# Trivia Dominoes II — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia — continued! (Part 1)

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Capt. James T. Kirk, commanding officer of the USS _Enterprise_, NCC-1701, begins a never-completed wedding ceremony for two of his crew in the episode “Balance of Terror.” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, doing the same thing in the _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ episode “Data’s Day,” uses almost identical words, as does Adm. William Ross in a _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ episode, and Capt. Ed Mercer in a _The Orville_ episode.

Even if senior Starfleet or Planetary Union officers are authorized to officiate at weddings, the same is not necessarily true of naval and civilian maritime officers today: [RE: Are ships captains allowed to marry people at sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-are-ships-captains-allowed-to-marry-people-at-sea/588307)

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