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Captain is a rank of officer in many naval services and space forces, most notably Earth Starfleet and its Federation counterpart. The title of captain is also used in a more general sense to refer to any individual, civilian or otherwise, who is the commanding officer of a ship.

Naval captains

Captain is the most senior officer rank, a grade higher than a commander and a grade below either commodore or rear admiral in most rank structures, although some organizations will refer to a captain as a commodore in title only, to show the said captain's seniority over other captains. The Federation also once had a rank of vice commodore, falling below commodore but above captain, and a title of fleet captain that is considered to outrank a captain. The captain rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a colonel of military forces, although some militaries have an unrelated rank or captain that is equivalent to a naval lieutenant. The Romulan Star Empire has two ranks, commander (rh'iov in the Romulan language) and legate, that are analogous to a captain's standing. In the Cardassian language, gul is a Cardassian officer rank title which, in translation to Federation Standard, is approximately equivalent to a captain. In Klingonese, a captain is referred to as HoD. (TOS novel: The Romulan Way; ST reference: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler)

Insignia

22nd century

Earth Starfleet pins.

In the Earth Starfleet uniforms of the 22nd century, captains wore pin insignia of four rectangular pips. Their service uniforms also had sleeve insignia of a two white bands with a division color-coded stripe between. (ENT episode: "These are the Voyages")

23rd century

2250s sleeve.

Captain's 2260s sleeve.

By the era of the 23rd century, Federation Starfleet, captains' uniforms had a sleeve insignia of a two gold braids with a broken braid in between. A captain's dress uniform was similar to a commanders's, with thick gold braid at the neck and closure, with added thin gold piping along the shoulder seam. (TOS episode: "Court Martial")

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2270s epaulets.

In the early 2270s, captains's uniforms had the same sleeve insignia, and an epaulet that also bore two solid stripes and a broken stripe. (TOS comic: "Domain of the Dragon God")

2270s-2350s pin.

In the uniforms of the 2280s, captains wore pin insignia with a three central bars attached to two command officer flag devices, above and below. (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia)

24th century

24th century uniform pins.

24th century rank pins.

In the uniform insignia introduced in the mid-24th century, a captain wears four circular pips as their rank insignia. (TNG reference: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

Positions and lists

Earth & Federation Starfleet

See: Starfleet captains

Klingon Defense Force

Romulan Mining Guild

Nero

Appendices

Connections

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks Template:Klingon Ranks Template:Starfleet Ranks Template:US Army Ranks Template:Vulcan Ranks

External links

Captain article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Captain article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Captain article at Star Trek Expanded Universe wiki, the wiki for fan-authored Star Trek.

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