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What's the deal with enlisted Starfleet ranks? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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O'Brien is a "chief," Jonas and Cutler hold the rank of "Crewman," and I think those are the only enlisted personnel who have lines and appear in more than one episode. Starfleet seems ridiculously officer heavy.

Is the enlisted/officer distinction different in Starfleet from traditional armed forces? And where are all the warrant officers?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember mariner having a throwaway line in an LD episode about the Tech Services Academy being a way to join without having to go through the academy (the one where they’re stuck in the recruitment booth). Perhaps that would be the NCO route?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Sounds about right. Like a way for that to be a thing, but being way less common to go through that way, and probably most people who graduate from there perhaps go to certain planets / institutions that we've not seen much of.

There used to be two different levels of "schools" in the Finnish military as well, iirc, and the other one was a bit shorter and easier and often meant more as supporting training for the non-commissioned officers who stayed to work at the military after their conscription. You could only stay for a few years or so before you had to go to the Army Academy (Maasotakoulu), or apply to become a cadet in the The Finnish National Defence University (Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu).

The latter being far more common.