Five Captains of the USS Enterprise became Admirals inStar Trek . As the flagship of the United Federation of Planets , the Starship Enterprise is perhaps the most desired naming for a Starfleet Captain . To command theEnterprise means being part of a storied legacythat begin in the 22nd hundred ofStar Trek : Enterpriseand proceed into the thirty-second century ofStar Trek : Discovery . Unsurprisingly , distinguished and exemplary performance in the enterprisingness ’s center ass can guide to career forward motion to the rank of Starfleet Admiral .

Becoming an Admiral is n’t inevitably the goal of theCaptains of the USS Enterprise . Giving up the hullabaloo of exploring strange new worlds and the fortune to make history to become a desk-bound decision - Jehovah at Starfleet HQ does n’t always sit down well with Enterprise Captains - turned - admiral . Whilecertain Captains evidence correctable to becoming a flag police officer , other Enterprise head honchos became restless and yearn to get back to the Captain ’s chairman . Yet each Enterprise Captain who became an Admiral was large in their own way .

Admiral Archer From Star Trek: Enterprise

Archer Was Also The First Federation President

Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) was thefirst Captain of the Starship Enterprise to get advance to Admiral . Star Trek : Enterpriseonly chronicled four years of Captain Archer ’s ten - year stint command the NX-01 Enterprise . As seen inStar Trek : Enterprise ’s controversial series finale , " These Are The Voyages , " Captain Archer delivered the polar comment that get the founding of the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-second century . Archer ’s historical voyage formed the crucial alliances that form the early Federation .

Jonathan Archer is also recognized as the first President of the United Federation of Planets .

Star Trekhas not canonically shown Jonathan Archer as a Starfleet Admiral in a telly series or movie . J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009 ) name - dropped Admiral Archerin the alternative Kelvin Timeline . However , since Archer becoming an Admiral preceded the conception of the Kelvin Timeline , this does make Admiral Archer officialStar Trekcanon . Jonathan Archer is also recognized as the first President of the United Federation of Planets after he became an Admiral .

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Admiral Robert April From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

April Was The First 23rd Century Captain Of The Enterprise

InStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , Admiral Robert April(Adrian Holmes ) is the first Captain of the Constitution Class USS Enterprise in the twenty-third 100 . April overtop the enterprisingness on a lone five - year charge before have a promotion to Admiraland come about Captaincy of the starship to his First Officer ( Christopher Pike ) . InStrange New Worlds , April is Captain Pike ’s immediate superior and shoulders the burden of Starfleet ’s most crucial operations , like preventing a possible warfare with the Gorn .

Captain Pike commanded the Starship Enterprise from 2245 - 2250 .

Captain Robert April was introduced inStar Trek : The Animated Series , although the toon version was an older Caucasian male . Strange New Worldscanonically reimagined April as a Black Admiral . Regardless , Admiral April is a smart and effective leader and a desire advocate of Captain Pike and the Starship Enterprise . Admiral April ’s first precedency is to safeguard Starfleet and the Federation , but he is uncoerced to look the other path and trusts Pike to do what needs to be done in a crisis .

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Admiral Christopher Pike From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Star Trek Into Darkness

Pike Only Becomes An Admiral In Alternate Realities

InStar Trek ’s Prime timeline , Captain Christopher Pike does not become a Starfleet Admiral . Pike ’s highest rank and file achieve is Fleet Captain , as established inStar Trek : The Original Series ' two - parter , " The Menagerie . " After he gives up being Captain of the Enterprise , Fleet Captain Pike ( Sean Kenney ) is seriously wounded by delta shaft of light while saving a radical of Starfleet plebe . Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) and the USS Enterprise command by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) render Fleet Captain Pike to Talos IV to live out the rest of his liveliness .

Strange New Worlds ' season 1 finale bear jaw - dropping moments as Captain Pike faces a dark TOS future . We excuse what it all means for season 2 .

However , Christopher Pike ( Bruce Greenwood ) is promote to Admiral inStar Trek Into Darkness ' alternate Kelvin timeline . The wise man of Captain James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) , Admiral Pike is hit by Khan Noonien Singh ( Benedict Cumberbatch).Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' time of year 1 finale introduced an alternate succeeding timeline where Admiral Pike ( Anson Mount ) fights a generational war against the Romulans . However , this future was erase by the actions of the Prime timeline ’s Captain Pike .

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Admiral James T. Kirk From Star Trek: The Motion Picture To Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Kirk Is The Only Admiral Who Gets Demoted Back To Captain

Star Trek : The Motion Pictureintroduced Admiral James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) . Promoted to Rear Admiral after completingStar Trek : The Original Series ' five - year mission , Kirk became Chief of Starfleet Operations . However , Admiral Kirk yearned to be back in the center butt of his darling Starship Enterprise . Kirk abused his world power as Admiral to instal himself as Captain of the Enterprise , require the refit Constiution Clsss starship inStar Trek : The Motion PictureandStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan .

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1979

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1996

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1989

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1991

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1994

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Admiral Kirk slip the USS Enterprise and self - destructed it to keep his ship from falling into Klingon hands inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock . After save Earth inStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home , Admiral Kirk answered for his law-breaking , and Starfleet Command demote Kirk to Captain . Jim was assigned the USS Enterprise - A and continue his bosom ’s desire to command a spaceship . Kirk ultimately was n’t suited to the Admiralty , and being Captain of the Enterprise was his first , best lot .

Admiral Jean-Luc Picard From Star Trek: Picard

Picard Becomes Chancellor Of Starfleet Academy

Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) commanded the USS Enterprise - cholecalciferol and E for seven seasons ofStar Trek : The Next Generationand fourTNGmovies . Star Trek : Picardseason 1revealed thatStarfleet advance Picard to Admiral in 2381afterStar Trek : Nemesis . Admiral Picard ’s mission was to lead the Federation ’s excretion of the Romulans from their sun choke supernova . However , Picard quit Starfleet in dissent when the Federation revoked its mission .

Star Trek : Picard season 3 ’s finish concludes the story of TNG in sublime style and sets up the next propagation ’s legacy , along with a big surprise .

InStar Trek : Picardseason 2 , Admiral Picard was identify Chancellor of Starfleet Academy , a position he maintain inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . Admiral Picard prove to be restless in retirement but also past his flower as Captain of a starship . Still , Admiral Picard had the desire and ability to proceed save up the galax , and Jean - Luc got to command the USS Enterprise - D to vote out the Borg one terminal time inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . Which future Captain of the Enterprise will come after Jean - Luc Picard to become aStar TrekAdmiral rest to be seen .

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