The number 1 thing always drove me bonkers, its not a title. Other ships had executive officers but not the ship under Picard, he had a number 1.
Also in the Star Trek universe there were very few enlisted personal. I think on the Enterprise in NG there were 5, and O'Brien was their king. Literally everyone was a Lt and above. You look at the Con of a major US war ship and the officers are outnumbered by the enlisted men.
On deep space 9 I remember there being 3 Chiefs. No lower enlisted ranks. I guess its part of the everyone needs a hug Federation that they throw around commissions like people throw around dollar bills at the strip club.
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