A warrant officer is a specialized grade of service in a military operation, where an officer is given his authority through a warrant rather than a commission, usually for service in a single field, with the capacity of an expert.
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, the insignia worn by CPO Miles O'Brien in DS9's first few years and enlisted Maquis on VOY was supposed to represent a warrant officer, even though numerous dialogue references and general naval parlance about the ranks of those referred to would sem to disprove this time and again |
