How recognizable is the enterprise crew?

[T'Girl]

For one, the Federation is more known for its diplomatic agenda.

Before he realized what time period he was in, Nero fully exspect some random Starfleet officer to immediately know who the hell "Ambassador Spock" was.

T'Pring said that Spock was well known among Vulcans, almost a legion.

Despite the Enterprise-D (then the E) was the prestigious flagship ...

When did the Enterprise E become a flagship?

 

[bbjeg]

No, people like them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ambassadors_and_High_Commissioners_of_Canada
or them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States

If any of those people captained a starship and saved earth on multiple occasions, I would know them.

 

[Armored Saint]

Elvis never captained a starship and didn't save our planet.

 

[Ro_Laren]

Maybe Picard is recognizable, because of the Locutus thing, but do you really think the rest of the crew would be? I mean, I know that the Enterprise has gone on some "notable" missions, but the Federation is pretty big. Does the average Federation citizen pay attention to the "military" a.k.a. Starfleet? I don't think that the average American would have any clue who serves on American aircraft carriers or any other Naval vessel...

Don't forget Admiral Prescott (I think) pointed out Riker's good work against the Borg. I think that was general knowledge and not something he read before arriving.

Regardless of whether the Admiral read a missions briefing or not, I am sure that it was more common knowledge amongst Starfleet Admirals who led the mission rescuing Picard / stopping Locutus / saving Earth. Sure others might have known that as well, but would have been more surprising if Starfleet brass did not know who led the mission saving the day!

BTW, this thread is making me want to watch Best of Both Worlds Part I & II!!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Riker is probably a celebrity among Starfleet but probably not a celebrity among civilians. He's probably the level of celebrity that would come up as an answer in bar trivia from time to time.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Elvis never captained a starship and didn't save our planet.

That you know of.

 

[Sci Fi Fan]

It's hard to imagine interplanetary celebrities when the galaxy is populated on so many worlds.

 

[Finn]

^why? There would be still famous people no matter how many individuals make up a community, even trillions all over the Federation.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'm sure Riker has thousands of friends on Spacebook.

 

[Finn]

^well, roughy would be 500+ women who have ever served on the same ship as him...

 

[bbjeg]

... BTW, this thread is making me want to watch Best of Both Worlds Part I & II!!

I watched it recently because of this thread.

Elvis never captained a starship and didn't save our planet.

That you know of.

 

[Cyke101]

What does Elvis need with a starship? (get it?)

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Anyway, I would think that Data and Worf would get some recognition simply because they're one of a kind -- Data in particular is a technological breakthrough that hasn't yet been duplicated to that level by someone other than Soong. Picard would also perhaps become famous simply because of his feats from his position.

Dr. Crusher and LaForge would probably be more famous among academia, but not the general public. They seemed to attend quite a few conferences, and no one can deny their own breakthroughs.

Can't speak for the others, though I'd love it if O'Brien somehow became an unlikely internet celebrity for whatever reason.

 

[Corran Horn]

Harriman read about Kirk's missions when he was in grade school - those missions (if S1 TOS) were probably around 30 years earlier and Harriman wasn't that old so the information might've been somewhat public right around when it was happening.

 

[Makarov]

Rather than comparing it to real life military I would compare it to astronauts. I would think they'd be at the very least mini-celebrities. Debatable evidence: Picard being almost thrown a parade in Family.

If military people IRL were regularly making first contact with different species I think people would know some personalities... unless it was all classified. In that case a lot of people would dislike starfleet.