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===Rank Structure & How to Sim a Leader/Officer=== | |||
Possible Simming Guide concerning rank and how it works | Possible Simming Guide concerning rank and how it works | ||
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My Ribbon Rack Experiments | Ensigns - the bottom of the foodchain? By Trovek Arys | ||
The vast majority of players begin their SB118 Journey as an Ensign fresh out of Starfleet Academy. That is great for a start into the game, but not necessarily the only way to enter service aboard a Starfleet vessel. | |||
Ensigns are the most junior of line officers, but they are still line officers - meaning they have attended Starfleet Academy. Regardless of the courses taken - leadership skills would be part of the program. There is a great likelihood that you were taught how, and expected to, be able to take charge of a situation. | |||
What situations? I am so glad you asked! | |||
Ensign Harper motioned one of the nurses to help her. She didn't know their name - after all, Harper was just fresh out of Starfleet Academy. "Help me here, and grab a dermal regenerator. I don't want the cut to leave any scar tissue." | |||
Most of a starship's or starbase's staff consist of enlisted personnel, who carry out day-to-day operations and maintenance. Rather than attending Starfleet Academy, they would have attended a comparatively short program in which they are taught the ropes in a more simple way, and only relevant to their actual division. | |||
All Commissioned Officer ranks, from Ensign upward, outrank all Enlisted in the chain of command (an exception would, for example, be Miles O'Brien in his position as chief of operations on DS9). | |||
Lieutenant Harper took a step back and let Ensign Noxwyn take charge. After all, Nella was a security officer, and best equipped to handle the situation they had found themselves in. | |||
Situations may occur in which an Ensign takes charge, which mostly happens when the higher ranking officers do not have the necessary skillset. In this case, you defer to the person of the highest rank with the applicable skills. | |||
As you can see, it's not always a black and white situation, but important to remember is that situations may occur in which your character has to draw on the skills taught to him. To say it with the words of our dearest Aine Sherlock: It's like if you're on the bridge, in the middle of battle. Captain's dead, first officer is crying and falling apart. Who's in charge? Maybe that Ensign at the back of the bridge is the only one to nut up and take control. | |||
===My Ribbon Rack Experiments=== | |||
Current single table. | Current single table. | ||