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On a [[starship]], it is common for junior officers to be assigned to shared [[quarters]]. ({{film|6}}, {{TNG|Lower Decks}}, {{VOY|Flashback}})
 
On a [[starship]], it is common for junior officers to be assigned to shared [[quarters]]. ({{film|6}}, {{TNG|Lower Decks}}, {{VOY|Flashback}})
   
:''On ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the set of the junior officers' quarters was originally built as [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s quarters for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', and would seem to suggest that [[Starfleet]] had upgraded its crew accommodations over the years. This seems to be confirmed by [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]'s remark in "[[Relics (episode)|Relics]]" that not even an [[admiral]] in his day could have quarters as luxurious as guest quarters aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]].''
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:''On ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the set of the junior officers' quarters was originally built as [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s quarters for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', and would seem to suggest that [[Starfleet]] had upgraded its crew accommodations over the years. This seems to be confirmed by [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]'s remark in "[[Relics (episode)|Relics]]" that not even an [[admiral]] in his day could have quarters as luxurious as guest quarters aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}}.''
   
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:05, 24 May 2009

A junior officer is a commissioned officer with the rank of lieutenant or lower. (citation needededit) The term is often used to refer to the early part of an officer's career when he or she has little or no command experience or department head responsibility. However, an officer with the rank of lieutenant or lower is not considered a junior officer, but rather a staff officer, if he or she serves as a department head or other supervisory position in a particular command's senior staff.

An example of the gap in experience between senior and junior officers was when, on behalf of USS Voyager's junior officers, Ensign Jenkins admiringly asked night shift commander Ensign Harry Kim for command advice. (VOY: "Warhead")

The term may also be used colloquially to indicate the relative ranks of two officers, as Kim was considered the junior officer on Voyager's senior staff.

Typical Starfleet junior officers included Ensigns Sito Jaxa and Taurik. (TNG: "Lower Decks")

On a starship, it is common for junior officers to be assigned to shared quarters. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, TNG: "Lower Decks", VOY: "Flashback")

On Star Trek: The Next Generation, the set of the junior officers' quarters was originally built as Captain Kirk's quarters for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and would seem to suggest that Starfleet had upgraded its crew accommodations over the years. This seems to be confirmed by Scotty's remark in "Relics" that not even an admiral in his day could have quarters as luxurious as guest quarters aboard the USS Enterprise.

See also