Changes: Second officer

Revision as of 12:43, 18 March 2008

A function aboard a starship, a second officer assumed command of the ship when both the captain and first officer were unavailable. It was common for a second officer on a Starfleet vessel to hold the rank of lieutenant commander. The second officer was a department head aboard the ship first, and a second officer second. He or she was rarely involved in the day to day command of the starship or starbase the way the captain or first officer was.

It was standard procedure for the second officer to accompany the away team. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")

List of second officers

Lieutenant Commander Data
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax
- USS Defiant (NX-74205)
Lieutenant Klag
- IKS Pagh
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Commander Charles Tucker III
- Enterprise (NX-01)
Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Tuvok
- USS Voyager (NCC-74656)

Note: Spock seemed to be the second officer of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in "The Cage", but this was not established in dialogue.

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-A function aboard a [[starship]], a '''second officer''' assumes command of the ship when both the [[captain]] and [[first officer]] are unavailable. It is common for a second [[officer]] on a [[Starfleet]] vessel to hold the [[rank]] of [[lieutenant commander]]. The second officer is a department head aboard the ship first, and a second officer second. He or she is rarely involved in the day to day command of the [[starship]] or [[starbase]] the way the [[captain]] or first officer is.
+A function aboard a [[starship]], a '''second officer''' assumed command of the ship when both the [[captain]] and [[first officer]] were unavailable. It was common for a second [[officer]] on a [[Starfleet]] vessel to hold the [[rank]] of [[lieutenant commander]]. The second officer was a department head aboard the ship first, and a second officer second. He or she was rarely involved in the day to day command of the [[starship]] or [[starbase]] the way the [[captain]] or first officer was.
-It is standard procedure for the second officer to accompany the [[away team]]. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow}})
+It was standard procedure for the second officer to accompany the [[away team]]. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow}})
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 **[[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'' (NCC-74656)]]
-''Note: [[Spock]] seemed to be the second officer of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] in ''[[The Cage]]'', but this was not established in dialogue.
+''Note: [[Spock]] seemed to be the second officer of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] in {{e|The Cage}}, but this was not established in dialogue.
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