[Blaster]

Hi just a few questions.

1. I've been looking through a couple of things and I can't quite figure out what Enlisted Officer, Junior Officer, Officer and Senior Officer ranks would be. If anyone could help with that it would be good.

2. Thinking of making a small issue between Aliyah and a Science Department Ensign in the next post, is this a good idea or no?

3. Sorry for posting a lot of things in different segments rather then one post, I occasionally run out of time.

[Caymen Greener]

Hi just a few questions.

1. I've been looking through a couple of things and I can't quite figure out what Enlisted Officer, Junior Officer, Officer and Senior Officer ranks would be. If anyone could help with that it would be good.

I've always tried to use our UFP rank structure, which describes Enlisted and Officer ranks:
https://ufplanets.com/cms.php?21-Ran...d-Achievements
(we used to have Warrant Officers, but not any longer)

As for Junior/Senior, I believe Junior is Ensign thru Lieutenant, and Senior is LtCmdr up. Also, senior officer would be someone who ran a department (for example), regardless of rank. In MOST sims, senior officers were most of the player's main characters because reasons. But as an RP grows and you have multiple chars per department, that standard doesn't apply.

Ares may do things slightly different, but that was how we ran Harriers way back in the day and how most Trek sims are run out there in simming clubs.

</2cents>

[WelshAvenger]

^^^This. I think that Dark is a Warrant Officer so there's at least one in UFP.

[Krajin]

I reckon having a small issue between an Ensign and Aliyah might be a good thing. Shows that not everyone would agree with her way of working the science department and there could be resistance met!

[Silynn]

I reckon having a small issue between an Ensign and Aliyah might be a good thing. Shows that not everyone would agree with her way of working the science department and there could be resistance met!

Conflict and how a character resolves *is* part of character development. It makes them human (i.e. relate-able) due to their 'flaw' and provides a thing to overcome or grow into.

Thus, I say if you have the energy, go for it.

[Blaster]

Leopard, what day is the attack on. I assume its the day after you give your briefing?

Want to get my post right.

[LogicalLeopard]

Leopard, what day is the attack on. I assume its the day after you give your briefing?

Want to get my post right.

It is actually later on the same day, probably within say two or three hours.


Just to explain to everyone, I took a bit of liberty with the sensor scattering/absorbing material, because I'm not sure if that has been specifically seen in canon. But I thought it was a reasonable thing, considering that Starfleet has cloaking suits. If you can bend light around a suit, you should be able to do the same with other types of energies, at least enough to fool some Nausicaans distracted by an air attack.

- - - Updated - - -

Hi just a few questions.

1. I've been looking through a couple of things and I can't quite figure out what Enlisted Officer, Junior Officer, Officer and Senior Officer ranks would be. If anyone could help with that it would be good.

Caymen answered this pretty well, but I'd like to point out one thing. There aren't really Enlisted "officers," just enlisted personnel. An officer is usually someone who graduated from Starfleet Academy with the rank of Ensign. An enlisted person will someone who did just that, they enlisted. Walked up to a recruiting area, and then completed a brief training boot camp that only lasted perhaps a few months. The Starfleet Technical Service Academy is on Mars.

We see on TV that Starfleet is composed of almost all officers, unlike our real life militaries that have the majority enlisted people. But it's fun in your roleplaying to come up with reasons why your character or NPC enlisted, instead of went to Starfleet Academy. My character Biiqs enlisted because he was running away from his home life and needed a quick career. He later went to the academy though. To go to the academy, you need a captain to sponsor you, I think, according to TNG. So some people might not be officers because of that. Jei has a very interesting idea that we're seeing unfold - she had a problem at the academy that knocked her out of qualifying as an officer, and later enlisted. There's all sorts of fun ideas though. That guy in the Good Shepard episode of Voyager, Mortimer something, enlisted because he needed a year of practical experience to make it into the Orion Cosmological Institute. So maybe some enlisted people are on an independent work/study thing.

[Krajin]

It is actually later on the same day, probably within say two or three hours.


Just to explain to everyone, I took a bit of liberty with the sensor scattering/absorbing material, because I'm not sure if that has been specifically seen in canon. But I thought it was a reasonable thing, considering that Starfleet has cloaking suits. If you can bend light around a suit, you should be able to do the same with other types of energies, at least enough to fool some Nausicaans distracted by an air attack.

- - - Updated - - -

Sensor absorbing and / or scattering materials are known now to be in use. So it wouldn't be out of ordinary to be able to replicate a few specific suits for it. Though, those outfits / uniforms would need to be specially built for the task in question and generally wouldn't be as protective as another sort of suit.

Additionally, Thane may throw a wrench in the idea of doing the attack in the next few hours. During daylight.

[LogicalLeopard]

Sensor absorbing and / or scattering materials are known now to be in use. So it wouldn't be out of ordinary to be able to replicate a few specific suits for it. Though, those outfits / uniforms would need to be specially built for the task in question and generally wouldn't be as protective as another sort of suit.

Additionally, Thane may throw a wrench in the idea of doing the attack in the next few hours. During daylight.

Its set for 1300 hours ship time, but the attack is taking place in the early dawn local Dorvan V time. Daylight, yes, but at a time when many beings are least mentally prepared to deal with it. They've been awaiting an attack at any time, and the stress is high. Around that time, the night watch is exhausted, and the day watch is just getting up from a fitful sleep.

And yeah, from what I hear, we're close to developing cloaking tech now. LOL! And like you said, we certainly have sensor absorbing/scattering materials now. I imagine the suits to provide basically no protection, like a standard EV suit.

[Blaster]

Ah okay, was only asking because you set the meeting for 1300 hours as well lol.

[LogicalLeopard]

Ah okay, was only asking because you set the meeting for 1300 hours as well lol.

LOL! I didn't even notice that! Thanks! I'll correct the drop time to 1500 hours. Thank you for paying more attention to what I wrote than I did myself! ☺️😆

[Krajin]

Its set for 1300 hours ship time, but the attack is taking place in the early dawn local Dorvan V time. Daylight, yes, but at a time when many beings are least mentally prepared to deal with it. They've been awaiting an attack at any time, and the stress is high. Around that time, the night watch is exhausted, and the day watch is just getting up from a fitful sleep.

And yeah, from what I hear, we're close to developing cloaking tech now. LOL! And like you said, we certainly have sensor absorbing/scattering materials now. I imagine the suits to provide basically no protection, like a standard EV suit.

You should say that in the post. Otherwise nobody knows and assume that you're doing this in the middle of the day in broad daylight.

[LogicalLeopard]

You should say that in the post. Otherwise nobody knows and assume that you're doing this in the middle of the day in broad daylight.

You're right. I knew there was something I left out, and there's probably something else I'm missing that I intended to put in there...I can't think of it now. I'll edit it tomorrow, thanks for pointing it out!

[Krajin]

If ya'll would like me to space out character dialogue a bit rather than having it the way it is. Let me know :3 I figure Thane offering up a good change of plans to cover some vulnerabilities that has been left out would be alright, considering he was told to offer up ideas if he had any and the technology for Light Amplification systems would be somewhat still in use? Since Geordie's new Occular Implants had such a function in them along with other more fancier enhancements.

[LogicalLeopard]

If ya'll would like me to space out character dialogue a bit rather than having it the way it is. Let me know :3 I figure Thane offering up a good change of plans to cover some vulnerabilities that has been left out would be alright, considering he was told to offer up ideas if he had any and the technology for Light Amplification systems would be somewhat still in use? Since Geordie's new Occular Implants had such a function in them along with other more fancier enhancements.

Seems like your spacing is fine. I'm working on a reply, I thought I'd have it done, but this week has been busier than normal. Hoping to have it in by tommorrow.

Oh, I'm sure that there are light amplification systems, but natural light is always good because it doesn't malfunction and can't be damaged. But I'll put more in my response. Biiqs is basically going to say that given the circumstances and their advantage, the sneak approach isn't necessary like the last operation, and the "shock and awe" approach is more beneficial to pressing the advantage.