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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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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Crazy, I was thinking about this last week. Even Lower Decks which is a show that is supposed to be low ranking crew aboard a star ship has it's main characters as Ensigns. Four ranks below Captain. Where are the Recruits and Petty Officers?
At least with DS9, technicians and security officers are visible in the background by having a bunch of Bajorans buzzing around.