Guess Number One's name

Strangely enough, I kind of like this.

 

You, uh, may want to see a doctor about that STD. Meanwhile, DSC has plenty of credibility and is a worthy entry in a franchise that never seems to overly concern itself with things like continuity.

 

What if they never give her a name?

 

Same here.

 

So her first name is Bridge Officer, her last is Number One. Got it.

 

Bridge is short for bridget...

 

I know the discovery novel desperate hours gave it as “Una” but I wonder if “The Enterprise War” will keep that name or if JJM will give us a different one. Or if she’ll just be known as “Number One”.

 

For the record, the "Una" name dates back to the Legacies trilogy Dave Mack, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, and I wrote a few years ago for Trek's 50th Anniversary. As I recall, Dave came up with the name, although it first appeared in my novel just because I happened to write Book One of the trilogy. Dave then reused in his DISCO book.

 

*watches episode, is most excited to learn Number One's name*

Well that was disappointing.

 

To be fair, they never promised they were going to reveal her name. That was just us, speculating and wondering.

 

I find it strange they sticking with the throw-away line from The Cage that she's only a Lieutenant. If the XO of the Enterprise is only a Lieutenant, why does it have a full O6 Captain. And what about the other officers on board who outrank her, like Engineer Naan, who is a Commander?

 

She has Lieutenant Commander stripes

Spock was also a Lieutenant Commander in TOS... I think?

 

Early on he is identified as a Lieutenant Commander while wearing Commander's stripes. I figure the promotion paperwork just got lost in the galactic mail.

 

I might be wrong but I think the ranks in the Cage were much different than the rest of the series.

 

Ah you're right.

 

No of course not. I just assumed they couldn't feature her without dropping a name.

I also thought she'd be there for more than 5 minutes

 

She will show up again later this season.

Anyways, if the Enterprise rank insignia works the same as the Kelvin Timeline, Number One is a Lieutenant Commander.

 

There was a character in Stargate Atlantis who for ages didn't have a first name and then later on they mentioned it in an episode. So maybe it'll be like that with her and we'll find out her name later.

 

Majel