Star Trek: The Main Roles on a Starfleet Ship, Explained
Captains might make up a majority of mostStar Trekfans’ list of favorite characters, but these aren’t the only main roles keeping a Starfleet ship up and running. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) once reassured Captain Kirk (William Shatner) that a ship runs on loyalty to the captain. It was a rare emotional moment for the Vulcan (at least forThe Original Series) who’d taken the time to reassure his human friend of how impossible he was toreplace with a super computer– no matter how smart it was....