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What Ranking Do Uhura, Sulu & Chekov Have?


They're still doing the same jobs 8(?) years later. Have they gone up in rank or did they refuse promotions because they liked their jobs?

Edit: Chekov seems to have a new job but I'm not sure what it is. Weapons officer perhaps?

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In The Motion Picture it looks like this for those 3:

Uhura: Lieutenant, Chief Communications Officer
Chekov: Lieutenant, Chief Tactical Officer
Sulu: Lieutenant, Helmsman

Their promotions came one by one already starting with The Wrath of Khan, where you spot that some one like Chekov now had become a Commander and First Officer.
Uhura and Sulu i believe got promoted later, but they kept their positions.

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I believe their rank in TMP was lieutenant commander.All commanders in the following films with Sulu being Captain in Star Trek Vl!

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Their ranks are stated in TMP Teaser Trailer which was narrated by Orson Welles:

https://youtu.be/5drkg1NFfLM

Uhura - Lieutenant Commander
Sulu - Lieutenant Commander
Chekov - Lieutentant

From what I remember TMP is supposed to only be a couple years after the final episode of TOS when Uhura and Sulu were Lieutenants and Chekov was an Ensign whereas the TWOK is actually 13 years after TOS.


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I see. For some reason, I thought it was almost 10 years later. But looking at the dates on Memory Alpha, the five year mission would've ended in 2270 I think and shortly after that, the Enterprise was refitted and the events in TMP take place.

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