Star Trek Who is the better first officer Spock or Riker?

Who is the better first officer Spock or Riker?

Commander Spock	54 % (19 Votes)
Commander Riker	46 % (16 Votes)

Momo Spock

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Report this Jan. 31 2012, 6:08 pm

Spock 100%

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Report this Jan. 31 2012, 6:57 pm

Riker is good, very good, but he's no Spock

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Report this Feb. 01 2012, 4:16 am

Depends of the captain, actually.

Picard was more restrained and Riker more adventurous.

Spock was more restrained and Kirk more adventurous.

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Report this Feb. 01 2012, 5:27 am

Quote: Hugues @ Feb. 01 2012, 4:16 am

>Depends of the captain, actually.

>Picard was more restrained and Riker more adventurous.

>Spock was more restrained and Kirk more adventurous.

Fully agree with you there. To compare Spock to Riker we'd need a third captain I think, someone more nuetral to compare them evenly.

I still have to vote for Spock though, because having a first officer who can mind meld is pretty useful.

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Report this Feb. 01 2012, 6:34 am

Quote: Hugues @ Feb. 01 2012, 4:16 am

>Depends of the captain, actually.

>Picard was more restrained and Riker more adventurous.

>Spock was more restrained and Kirk more adventurous.

I agree completely. We could not imagine Picard with Spock, or Kirk with Riker as first officer, could we...

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Report this Feb. 01 2012, 7:34 pm

Spock is the best first officer in all of Trek, period. There's no comparison.

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Report this Feb. 01 2012, 11:15 pm

I know it is probably heresy, but I chose Riker, he seemed more like a first officer where Spock was science officer who just happened to be a first officer.

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Report this Feb. 02 2012, 4:52 pm

Good point, OneDamnMinuteAdmiral: Spock was supposed to be a Science Officer, whereas Riker was a Command XO. However, either way, these two were the best first officers.

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Report this Feb. 02 2012, 6:48 pm

They both served well as First Officer but it's like comparing apples to oranges. Can't really compare one to the other except calling both an Apple and the Orange fruit. Same thing with Riker and Spock, they were both great First Officers but for different reasons.

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Report this Feb. 03 2012, 4:10 am

I say Riker. He objected to the captain leading away teams. Spock just went along with Kirk's recklessness.

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Report this Feb. 03 2012, 7:05 am

What was Riker's problem anyway? Hanging around Picard's coat-tails all the time even when he was offered his own command?

Good first officer material clearly - but perhaps not meant to go higher?

Spock was a multi-tasker: first officer / science officer / captain / ambassador

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Report this Feb. 04 2012, 2:38 am

Quote: Ghostmojo @ Feb. 03 2012, 7:05 am

>Spock was a multi-tasker: first officer / science officer / captain / ambassador

But he didn't fill these four tasks at one time..

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Report this Feb. 04 2012, 5:34 am

Quote: Ghostmojo @ Feb. 03 2012, 7:05 am

>What was Riker's problem anyway? Hanging around Picard's coat-tails all the time even when he was offered his own command?

Riker thought it would be better to be first officer on the flagship, than a captain on some obscure small ship, at least for a while. After a while, he became more attached to Enterprise, and didn't want to move on. Much the same has been discussed in the thread(s) about Picard not making admiral... he just didn't want it.

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Report this Feb. 04 2012, 3:25 pm

They were definitely 2 different personalites and both served their captains in the appropriate way. Spock was best suited for Kirk and Riker best suited for Picard. Different styles that compliment each other. But I say Riker. Though I like Spock as a first officer don't get me wrong. I like Rikers style better.

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