False
Actually there is no "permanent" commander on the Defiant.
It all depends on who is the senior (command) officer on board.
So far it has been commanded by Capt Sisko, Lt, Commander Worf and even Major Kyra Nerys. Probably even by a few others too !!!
Even Nog gets to command it in the future !!
== ==Robert AprilChristopher PikeAnswerThe first two captains named in canon are Jonathan Archer (Enterprise NX-01) and Christopher Pike (USS Enterprise NCC 1701). Robert April is sometimes named as the first captain of the NCC 1701, before Pike, but never in a canon episode or movie.
It depends on which series you are on about. Original series(Captain Kirk)= Klingons. The Next Generation(Captain Picard)= Romulans, Borg. Deep space nine(Captain Sisko)= Cardassians, The Dominion. Voyager(Captain Janeway)= Kazon, Borg, Species 8472. Enterprise(Captain Archer)= Xindi, Klingon(some of the time) and the xenophobes on earth(Terra Prime) in the final series.
William Shatner was James T. Kirk (captain and later admiral) in the Star Trek original series and in the first 6 movies.Chris Pine plays James T. Kirk in a different timeline than the original Star Trek universe, as re-imagined in the 2009 movie and its sequels.
The cast of Space Pirate Captain Harlock 2 - 2010 includes: Robert Axelrod as Various David Gerrold as World President Marieve Herington as Yuki Kyle Rea as Tochiro William Winckler as Captain Harlock
The cast of Captain Zep - Space Detective - 1983 includes: Nigel Anthony Tracey Childs as Professor Vana (series 2) Sheila Grant Paul Greenwood as Captain Zep (series 1) Harriet Keevil as Professor Spiro (series 1) Richard Morant as Captain Zep (series 2)
Mission commander or commander. Watch Star Trek
On a real space ship, it is called the Commander's chair.
Jeri Taylor has written: 'STAR TREK VOYAGER' 'Mosaic' -- subject(s): Fiction, Space ships, Kathryn Janeway (Fictitious character), Interplanetary voyages 'Mosaic'
Benjamin Sisko was the Commander/Captain of Deep Space Nine, and also a religious figure, the Emissary, to the Bajoran people.
Space Captain was created in 1976.
Kathryn D. Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space in 1984 as part of Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41G.
== ==Robert AprilChristopher PikeAnswerThe first two captains named in canon are Jonathan Archer (Enterprise NX-01) and Christopher Pike (USS Enterprise NCC 1701). Robert April is sometimes named as the first captain of the NCC 1701, before Pike, but never in a canon episode or movie.
commander
No as the commander will be higher in rank.
1989 and 37 years old
Kathryn Thornton.
Peggy Whitson is currently nearing the end of her term as commander of the International Space Station.