Wesley Crusher's Rank

[IreneJ]

Can someone please tell me what the hell was going on, regarding Wesley Crusher's rank?

In several Season 4 episodes, he was called Ensign and wore the uniform of a Starfleet officer.

Yet, in Season 5's "First Duty", he was a Starfleet Academy cadet.


I am now confused.

[Tyvek]

Crusher, Wesley




STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE -- Crusher, Wesley

Played By: Wil Wheaton
Final Rank: Ensign
Current status: Inactive (resigned commission 2370)
Full name: Wesley Robert Crusher
Date of birth: July 29, 2349
Place of birth: Earth
Parents: Lt. Cmdr. Jack Crusher (d. 2354) and Dr. Beverly Crusher
Education: Starfleet Academy, 2367-70 (resigned before completing program)
Marital status: Single
Last known whereabouts: Dorvan V


Starfleet Career Summary

2364 -- Took up residence aboard U.S.S. Enterprise-D under guardianship of mother, CMO Dr. Beverly Crusher. After playing key roles in saving Enterprise from recently collapsed star and helping the "Traveler" return Enterprise to Federation space, granted rank of Acting Ensign by Capt. Picard effective Stardate 41263.4. Just prior to 16th birthday, underwent Starfleet Academy entrance exams at Relva VII; failed to gain admission, but scored high enough to allow resubmission in a year. Continued studies aboard Enterprise, gaining advance academic credit.

2365 -- First command assignment granted by Cmdr. Riker during geological survey on Drema IV.

2366 -- Accepted into Starfleet Academy, but unable to start classes due to involvement in rescue of kidnapped crewmates; upon successful resolution of incident, was granted field promotion to rank of full Ensign by Capt. Picard. (Arrangements made to complete academy courses aboard Enterprise.)

2367 -- Final assignment as Enterprise crew member (diplomatic mission to Pentarus V with Capt. Picard ) interrupted when transport shuttle crashed on Lambda Paz; credited with saving Capt. Picard's life. Entered Starfleet Academy mid-term as full-time student.

2368 -- As sophomore in Starfleet Academy, gained entry into Nova Squadron flight team. While on vacation from academy and visit to Enterprise, helped foil Ktarian plot to gain control of Federation by way of psychotropic recreational devices. Forced to repeat sophomore year after inquiry into death of Nova Squadron member Joshua Albert revealed cover-up on part of squadron cadets.

2370 -- Resigned Starfleet commission, dropping out of academy. Chose to live among Native American colonists on Dorvan V, reportedly to learn from the "Traveler" and journey to other planes of existence.

Psychological Profile: Starfleet Academy Counselor's Office

Final Entry

Crusher is a gifted human male whose early genius of childhood and promising Starfleet career were shockingly cut short in an Academy scandal, leading the disillusioned young man to a unique life accompanying the transdimensional Tau Alphan dubbed the Traveler, last seen in 2370.

The subject was born while his mother was in Starfleet Medical school preparing for a service career; his father, a lieutenant at the time, died in 2354 while on a U.S.S. Stargazer away mission under Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Some 10 weeks after Wesley's birth his father recorded a holomessage that was not revealed to him until early 2367. Before he died, though, Jack had taught his son how to play baseball, which became Wesley's favorite sport. Picard did not see the boy from the time of Jack's death until he came aboard the new Galaxy-class U.S.S. Enterprise with his mother at Deneb IV's Farpoint Station in 2364.

Wesley always proved a challenge to Picard because of the elder's resentment toward children, but continuously impressed him with his knowledge of engineering and scientific examinations. Wesley was severely affected by the "Tsiolkovsky" disease and briefly hijacked the Enterprise from within engineering by removing and scrambling a major isolinear chip array. However, the incident did allow Wesley to display his knowledge of the ship's inner workings.

Picard and Dr. Crusher were first made aware of the teen's Mozart-like genius and destiny in 2364 while the Traveler was assisting in extreme warp speed experiments. He was one of the few to begin tapping the power within him that most people ignore, the Traveler told them -- the power that leads to genius and insight.

Following that encounter, the captain named Wesley an acting ensign on Stardate 41263.4 to gain bridge access and begin studies for Starfleet Academy entrance exams. He qualified to take the exam later that year on Relva VII, one month shy of his 16th birthday, but placed second out of four when only one slot was open. Still, the rating was high enough to allow shipboard "correspondence" courses to be counted for credit hours through testing at sites such as Starbase 515.

He had admitted to being "sort of" afraid of lightning storms and Bulgallian rats, but his greatest fear -- as revealed by Starfleet Academy's choice for his psych exam -- had been whether he would be able to choose among lives in a no-win situation as Picard did, a choice that led to Jack's death. The death of Jeremy Aster's mother in 2366 brought back bad memories of his own father's death, but it gave Wesley a chance to finally express the repressed anger he held for many years toward Picard.

Later in 2366, because he chose to help rescue Commander Riker, Troi and her mother and miss his chance at the Starfleet Academy entrance orals he finally qualified for, Picard granted him a field promotion to full ensign about Stardate 43931. He continued to earn Academy credits based on his shipboard work and experience, prior to his acceptance for admission, and always received top grades

With a late vacancy opening up, he finally left the U.S.S. Enterprise to accept an appointment to Starfleet Academy on Stardate 44307.3, but not before outwitting an inept freighter pilot and an electronic forcefield to penetrate a water source and save Picard when they crash-landed on a desert moon.

Once at the Academy, he was an infrequent message sender to his mother, finally writing to her on Stardate 44821.3: he was at the top of his exobiology class, but struggling in ancient philosophies. While visiting the U.S.S. Enterprise during an Academy vacation circa Stardate 45208, he single-handedly foiled a Ktarian invasion of the Federation by mind control aboard his old ship, in part by reconnecting Data's severed positronic links. His sparsely decorated dorm room included models of the 20th Century Apollo command/service modules and Starfleet's century-old Constitution-class starship.

Wesley's storybook life turned sour rapidly later that year, just before Academy graduation, when as a member of the Academy's crack Nova Squadron precision flight team, he initially took part in a cover-up before an inquiry board regarding their stunt crash that proved fatal to a team member, Cadet Joshua Albert. As with all but their leader, who was expelled, he received a reprimand and a year's worth of canceled credits after confessing, once Picard lectured him on the higher duty of truth even over that of friendship. Guilt over his former U.S.S. Enterprise crewmates' disappointment in him and the elder Albert's anguish at his son's presumed failure provided a double burden as well.

The incident left his heart heavy, so he was already dissatisfied with his life path in 2370 when the burgeoning Maquis movement led him to resign on the spot from Starfleet at Dorvan V when he could not support the evacuation of the colonists there. It was here where he eventually left to join the Traveler on his third appearance, after bidding farewell to Picard and his somewhat numb mother.

When younger, Wesley had suffered from loneliness when peers were intimidated by his bright mind, and he showed a tendency to take his duties almost too seriously. He had been torn between staying aboard or leaving with his mother for her new post in 2365, but he remained aboard with her permission and the support of the senior staff and Guinan. Within his first year off-ship, though, he had become much more at ease with women and proficient at practical jokes, but he was no better a dancer than when his mother had last tried to teach him.

During his years on the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was sentenced to death on Rubicun III in 2364 by the Edo while on shore leave, and his youthful leadership skills led him to be kidnapped by the sterile Aldeans. He has twice saved his mother directly: once in 2365 by tracking the Ansata terrorists holding her hostage through their dimensional shift, and in 2366 by creating a gateway back from the warp-bubble reality closing in on her. It was his experiment that had gone awry that caused her loss, but is was this dilemma which prompted a second visit from the Traveler, who aided him.

Significant romantic encounters have included the Daledian princess Salia in 2365, his first ever at age 16, and Ensign Robin Lefler, an Enterprise junior engineer, during his freshman Academy year in 2368.

Medical Update

Wesley has a birthmark in the buttocks or groin area and is allergic to metorapan treatments. In the Nova Squadron crash he suffered second-degree burns on his chest and a multiple fracture in the right arm.


Synopsis:

Wesley Crusher, involved in a cover-up of a devastating accident at Starfleet Academy, learns a painful lesson in honesty.

While en-route to Starfleet Academy, where Picard is scheduled to deliver the year's commencement address, the crew learns of a devastating in-flight accident involving Wesley Crusher and his squadron. While all five ships involved were destroyed, Wesley, his squadron leader and two other crew members managed to transport to safety. However, the fifth team member, Wesley's good friend Joshua Albert, was killed instantly.

Picard, Dr. Crusher and the rest of the cadets' parents watch as Admiral Brand, the Academy superintendent, begins an investigation, questioning the four surviving cadets about the fatal flight. When the admiral finds discrepancies between their testimony and the flight plan they had filed, the squadron's leader, Nicholas Locarno, steps in. He reluctantly tells the investigating panel that Albert panicked and lost control during the maneuver and caused the accident. Albert's father, a Starfleet officer, is especially devastated by this news.

Because the U.S.S. Enterprise is Wesley's home, Admiral Brand allows Picard and the crew to begin their own, independent investigation of the accident. Meanwhile, Wesley meets with Locarno and the other squadron members to discuss the earlier inquiry. The three cadets are clearly upset with their leader for placing blame on Albert when the accident was not really his fault. Locarno tries to convince them that they aren't lying by omitting crucial details that will explain what really happened, and that they must go along with his plan in order to save their careers. Stressing the importance of working together as a team, he gets his squadron to agree with him. Later, when the hearing resumes, Wesley is questioned about the surviving data from his flight recorder. He and his comrades are shocked when the panel produces evidence that clearly contradicts Wesley's testimony. However, while he appears to be caught in a lie, Wesley refuses to explain.

Shaken by what is happening, Wesley subtly indicates to Beverly that he is lying. She shares her feelings with Picard, and the two join Geordi and Data to try to reach a conclusion. Together, they use all the data they have recovered to conclude that instead of the formation the squadron claimed to be practicing, Wesley and his comrades were working on an extremely dangerous maneuver.

Picard summons Wesley and tells the young man that he and the crew know what is going on. They know Wesley's squadron was working on a spectacular maneuver so dangerous it has been forbidden � a move they planned to perform at Starfleet Academy's commencement ceremony. Had they succeeded, Locarno would have graduated as a living legend. Unfortunately, their failure cost Albert his life. Picard tells Wesley that if he can't tell the truth, Picard himself will. Wesley immediately meets with the rest of his squadron, but Locarno again convinces them to stick together, reminding that Picard has no concrete proof. At the hearing, however, Wesley tells the truth, unable to allow Albert's father to go on believing his son was a coward. Locarno takes the blame and is expelled, while the rest of the squadron are told they must repeat the school year.

I know that is a little more Info than you asked for but it should more than answer your question!

[Transwarp13]

well, tyvek summed it up...... but he was given the feild rank of ensign, and then later officaly attended star fleet acdemy. making him a regular ensign.

[Lindley]

Yeah, you may have noticed that the early DS9 and VOY uniforms are different than TNG.

In "The Game", for instance, he is a cadet. Picard is wearing the red shirt, black shoulders uniform, but the current Academy uniform (which Wesley wears) is black shirt, red shoulders (like early DS9 uniforms).

[IreneJ]

In regard to Wesley's Starfleet rank, could you repeat that? In English and not in startrek.com lingo?

[Jadzia Lenara Dax]

He dropped out of Starfleet?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah!

[Transwarp13]

yes, and he lost time in the acdemy becasue he went with the travler.

[Lindley]

He began as a civilian. Very quickly ("Where No One Has Gone Before" he became an Acting Ensign. After a couple of seasons, Picard promoted him to full Ensign on a field commision, for no apparent reason.

Somewhere around a season later, he leaves for the Academy, so he can become a Starfleet officer the normal way.

[IreneJ]

Didn't he leave Starfleet over protest against the Federation's treaty with the Cardassians? The best thing he had ever done.

[Commander Ranahan]

DUDE he went with the travler, what a idiot.

[Transwarp13]

i think the travler was cool. very powerful.....

[Commander Ranahan]

I wouldn't leave star fleet though. FEDERATION RULZ

[Transwarp13]

yah, but the travler was like the Q, u could go anywhere! and learn anything! i would have gone.

[Link, the Hero of Time]

jeez Tyvek. did you have to give his whole history! but there's more, in a Star Trek / Star Wars cross called Exodus. very good. i don't know if it ever got published but if anyone wants to see it i'll show. it's about 43 pages

[Commander Ranahan]

DUDE Q RULED No one else could beat Q

[Transwarp13]

yeah, but the travler may have! we dont kno much at all about them!

[KlingonHomeWorld31]

Could you imagine the information crusher would have if he decided to delay after a while traveling with the traveller and returning to starfleet, its possible that he would be as smart as anyone in the federation with knowledge of technologies that would make starfleet seem like they were just beginning space exploration,But returning to starfleet will never happen of course.

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[Transwarp13]

yah, i mean, who knows where he went! i mean, when the travler took the enterprise, they wewnt like 3 galaxys away! i was what, a 500 year trip home! and that wasnt much for him. it would have been awsome.

[Link, the Hero of Time]

kinda like a Voyager thing. but it didn't take voyager that long to get back

[eyirs]

well i think he is confused i would never leave starfleet acadamy on no conditions

[ivylgtiger]

One can only hope that he will not "visit" during the next
ST movie (ST:X).

[Lindley]

I doubt it since there's been nothing to that effect on the net.

[Transwarp13]

yah, but that would be cool.

[Link, the Hero of Time]

it would. but too bad it won't happen

[Leiutenant-Sones]

My friend thought Weasley was cute whan she first saw Star trek lol