Hello, everyone. I'm new to the forum and I have a question that I have wondered about for a long time, but I'm just getting around to a forum to ask it. And I read the OP in the General Trek Questions and Observations | The Trek BBS thread, and I hope this question/thread will have enough legs to it so that it won't be placed in that thread because personally, I think it's a pretty good question that I've never seen discussed before. 
But anyway, has anyone ever noticed that the majority of captains and first officers/second in command have a "K" sound like the word "captain" in their names? For example starting with TOS, we have Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. And even the first failed Star Trek series had Captain Pike and Mr. Spock. And following TOS with have STTNG where we have Captain Jean-Luc Picard and William Riker. But I observed something interesting in the next Star Trek series, STDS9 where we have Captain Sisko, but for the series' female first officer, Kira Nerys, the " "K" sound is in the character's first name. And yes, I know that Bajorans names are in reverse order compared to human names, but bear with me.
But in Star Trek's next series, Voyager, the Captain's name is Kathryn Janeway (where her first name has the "K" sound) and her first officer's name is Chakotay, which also has the "K" sound. However, I noticed something different in the next Star Trek series, Enterprise where we have Captain Jonathan Archer and second in command, Sub-Commander T'Pol. (And I think she was second in command because I was never really into that show and I really didn't watch too much so, I'm not sure if she was second in command.) Because this is the first Star Trek series where I noticed that the names of the captain and the second in command didn't have the "K" some like in the word "captain." And because of this, that answered a question in my mind as to whether or not the names with the "K" sound were intentional by Gene Rodenberry and other creators and producers of Star Trek or not. Therefore, I would say that this was only coincidental. Additionally, I want to mention that I have sometimes wondered if (and no offense to anyone) that may have been one of the reasons why this show was canceled and not as well received as other Star Trek series.
But continuing, we have Discovery where the current captain and main character of the show (who is female) is named Michael Burnham where once again, the female lead character has the "K" sound in her first name. However, the second in commander, Mr. Saru's name doesn't follow this pattern. But I won't mention the Picard series since it has characters from STTNG.
But please share your thoughts and observations.
But anyway, has anyone ever noticed that the majority of captains and first officers/second in command have a "K" sound like the word "captain" in their names? For example starting with TOS, we have Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. And even the first failed Star Trek series had Captain Pike and Mr. Spock. And following TOS with have STTNG where we have Captain Jean-Luc Picard and William Riker. But I observed something interesting in the next Star Trek series, STDS9 where we have Captain Sisko, but for the series' female first officer, Kira Nerys, the " "K" sound is in the character's first name. And yes, I know that Bajorans names are in reverse order compared to human names, but bear with me.
But in Star Trek's next series, Voyager, the Captain's name is Kathryn Janeway (where her first name has the "K" sound) and her first officer's name is Chakotay, which also has the "K" sound. However, I noticed something different in the next Star Trek series, Enterprise where we have Captain Jonathan Archer and second in command, Sub-Commander T'Pol. (And I think she was second in command because I was never really into that show and I really didn't watch too much so, I'm not sure if she was second in command.) Because this is the first Star Trek series where I noticed that the names of the captain and the second in command didn't have the "K" some like in the word "captain." And because of this, that answered a question in my mind as to whether or not the names with the "K" sound were intentional by Gene Rodenberry and other creators and producers of Star Trek or not. Therefore, I would say that this was only coincidental. Additionally, I want to mention that I have sometimes wondered if (and no offense to anyone) that may have been one of the reasons why this show was canceled and not as well received as other Star Trek series.
But continuing, we have Discovery where the current captain and main character of the show (who is female) is named Michael Burnham where once again, the female lead character has the "K" sound in her first name. However, the second in commander, Mr. Saru's name doesn't follow this pattern. But I won't mention the Picard series since it has characters from STTNG.
But please share your thoughts and observations.
Also, I love Saru.
