Are field commissions a thing?

[Whack-a-Mole]

To avoid more hijack of this thread I started a new thread on Star Trek’s economy (I think it is an interesting topic):

How did money work in the Star Trek universe?

A thread in GQ started discussing money in Star Trek. Since that was a hijack I figured it was worth starting a thread here to explore it. In Star Trek we are led to believe it is a post-scarcity society. No one wants for anything. There are some moments in the series where they mention money is no longer a thing. Captain Picard alludes to it here. Picard says there is no money in the 24th century in Star Trek VIII: First Contact. But, as noted in the thread linked above, in Star Trek: DS9…