Commodore is, in naval history, a title rather than a rank, held by a captain who commands a fleet, essentially like an admiral, but without the promotion, and for a limited period of time.<\/p>\n
What we’ve seen in Star Trek<\/i> is that Commodore is a rank. Bob Wesley, in “The Ulimate Computer,” was acting in the traditional role of a Commodore–a captain in command of a larger fleet. Yet we see Matt Decker as the captain of a single ship in “The Doomsday Machine,” with nary a fleet in sight. Perhaps that once a captain is given command a fleet action, he can use the title “Commodore” rather than “Captain” to denote the greater responsibilities once held.<\/p>\n
We’ve also seen Commodores in command of starbases. This makes sense, when looked at from the vantage point of commanding a fleet of ships; the commodore would be responsible for the goings-on of the ships in his sector.<\/p>\n
The term does crop up in Peter David’s novels from time to time. Data was a Commodore in Imzadi<\/i>, in command of a single ship, the Enterprise<\/i>-F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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