Commanding Officer (CO)
First Officer (XO)
Security
Counselling
Engineering
Medical
Operations Management (Ops)
Flight Control / Helm (Conn)
Science
Tactical
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The Captain is responsible for the ship and the safety of
the crew. Although a good Captain will listen to advice from the crew, he/she has the final
word on all matters.
The First Officer oversees all departments and has the
authority to give orders to any other officer on the ship except the Captain. He/She is
responsible for delegating work schedules and seeing that all maintenance schedules are kept.
He/She develops and organizes the duty roster. The first officer will lead all away
teams unless otherwise specified by the Captain.
The Chief of Security (CoS) is required to manage a current
roster for each member of the Security staff, design a fluid patrol manifest and keep an
updated profile for all crewmembers and guests. In event of Red Alert situations the Chief
should reconniter with all Security personnel and assign them to their respective duty
stations. The Chief also works in tandem with the Chief Tactical Officer (CTO) and the Marine
CO to advise the CO on possible threats to the ship and its crew. The Junior Security Officer
should follow orders to the letter and is often asked to put their life in danger. The Junior
Officer will occasionally be asked to join forces with either Tactical or Marine personnel to
help strengthen one or the other teams.
The Chief Counsellor (CoC) is responsible for managing the
ship/station's school, counselling office, and working in part with the medical staff with
patient recovery. This position also includes advising the Commanding Officer in certain
situations. All junior Counselling officers report to the Chief Counsellor. The Chief
Counsellor has the ability to, if required, remove any crew member, including the Captain, from
active duty if he/she finds his/her mental state to be unstable. (To remove the Captain, he/she
must have the support of the Chief Medical Officer).
The Chief Engineer is responsible for all the ship's
systems. Engineering handles nearly all mechanical and technical aspects of the ship but first
and foremost are the warp and impulse engines. The Chief is also responsible for maintaining
and monitoring the power requirements of the ship. The Assistant / Division Heads report to the
Chief Engineer and work as go-betweens and delegators within the Engineering department. The
Assistant Chief runs Engineering in the absence of the Chief. Junior Engineers do nearly all
the diagnostics and maintenance of the ship's systems. All engineering personnel report to the
Chief Engineer. Many junior Engineers are members of one of the following divisions: Power
Generation, Warp Propulsion, Impulse Propulsion, Transporters, Environmental, Shipfitting and
Damage Control, the latter being very dangerous.
The Medical section is run by the the Chief Medical Officer
(CMO). All other Medical personnel report to the CMO. The CMO is responsible for the physical
well being of crewmembers and guests. And will give medical assistance to anyone or anything
that needs it. He/She will also perform studies on alien and unknown life forms. The CMO has
the ability to, if required, remove any crew member, including the Captain, from active duty if
he/she finds his/her mental state to be unstable. (To remove the Captain, he/she must have the
support of the Chief Counsellor).
The Chief Ops Officer (COO) is responsible for coordinating
ship activities so as to not overload any systems. He/She also handles
communications, hailing, ship to ship, away teams, etc. Ops also handles all
transporter operations, and monitors away teams status. Ops fills in for Helm when
necessary. The Ops officer is also required to work to bring all the stations who
work at the rear of the bridge together. They being Science, Environmental,
Engineering, etc.
Conn is required to monitor subspace field geometry in
parallel with the Engineering department. During warp flight, the Flight Control console
continually updates long-range sensor data and makes automatic course corrections. Conn is
responsible for monitoring relativistic effects as well as inertial damping system status during
impulse flight.
Science is responsible for all scanning, reports, and other
type of pertinent data on all types of encountered phenomenon. Conducts surveys and studies of
same. A Science Officer is on all away teams. Science personnel report to the Science Station
Bridge Officer who then reports to the CO on board the bridge.
Tactical is responsible for all defensive systems (shields,
phasers, photons, etc) and internal security. Tactical also scans and provides data on all
encountered vessels. The Tactical Officer on the bridge must also coordinate with the Security
Officer on duty as well as Marine Officer.
Marines are separate in the ranking structure as a whole.
They work with the regular Starfleet crew to ensure that the ship remains secure.
There are other positions on board a Starship. Such as
Shuttlecraft Pilot and Technician, Teacher, Environmental Specialist, etc.