ENGINEERING OFFICERS
Engineers are highly
specialized operations officers trained to keep systems and equipment
running at maximum efficiency. They are responsible for shipwide
systems, such as the electroplasma system, the warp drive, and the
impulse engines, as well as repairing individual systems like the
transporter or holodeck. As experts in the practical application of
science and mathematics, engineers play a vital role in most
missions. Good at problem-solving, the engineer finds ways to track a
cloaked Romulan ship or reinitialize the warp drive in minutes.
OPERATIONS OFFICERS
Possessing consummate
technical skills, operations officers deal with practical solutions to
immediate problems. Operation managers efficiently organize ship’s
resources, such as power consumption, lateral sensor array use, or
equipment disbursement. Whenever a job needs doing, an operations
officer is there to do it. On a planet’s surface, operations officers
might accompany an exploration team to set up needed equipment.
Surveying a celestial event, an ops officer might calibrate the
sensors and obtain the data.
SECURITY/TACTICAL OFFICERS
Security officers serve as a
combination of soldier and police officer. They patrol sensitive
areas, beam into potentially hostile situations, protect dignitaries,
arrest law-breakers, and handle tactical engagements. As
investigators their training emphasized aspects relating to law
enforcement – investigating crimes, apprehending criminals, and
securing vital areas. In addition to their basic role as fighters and
defender, some security officers receive special training to operate
the large-scale defensive systems – the ship’s phasers, photon torpedo
launchers, and deflector shields. |
