Changes: Second officer

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A function aboard a starship, a second officer assumed command of the ship when both the captain and first officer were unavailable. It was common for a second officer on a Starfleet vessel to hold the rank of commander or lieutenant commander. It was common for a second officer to be a department head aboard the ship first, since the role of second officer was considered a nominal position. He or she was rarely involved in the day to day command of the starship or starbase the way the captain or first officer was.

It was standard procedure for the second officer to accompany the away team. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")

When the Satarran agent using the alias of Keiran MacDuff commandeered the USS Enterprise-D in 2368, he altered the computer records so that the ship's rightful first officer, Commander William T. Riker, was listed as the second officer. (TNG: "Conundrum")

List of second officers

Commander Pavel Chekov
- USS Enterprise-A
Lieutenant Commander Data
- USS Enterprise-D
- USS Enterprise-E
Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax
- USS Defiant
Lieutenant Klag
- IKS Pagh
Rata
- Bok's Marauder
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott
- USS Enterprise
Commander Hikaru Sulu
- USS Enterprise-A
Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu
- ISS Enterprise
Timothy's father
- SS Vico
Commander Charles Tucker III
- Enterprise NX-01
Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Tuvok
- USS Voyager
Lieutenant Commander Worf
Major Malcolm Reed
- ISS Enterprise

Spock appeared to be the second officer of the USS Enterprise in "The Cage", since he seemed to assume command following the abduction of Number One, but this was not established in dialog.

**Ranks**
	Enlisted personnel							Commissioned officers							Flag officers
Fleet:	CRM		PO		CPO		MID CDT OC WO	ENS	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CMDR	CAPT	FCAPT	CDORE	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM
Military:	PVT AMN	CPL LCP		SGT	SSGT	MSGT 1SGT	MID CDT OC WO	2nd LT	1st LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG	MAJ GEN	LT GEN	GEN	MARSHAL
Services:	Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human (CSA • Third Reich • UE MACO • USA) • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Romulan • United Earth/Federation Starfleet • Vulcan Mirror universe: Terran Empire Starfleet • Terran Empire MACO

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

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-A function aboard a [[starship]], a '''second officer''' assumes command of the ship when both the [[captain]] and [[first officer]] are unavailable. Traditionally, the second [[officer]] holds the [[rank]] of [[lieutenant commander]]. The second officer is a department head aboard the ship first, and a second officer second. He rarely is involved in the day to day command of the [[starship]] or [[starbase]] the way the [[captain]] or first officer is.
+A function aboard a [[starship]], a '''second officer''' assumed command of the ship when both the [[captain]] and [[first officer]] were unavailable. It was common for a second [[officer]] on a [[Starfleet]] vessel to hold the [[rank]] of [[commander]] or [[lieutenant commander]]. It was common for a second officer to be a department head aboard the ship first, since the role of second officer was considered a nominal position. He or she was rarely involved in the day to day command of the [[starship]] or [[starbase]] the way the [[captain]] or first officer was.
+It was standard procedure for the second officer to accompany the [[away team]]. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow}})
-==List of second officers==
+When the [[Satarran]] agent using the alias of [[Keiran MacDuff]] commandeered the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in [[2368]], he altered the computer records so that the ship's rightful first officer, [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]], was listed as the second officer. ({{TNG|Conundrum}})
-*[[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III]]
-**[[Enterprise (NX-01)]]
+==List of second officers==
-*[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Montgomery Scott]]
+*[[Commander]] [[Pavel Chekov]]
-**[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]]
+** {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}
 *[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]]
-**[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)]]
+**{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}
-**[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)]]
+**{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}
-*[[Lieutenant]]/[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jadzia Dax]]
+*[[Lieutenant]]/Lieutenant Commander [[Jadzia Dax]]
-**[[USS Defiant (NX-74205)]]
+**{{USS|Defiant|2370}}
-*[[Lieutenant]]/[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Tuvok]]
+*Lieutenant [[Klag (Lieutenant)|Klag]]
+**{{IKS|Pagh}}
-**[[USS Voyager]]
+*[[Rata]]
+**[[Bok's Marauder]]
+*[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Montgomery Scott]]
+** {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}
+*[[Commander]] [[Hikaru Sulu]]
+** {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}
+*Lieutenant {{mu|Hikaru Sulu}}
+** {{ISS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}
+*[[Timothy (Vico)|Timothy]]'s father
+**{{SS|Vico}}
+*[[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III]]
+**{{EnterpriseNX}}
+*Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander [[Tuvok]]
+**{{USS|Voyager}}
+*Lieutenant Commander [[Worf]]
+**{{USS|Defiant|2370}}
+**{{USS|Sao Paulo}}
+** [[Deep Space 9]]
+* [[Major]] {{mu|Malcolm Reed}}
+** {{ISS|Enterprise|NX-01}}
+{{bginfo|[[Spock]] appeared to be the second officer of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in {{e|The Cage}}, since he seemed to assume command following the abduction of [[Number One]], but this was not established in dialog.}}
+{{ranks}}
-===See also===
-*[[Third officer]]
 [[Category:Titles]]
-[[nl:Second officer]]
+[[de:Zweiter Offizier]]
+[[es:Segundo Oficial]]
+[[ja:第二副長]]
+[[nl:Tweede officier]]
+[[ru:Второй помощник]]