Summary

• Geordi La Forge is considered the best Commodore in Star Trek history for his work in defeating the Borg Collective.
• Commodore Oh from Star Trek: Picard is the worst Commodore, orchestrating the First Day attacks and ordering deaths to outlaw synthetic life.
• There have been other villainous or misguided Commodores in Star Trek history who have risked lives and caused harm.

There have been 12 Starfleet Commodores in the history of Starfleet's Commodore rank is the lowest ranking flag officer, who can be in command of a fleet of ships. In Star Trek: Picard season 3, Commodore Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) was the most recent officer to attain the rank for his work in overseeing the Athan Prime Fleet Museum's collection of classic starships.

Sadly, not every Star Trek Commodore is as trustworthy and honorable as Geordi LaForge. Although the Commodore rank doesn't attract nearly as many corrupt officers as that of iral, there have still been some villainous or misguided Star Trek Commodores. The worst crimes of Starfleet Commodores in Star Trek range from almost getting the USS Enterprise destroyed to overseeing a massive conspiracy that claimed the lives of over 92,000 people.

12 Commodore Oh (Tamlyn Tomita)

Star Trek: Picard Season 1

Star Trek: Picard's Commodore Oh (Tamlyn Tomita) was incredibly good at her job, so she's technically better than some of her predecessors. However, Oh's intentions were so villainous and genocidal that she is surely the worst Starfleet Commodore of all time. As a deep-cover Romulan Tal Shiar agent, Oh orchestrated the devastating First Day attacks on the Utopia Planitia Shipyards, which caused the deaths of over 90,000 people. To continue her plan to outlaw synthetic life, she ordered the death of Dahj Asha (Isa Briones) and manipulated Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill) into murdering Dr. Bruce Maddox.

11 Commodore Stocker (Charles Drake)

Star Trek: TOS, season 2, episode 11, "The Deadly Years"

Star Trek: The Original Series' Commodore Stocker (Charles Drake) wasn't a villain, he was a man who was woefully out of his depth. In "The Deadly Years", Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the USS Enterprise succumbed to a mysterious aging disease. A panicky and inexperienced Stocker assumed command of the ship and took the Enterprise dangerously close to the Romulan Neutral Zone in his attempt to reach Starbase 10 more quickly. Thankfully, Kirk was cured, retook command of the Enterprise, and avoided triggering another war with the Romulans. Kirk bore the inexperienced Stocker no ill will.

10 Commodore Matt Decker (William Windom)

Star Trek: TOS, season 2, episode 6, "The Doomsday Machine"

Commodore Matt Decker (William Windom) was a man driven to desperate action by grief and guilt. Decker was obsessed with destroying the titular planet killer in Star Trek: The Original Series' "The Doomsday Machine". While Decker wanted to destroy the planet killer to protect the galaxy, he was more driven by avenging the crew that he lost while in command of the USS Constellation. In doing so, Decker risks the lives of Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise, abandoning the commanding officer's duty to protect their crew. After Decker sacrificed himself, Kirk preserved the Commodore's reputation in his report.

9 Commodore Tafune (Russell Yeun)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 1, "The Broken Circle"

In his brief appearance in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 1, "The Broken Circle", Commodore Tafune (Russell Yeun) questioned the judgment of his superior officer, iral Robert April (Adrian Holmes). During a meeting with iral April about the threat posed by the Gorn Hegemony, Tafune suggested that his superior had gone "too easy" on Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) for stealing the USS Enterprise. Given that Spock averted another Federation-Klingon War, Commodore Tafune should have given the Vulcan mutineer far more credit.

8 Commodore Chiv (Eugene Clark)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 2, "Ad Astra per Aspera"

Commodore Chiv (Eugene Clark) was a member of the judging in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' trial of Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn). As a Vulcan, Chiv's thoughts on Number One's Illyrian heritage and her failure to disclose her genetic enhancements were hard to discern. Given the final decision to grant Una asylum and allow her to continue serving aboard the USS Enterprise, it's safe to assume that the inscrutable Commodore Chiv agreed with the benevolent judgment of Number One.

7 Commodore Barstow (Richard Derr)

Star Trek: TOS, season 1, episode 20, "The Alternative Factor"

Commodore Barstow (Richard Derr) instructed Kirk's Enterprise to continue its investigation into a galaxy-wide event in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 20, "The Alternative Factor". Unlike Commodores Decker and Oh, Barstow was acting for the greater good, believing that the magnetic disruption posed a serious threat to galactic safety. Barstow knew that the Enterprise crew was the best-equipped team in the Starfleet armada to fix the problem, which was why he ordered Kirk to continue his investigation while simultaneously ordering other starships to vacate the area around the mysterious planet.

6 Commodore Stone (Percy Rodriguez)

Star Trek: TOS, season 1, episode 14, "Court Martial"

In "Court Martial", Commodore Stone (Percy Rodriguez) investigated accusations of a crime committed by Captain Kirk - the murder of a fellow officer. Stone never persecuted Kirk and instead followed the evidence as it was presented to him. Crucially, Stone decided to go down with the Enterprise during the court-martial when Kirk's fight with the psychotic Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney (Richard Webb) endangered the ship. While he may have been putting Star Trek: The Original Series' hero on trial for a crime he didn't commit, Commodore Stone did so with integrity and fairness.

5 Commodore Paris (Shohreh Aghdashloo)

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Commodore Paris (Shohreh Aghdashloo) was the commanding officer of the revolutionary starbase, the USS Yorktown in Star Trek Beyond. Paris provided Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) with valuable, if subtle, advice on whether he should accept a promotion to Vice-iral. After he saved the Yorktown from Krall (Idris Elba), iral Paris told Kirk that the promotion was his, but also reminded him that irals don't fly. Paris' subtle nudge helped the Kelvin Timeline Kirk avoid one of the biggest mistakes of his Prime Timeline counterpart.

4 Commodore Bob Wesley (Barry Russo)

Star Trek: TOS, season 2, episode 24, "The Ultimate Computer"

Commodore Bob Wesley (Barry Russo) lost his crew when the M-5 computer created by Dr. Richard Daystrom (William Marshall) went rogue and turned the USS Enterprise into a weapon of mass destruction. Wesley's entire crew was killed when the M-5 turned on his ship, the USS Lexington. While Wesley received permission from Starfleet Command to destroy the Enterprise and Dr. Richard Daystrom's malfunctioning computer, he held his fire because he believed that Kirk would succeed in deactivating the M-5. Captain Kirk did eventually talk the M-5 into deactivating itself, meaning that Commodore Wesley never had to pull the trigger.

A retired Commodore Wesley appeared in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "One of our Planets is Missing", voiced by Scotty actor James Doohan.

3 Commodore José I. Mendez (Malachi Throne)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Episodes 15 & 16, "The Menagerie"

Commodore José I. Mendez (Malachi Throne) oversaw Starbase 11, and the overall care of Fleet Captain Christopher Pike (Sean Kenney) following his tragic accident. In the classic Star Trek: The Original Series two-parter, "The Menagerie", Mendez and Kirk chased down Spock after he'd stolen the Enterprise and headed for Talos IV. While the Mendez that ed Kirk and conducted Spock's court-martial was illusory, the real Mendez still briefly lifted General Order 4 to allow Pike to live out his retirement in an illusory paradise. Mendez was dedicated to Pike's welfare right up to the end.