Ship Section Ranks and Insignia Part 1:

Ship Section Ranks and Insignia Part 1:


Engineering Section: This particular Section involved anything to do with keeping the ship running, and repair. Engineers help run and maintain the ships various systems and keep it in tip top shape. Engineers also perform battlefield repairs in the heat of combat to keep the ship going. Engineers are widely praised and have a reputation as oil covered grease monkeys.

Engineer: The lowest rank of the Engineering section, these are the Engineers themselves and comprise mostly of ensigns assigned to engineering duties and those who have a knack for the Engineering profession.

Chief Engineer: These members command and oversee groups of Engineers and generally keep the ships men and women mechanics organised and running in top order, as well as making sure everything’s aright and all the paperwork is sorted.

Head of Engineering: The head Engineer of the ship and the one that keeps the Engineering and repair department in shape, he runs all the sectors of the ship and generally has a dab hand in everything. Its also a frequent occurrence for the head engineer to suggest things to the captain and for the captain to accept advice from the head engineer. However these individuals are not afraid to get dirty and fix things themselves.



Communications Section: This section encompasses the sending and receiving of communications, with orders, home messages and intercepting and decrypting enemy signals. As well as translation and other signal issues. The Communications section isn’t that large only up to around 20 individuals on a cruiser size ship however is an important section.

Communications Officer: Those responsible for keeping an eye out for communications, as well as logging all incoming and out coming traffic using a special system. They also monitor the Union command grid for any beacons or distress calls. Its a very intense job however the coms AI helps with this area.

Chief Coms Officer: The few individuals in this role oversee the Coms officers and make sure the more important messages are seen, as well as help translate any alien language and help relay any important information back to high command. And forward any necessary data to the Head of Communications.

Head of Communications: One of the Captains main aids and the one who calls out any incoming calls or messages of note, as well as notes anything of interest, they also help keep the ships coms system running at top capacity.


Armoury Section: This section is in charge of the ships weapon systems and maintaining the ships ability to dish it out in a fight. This section also is the main section to deal with boarding parties and all members are trained marines as well as those that keep the weapons operational. And so they are generally well respected.

Rating: These men and women are in charge of keeping the various weapon systems of the ship in top notch by replacing any burnt out rails for Mass Drivers, or any clogged focusing array on a Laser Projector. They are also geared for ship boarding warfare in case of boarders.

Gunnery Officers: These men and women command groups of ratings. There is generally a Gunnery officer and 20 Ratings to each weapon emplacement, there they can keep it in top shape and repair it quickly if anything goes wrong. They also have access to the ships small arms amoury to distrubute weapons to the crew in case of bording.

Head of Armaments: The commander of all the Gunnery crews and the person who also holds one of the self destruct keys along with the Captain and the Chief of Defense Systems. He is the one who has to keep the guns working and in good order in the middle of a battle and also oversee all weaponry logistics for the ship.

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