Rank

In military and civilian service organizations of many intelligent cultures, rank (sometimes denoted by rank insignia on uniforms) is how the jobs of different personnel are organized in a hierarchy of authority.

Military ranks

In the history of several humanoid cultures, ranks have been used in both naval organizations and also for infantry and fighting forces. In the Starfleet of the Federation, its predecessor the Earth Starfleet, the Bajoran Militia and the Klingon Defense Force, the tendency towards using the ranks equivalent to the planet Earth's naval and ground forces exists. The United States armed forces, as well as the militaries of the United Kingdom and Germany, show a good degree of influence on this system. Many other intelligent cultures have a variety of different titles and ranks, based on different languages and social characteristics:

Standard naval ranks

• flag officers:
  • commander in chief
  • fleet admiral
  • admiral
  • vice admiral
  • rear admiral
  • commodore
• line officers:
  • fleet captain
  • captain
  • commander
  • lieutenant commander
  • lieutenant
  • lieutenant junior grade
  • ensign
• enlisted
  • non-commissioned officers:
    • master chief petty officer
    • senior chief petty officer
    • chief petty officer
    • petty officer
  • crewman (seaman)

Standard infantry ranks

This is a representative selection of ranks is based on several military rank structures used by various races and cultures.

• flag officers:
  • marshal
  • general
  • lieutenant general
  • major general
  • brigadier
• field officers:
  • colonel
  • lieutenant colonel
  • major
• company officers
  • captain
  • lieutenant:
    • first lieutenant
    • second lieutenant
• enlisted
  • non-commissioned officers:
    • first sergeant
    • staff sergeant
    • sergeant
    • corporal
  • private

This list contains links to only those ranks that have been mentioned or seen in canon Star Trek productions.

Other grades

• commandant
• warrant officer/midshipman
• cadet
• specialist
• trainee
• uhlan

This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.

Police ranks

• commissioner
• inspector general
• inspector
• constable
• Marshal
• Sheriff
• deputy

Political and diplomatic ranks

• Ambassador
• Chancellor
• Consul
• Dohlman (Elas)
• Emperor
• Governor
• Grand Nagus (Ferengi Alliance)
• Groppler (Deneb IV)
• King
• Minister
• Praetor (Romulan Star Empire)
• President
• Prime Minister
• Prince
• Proconsul
• Queen
• Regent
• Senator
• Teer (Capella IV)
• Tsar
• Vice-proconsul
• Viceroy

Religious ranks

• Emissary of the Prophets (Bajor)
• God
• Kai (Bajor)
• Priest
• Ranjen (Bajor)
• Vedek (Bajor)