieutenant Commander Data as the Chief Operations Officer, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge as the Chief Engineer, and Counselor Deanna Troi as the Ship's Counselor.
At points during the show, Picard was briefly replaced by Captain Edward Jellico (portrayed by Ronnie Cox) and also by his first office Commander William Riker (Johnathan Frakes).
Perhaps Section 31 intends to unlock the secrets of the Nexus from Picard and Kirk, the only two Starfleet Officers who are known to have left the Nexus. Unlike Guinan, who is still alive, Kirk and Picard's corpses can be kept by Section 31 under shady rules and regulations to study as they see fit.
As Spock explained to Kirk in Star Trek: TOS, his union with T'Pring was "less than a marriage but more than a bethrothal." Indeed, Spock was meant to finally undergo the koon-ut-kal-if-fee marriage ritual with T'Pring in "Amok Time" before she invoked her right to have Spock fight to the death for her.
Kirk wasn't noted as dead until Generations. Money. Gene Roddenberry tried to get anyone he could from TOS to do a cameo in the TNG pilot. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Walter Koenig and George Takei all turned him down.
Hunter declined to appear in a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965 in order to concentrate on film roles. He told the press, "I was asked to do it, but had I accepted, I would have been tied up much longer than I care to be.
Sisko later heard that Worf's Klingon problems and his thirst for vengeance against the Klingon Empire did indeed lead to the destruction of the - thankfully empty - freighter. It's possible, therefore, that Worf's Klingon bloodlust also played a part in the situation that led to the destruction of the Enterprise-E.
James Tiberius Kirk, commonly known as James T. Kirk or Captain Kirk, is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. Originally played by Canadian actor William Shatner, Kirk first appeared in Star Trek serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise as captain.
According to the Star Trek: Picard Logs , the Enterprise was involved in an incident at Kriilar Prime which resulted in Worf permanently damaging the ship as well as Worf leaving the Enterprise E shortly afterwards.
The following movie, Star Trek: Nemesis, begins with their wedding reception on board the Enterprise-E. At the start of the film, Riker finally accepts a promotion to captain and an offer to command the USS Titan; during the movie's final scenes he bids Picard, and the Enterprise, farewell.
Riker was fully retired in the first season of Picard and living with his family on the planet Nepenthe. While Riker was part of a Starfleet reserve unit, he never advanced to the Admiralty.
The ship was originally commanded by Jean-Luc Picard, but was given over to William T. Riker after Picard's promotion to admiral. Among Riker's crew were Geordi La Forge, Deanna Troi, Tom Paris, and B'Elanna Torres. The Enterprise-F was lost with all hands in a horrific battle that saw the destruction of Earth.
NCC is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract", comparable to what the U.S. Navy would call a hull number. Jefferies rejected 3, 6, 8, and 9 as "too easily confused" on screen; he eventually reasoned the Enterprise was the first vessel of Starfleet's 17th starship design, hence 1701.
Spock earnestly admits that he would never have lived up to Kirk's reputation as Starfleet's greatest captain – and honestly, despite his Vulcan emotional fortitude, admits that the desire to equal Kirk would have consumed him.
USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 was destroyed in 2285 by Admiral James T Kirk using her self-destruct system during a battle with a rogue Klingon Bird-of-Prey over the Genesis planet.
In "The Lorelei Signal", a 1973 episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series, Uhura assumes command of the Enterprise when the male officers fall victim to a species of sirens and leads an all-female rescue party.
But Nichols, like many of her castmates, has perhaps overstated her place in "Trek" as the years have passed. She referred to Lt. Uhura as "fourth in command" of the Enterprise.
Spock to Capt. Christopher as "Lieutenant Commander Spock". Spock's rank throughout the entire series is Commander, not a mere Lieutenant Commander. Here, he is wearing the rank insignia of Commander (two full bars).
