Who's On First? Starfleet's First Officers

Red Alert!  Who's on first base?  20th century comic duo Abbott and Costello may have never warped on a Starfleet starship - although they did go to Mars - but their historically popular comedy bit, 'Who's On First?', evokes a responsible officer rank which doesn't always get deserved attention nor respect.

Check out my TrekNews article about those Number Ones of Star Trek.

A First Officer Is Always Number One

Number One!  Which one is your number one?  Captain Pike's? Captain Picard's?  What about Captain Janeway's Chakotay?  Take the Twitter poll!

Riker Sets His Beard Like His Phaser

Starfleet phasers have many power settings for many uses.  For Commander Will Riker's beard, there really is only one setting that he swears by.

Imzadi - The Betazoid Concept Of Beloved

Of all the many alien races depicted on the various Star Trek shows and in the movies, those of the planet Betazed may be the most romantic one of all.  The Deltans - first seen in ST: The Motion Picture - could be considered the most sexual, but for the similarly telepathic and empathetic Betazoids, there's a concept they call Imazdi - translated basically as one's beloved.

In The Next Generation, Counselor Deanna Troi calls her new crewmate Will Riker her Imzadi - right off the bat in the pilot, Encounter As Farpoint.  These two were romantically linked before their tour of duty on Captain Picard's Galaxy class starship, and that blazing romantic torch song never really ended. By the time of their marriage in Star Trek: Nemesis, Riker and Troi have seen the ups and downs of a romance which could only be properly encapsulated by the concept of Imzadi.  Interesting note:  A platonic love or deep friendship can also be characterized as Imzadi.

Riker's Rep

So, I went looking for a few Riker memes.  Here's what I found.  

OK - I'll just put it right here.  No need for further commentary.  This guy is 2nd in command of Starfleet's flagship.  Yep.

Counselor Troi's Romance

Captain Picard's Enterprise D may not have been staffed with as randy a crew as Captain Kirks, but those Next Generation Starfleet officers still found some time for singular pleasures.

Counselor Troi - played by Marina Sirtis - listened to the romantic problems of many.  When it came to her own romance issues, however, I guess Troi only confided in her friend Dr. Crusher on the ups and downs of her on again/off again romance with Commander Riker, or her Imzadi, the Betazed word for beloved one.  In the episode, The Price, Troi is swept off her feet - in all possible ways - by a suave, telepathic negotiator, Devinoni Ral - played by Matt McCoy.

Riker Feels Pretty

Starfleet members are professionals.  They are expected to do whatever it takes to see that their important mission is carried out efficiently and completely.  In the Next Generation episode, Angel One, Commander Riker really takes one for the team.

Oh, Commander Riker, don't you look pretty!

Alien Abductions On Picard's Starship

Captain Picard's crew are the focus of creepy alien abductions.  Alien? You got it.  Like UFO's?  Little Green Men?  In this case, big hooded, and weirdly clicking men.

As the crew realize the truth of their dire predicament, they successfully fight back.  Schisms remains one of the spookiest Next Generation episodes to ever air.

Rosalyn Landor - Feet Washing Can Be Sexy

Like getting your feet washed?  I don't mean in the bath doing it all by your lonesome self.  I mean foot washing as a communal activity.  Ever have a loved one wash your feet?  According to one of the sexiest guest stars on Star Trek: The Next Generation, washing a partner's feet can bring on a whole new romantic activity.  Pedicure and love making?  Pretty much.

Rosalyn Landor played the sexy Brenna Odell on the second season episode, Up The Long Ladder. Landor is a popular British actress - known more now for her great voice over work in audio books and animation, for Disney, Random House and audible.com.  In the fun romp, Brenna tells Will Riker that foot washing has a definite skill set and structure - one must start at the top and work their way down.  I wonder how much of that advice Number One applied in his romantic relationship with Counselor Troi.

Riker Is A Man Who Uses Enterprise Tech In Surprising Ways

Leave it to William T. Riker.  He's a man with a sneaky plan.  Captain Picard's Number One uses the fantastic technology of the Enterprise's Trek universe in so many wonderful ways.  This meme proves Riker is a man who truly loves using the transporter, but not in any normal Starfleet way. Regulations? They aren't in the poker playing cards for good, ole rebel WTR!

What's next, Will?  More silly practical jokes?  Worf loses his uniform pants during the teaching of his Klingon martial arts class? Are you going to use that nifty matter replication device to put hair back on Jean-Luc's bald dome?  Is Mr. LaForge helping you out? Data? Captain Picard will now shout, 'Engage - my new hair!'

Sexual Memes of Star Trek

Those naughty memes!  A book should be put together of them alone!  Well... actually... There have been more than a few volumes slapped into page turning and burning creations full of all those wacky Star Trek memes.  Here's one which Jonathan Frakes, who plays Commander Will Riker on Next Generation, may be proud about.

Or at least put a smile on his face.

Hologram Hotness

What's a knockout like you doing in a computer generated gin joint like this?  Not a bad come on line, and when brazenly delivered by the Enterprise D's Cmdr. Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to a holographic honey named Minuet, it's quite fitting.

Hot holograms?  Minuet could be elected the spokesperson for the group.

Minuet would be so convincing in her alluring realism, that when Riker was abducted and snared into an even more advanced holographic environment than his Starship's holodeck (Future Imperfect), his captor believed she was the real deal. 

The captivating Minuet embodied the classic love story complete with a most poignant ending.  Although not flesh and blood, for Will Riker, the sexy Minuet became the unforgettable girl who not only got away, but who never really was in the first place.

The Many Looks Of Counselor Troi - Marina Sirtis

Star Trek is known for many things.  Fans love the starships - the Enterprise, the Defiant, the Excelsior, the USS Voyager.  Collectors love to buy their own prop replicas of the phasers or tricorders or communicators.  And one of the other things highly noted about Star Trek are the uniforms and costumes.  Perhaps no other character - certainly a regular cast member - had as many looks and costumes as the lovely Counselor of NCC-1701-D - Deanna Troi.

She showcased purple dresses and lavender, and blue and something in between.  She wore regulation command uniforms and skirts and skants and all sorts of other things.  One thing's for certain, Counselor Troi kept up with the fashionable side of things during her tour of duty.  Engage & set  phasers on FASHION!

Star Trek Sexy Episode - Next Generation - Up The Long Ladder

Commander Riker never got the girl as much as Captain Kirk, but he still didn't do all that badly in the romance department.  During the 2nd season of Next Generation, in the episode, Up The Long Ladder, Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is propositioned by a lovely gal named Brenna.  He doesn't exactly put up a fight, but in the end he gets to the business of - ahem - foot washing.  "You generally start at the top, and work your way down.", Brenna advises him, and rest assured, cleaner feet are the result.

Ensign Ro - Michelle Forbes

She was the Bajoran with the checkered past who gave Commander Riker more than a little pause when she came aboard the Enterprise NCC-1701-D for a vital mission.  Played by actress Michelle Forbes, Ro Laren - or Laren Ro, since Bajorans use their surname first - would eventually become an important part of Captain Picard's Enterprise.

Guinan and Ro in Ten Forward

Star Trek Sexy Spotlight - Dr. Beverly Crusher - Gates McFadden

Captain Jean-Luc Picard's Enterprise 1701-D was the flagship Starfleet starship of his time.  During his tenure as Enterprise Captain, Picard utilized the most advanced technology and had the most competent officers at his disposal.  Picard's decision was final - as Dr. Beverly Crusher emphatically reminded guest Lily Sloan (Alfre Woodard) as they battled the dread Borg in the feature film, Star Trek: First Contact.  But above all the others under his command, only the ginger haired Chief Medical Officer could actually question Picard's competence.

Beverly Crusher's intense sexual attraction to Jean-Luc Picard was explored throughout the show, and the Starship commander was just one of the attractive physician's many romantic suitors.  Being a mother to Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) was a herculean task in and of itself, yet the 'dancing doctor' - Gates is a real life accomplished dancer - never faltered in both her professional or personal duties.

Star Trek Sexy Quotes

There are so many Star Trek sexy quotes.  From the original series or TOS to TNG, or The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine (DS9) and Voyager (VOY), the dialogue is laden with great sexually charged moments.  Starfleet starship captains like Kirk, Picard, Sisko and Janeway certainly have their moments when sexuality factored into their search for new lifeforms and the exploration of the galaxy.

More often than not, the sexy quotes came from aliens - of all kinds and descriptions.  One thing is for sure - sexy Star Trek quotes are some of the more memorable parts of Gene Roddenberry's universe.

Star Trek - VINA

I can become anything, any woman you've ever imagined. You can have anything you want in the whole universe. Let me please you.

Star Trek: First Contact - Borg Queen

Are you familiar with physical forms of pleasure?

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Riker

What's a knockout like you doing in a computer generated gin joint like this?

Alice Krige - The Borg Queen - Sexiest Borg Mom of Star Trek

I am the beginning... the end... the one who is many.  I am the Borg.  Alice Krige is The Borg Queen of Star Trek.

South African actress Alice Krige fleshed out the seductive temptress The Borg Queen in the feature film Star Trek: First Contact, directed by Jonathan Frakes - Will Riker himself.  She time warped back to the past to wreck havoc on Earth, tried to stop Zephram Cochrane's historic first warp drive launch and almost assimilated the crew of Captain Picard's (Locutus) Enterprise into her Borg brood.

She very nearly succeeded in tempting Data with the pleasures of the flesh - if only for a scant few microseconds.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation Meets Fifty Shades of Grey

Let's see what sex is out there.....  Star Trek sex can get kinky.  Fifty Shades Of Grey, for many, helps to define kinky.

Sex & Sci-Fi of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Fifty Shades of Grey may push the boundaries of novel and filmed sexuality in the mainstream, but Star Trek: The Next Generation definitely dabbled in mature sexuality too.

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Graph TV Rates Star Trek: The Next Generation The Highest Rated Trek Of All

Do you like to debate with friends which is the best Trek of them all?  Well, now you have some ammunition on your side - that is if you think ST:TNG with Captain Jean-Luc Picard as the trekking commander of the Enterprise is the best of the bunch.

Star Trek: The Next Generation has more episodes rated higher than any of the other Trek spin-off shows.  It also, however, charts some of the worst of the bunch.

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