Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) is the latest Star Trek character to be promoted to the role of Commodore, following in the footsteps of many Starfleet officers. The Commodore rank is one of many Naval adopted by Starfleet over the years, and Geordi is the first regular Trek character to be given the rank. A Commodore is placed between Captain and Rear iral in both the real-life Navy, and the fictional Starfleet, and is the most junior of the flag officer ranks.
In Naval , a Commodore is the officer in charge of more than one ship. As the officer in charge of the Athan Prime Fleet Museum, Geordi earned his Commodore rank because he's in charge of the various legendary starships housed in the museum's collection. While the Commodore rank is relatively rare in both the modern Navy, and the history of Starfleet, Geordi isn't the only character to hold the rank. Here's every Star Trek Commodore from the 22nd century to the 25th.
11 Commodore Maxwell Forrest In Star Trek: Enterprise, "First Flight"
Although he's been promoted to iral by the time of Star Trek: Enterprise's pilot episode, Maxwell Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong) had previously served as a Starfleet Commodore. The episode "First Flight" revealed, via flashbacks, that the NX project was overseen by Commodore Forrest. The work done by Forrest, and a young Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) helped Starfleet to break the warp two barrier, ultimately leading to the historic first flight of Earth's very first warp five starship, the Enterprise NX-01.
10 Commodore Stone In Star Trek: TOS, "Court Martial"
Commodore Stone (Percy Rodriguez) was port master of Starbase 11 when the USS Enterprise arrived for unscheduled repairs in the episode "Court Martial". After discovering worrying discrepancies in the logs, Stone suspected Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) of murdering Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Finney (Richard Webb) and ordered a court-martial. Over the course of the trial, it was revealed that Finney had faked his death and framed Kirk for his murder. Finney's motivations were rooted in his dashed hopes of commanding the USS Enterprise, believing that Kirk and Starfleet had conspired against him. Once Finney's conspiracy was revealed, Stone swiftly dismissed the case against Kirk.
9 Commodore José I. Mendez In Star Trek: TOS, "The Menagerie"
Commodore José I. Mendez (Malachi Throne) succeeded Stone as commander of Starbase 11, which also housed Fleet iral Christopher Pike (Sean Kenney) after his tragic accident. When Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) absconded with Pike, it was Mendez who ed Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) to follow the USS Enterprise to Talos IV. On arrival in restricted space, Mendez convened the court-martial proceedings in which revealed the truth of why Spock and Pike traveled to Talos IV. While the Mendez at Spock's court-martial was revealed to be a Talosian illusion, the real Commodore was moved by the evidence and listed the temporary restrictions on travel to Talos IV.
8 Commodore Barstow In Star Trek: TOS, "The Alternative Factor"
Commodore Barstow (Richard Derr) makes a brief appearance in "The Alternative Factor" to discuss the implications of a magnetic event emanating from an iron-rich planet. Concerned that the galaxy wide magnetic effect could be the first stage of an invasion, Barstow ordered Kirk to continue investigating the planet. While Kirk and the Enterprise crew investigate what turns out to be a Jekyll and Hyde situation rather than the emergence of a galaxy-wide invasion threat, Barstow pulls back all Starfleet vessels from the planet.
7 Commodore Matt Decker In Star Trek: TOS, "The Doomsday Machine"
Commodore Matt Decker (William Windom) was one of Starfleet's most decorated 23rd century officers. Sadly, Decker's encounter with the planet killer in "The Doomsday Machine" left him a broken and vengeful man. While in command of the USS Constellation, he beamed his crew to safety on the planet L-374 III, only to see the planet destroyed by the unstoppable alien machine. When he was rescued by the Enterprise, Decker was consumed with grief, and driven by a thirst for revenge. In an attempt to destroy the machine, Decker recklessly flew a shuttle craft into it, giving his life so that the Enterprise could figure out how to destroy the seemingly unstoppable planet killer.
6 Commodore Stocker In Star Trek: TOS, "The Deadly Years"
The USS Enterprise was transporting Commodore Stocker (Charles Drake) to Starbase 10 when Kirk and several of the crew began aging prematurely. The situation forced the senior officer, Stocker, to assume command of the ship. The only problem was that the Commodore had spent his entire career behind a desk and was unfamiliar with the rigors of commanding a starship. Stocker's inexperience led him to take the Enterprise into the Neutral Zone, violating the of the Federation's treaty with the Romulans. Thankfully, Kirk was cured of his premature aging in time to save the Enterprise from destruction and avert another Earth-Romulan war.
5 Commodore Bob Wesley In Star Trek: TOS, "The Ultimate Computer"
When Starfleet organized a war game to test out the new M-5 computer, Commodore Bob Wesley (Barry Russo) was assigned command of the battle group. When the computer, designed by the increasingly unstable Dr. Richard Daystrom (William Marshall) began attacking Starfleet vessels, Wesley was forced to make a difficult decision. In command of the USS Lexington, Commodore Wesley lost 53 crew , and sought authorization to destroy the Enterprise. Kirk managed to deactivate the M-5, averting further Starfleet casualties and saving the Enterprise from destruction. Wesley later retired to the planet Mantilles, where he served as governor in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode, "One Of Our Planets Is Missing".
4 Commodore Robert April In Star Trek: TAS, "The Counter-Clock Incident"
In a reversal of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Deadly Years", Commodore Robert April (James Doohan) was being transported by the Enterprise when the crew began aging backwards. However, unlike Commodore Stocker, Commodore April was more prepared for the freak incident. As former Captain of the USS Enterprise, April resumed command of the starship restoring the crew to their original ages via the transporters. The Commodore's actions on the Enterprise led to Starfleet reconsidering their enforced retirement of the legendary Robert April.
3 Commodore Paris In Star Trek Beyond
In Star Trek Beyond, Commodore Paris (Shohreh Aghdashloo) is asked to consider the application of Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) for the role of Vice iral. In the process of her deliberations, Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise became involved in the incident on Altamid. Paris was in command of the top-of-the-line new Starbase, the Yorktown, which came under attack from Kraal, the mutated and vengeful former Starfleet officer Captain Balthazar M. Edison (Idris Elba). Kirk's actions in defeating Kraal and saving the Yorktown won him Paris' approval for promotion, but he turned it down and accepted command of the USS Enterprise-A instead.
2 Commodore Oh In Star Trek: Picard Season 1
Commodore Oh (Tamlyn Tomita) was actually Nedar, a Romulan/Vulcan Tal Shiar operative who infiltrated Starfleet around the time of Noonien Soong's experiments with artificial intelligence. As a member of the Conclave of Eight, Nedar sought to avert the destruction of organic life at the hands of synthetics. She used her position within Starfleet to mastermind the devastating Attack on Mars in 2385, and orchestrated the death of the android Dahj, and the hunt for her twin sister Soji (Isa Briones). Eventually unmasked as a Tal Shiar infiltrator, Nedar led a final desperate assault on the synth commune overseen by Dr. Altan Inigo Soong (Brent Spiner), which was foiled by iral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), with assistance from Captain William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes).