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Indeed, I didn't get your reply myself until Hewer explained what he meant.

Deepcrush wrote:Yes, i was going to leave and then come back.
AND THEN HE BLEWUP MY SHUTTLE!!!!
That stupid little borg!

well uh, you did say you were leaving. We can always make some rather insane story about Q reviving you because 'your task on this plane of existence is not yet complete'

rofl

I think we're getting a bit of the problem with the ranks, and I think now that it's sorted, we shouldn't be basing it on the forum ranks (due to them constantly changing and maybe not going inline with the story, especially regarding people's roles on the ship). No offence Teaos, but a science officer as second officer on a military ship? We've worked well round that with all the sensor and equipment analysists, but I think we need to sort out the command structure. How about;

Name: Andrew Fletcher
Role: Commanding Officer, USS Daystrom
Rank: Captain

Name: Andyeskovene Rocheineskina
Role: Exchange First Officer, USS Daystrom
Rank: Commander

Name: Teaos Whitshire
Role: Science Officer
Rank: Commander

Name: M'karn W'trisk
Role: Chief of Operations
Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Name: Nicholas Seafort
Role: Chief Engineer
Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Name: Jonathan Hewer
Role: Chief Tactical Officer
Rank: Lieutenant

Name: Jack Ryson
Role: Chief of Security
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Name: Blackstar
Role: Chief Helmsman
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Name: Alexis Harrison
Role: Ambassador
Rank: Irrelevant

Name: Sarin Taal
Role: Chief Medical Officer
Rank: Irrelevant

This allows for people to be promoted when the story/character requires it, not when you get a certain amount of posts. What do we think?

well.. if mines irrelevant, than i am officially a Fleet Admiral lol

and this is a stupid question, but is one of us the captain? or is he just a character

No one has the captain as their character, he's there just for when one of us wants him to do something, or there to progress the story.
But your rank is really "Doctor"

MetalHead wrote:

Deepcrush wrote:Yes, i was going to leave and then come back.
AND THEN HE BLEWUP MY SHUTTLE!!!!
That stupid little borg!

well uh, you did say you were leaving. We can always make some rather insane story about Q reviving you because 'your task on this plane of existence is not yet complete'

Don't worry about it, i took care of it.
And i didn't mean i was leaving so i could die!

Thorin wrote:No one has the captain as their character, he's there just for when one of us wants him to do something, or there to progress the story.
But your rank is really "Doctor"

Thats Sir Admiral Doctor Omen to you!!!

We all have to remember that role-playing should take precedence over rank here - of course, there will be times when pulling or respecting rank will be required for character interaction, but it shouldn't be the end-all, be-all.

DarkOmen, for example - I believe that CMO's do in fact have rank. However, no matter what that rank is, the CMO will not be assuming a command function on a starship (unless she's trapped in a shrinking static warp bubble, but that's ridiculous, right?). Conversely, even if your rank were ensign, you could still order the captain off the bridge for medical reasons. I have a CPO who would ocassionally gice orders to ensigns - that is a function of his assigned position, not of his rank (or grade, in his case.)

that table of ranking is helpful, actually. OMG I FEEL IMPORTANT LOLZ

Mikey wrote:We all have to remember that role-playing should take precedence over rank here - of course, there will be times when pulling or respecting rank will be required for character interaction, but it shouldn't be the end-all, be-all.

Which really is why I think it needs sorting, as we need to sort out our ranks to suit the story.

This is only moderately relevant, BUT:

I can perhaps make a video of any space battles our little Akira class comes across using ST:Legacy. I'm not a naff editor either, and if you'd like a sample of my work, get me on MSN:

BlackValkyire@aol.com

Cool. That would be pretty nice, to have a visual to go along with it.

Thorin wrote:I think we're getting a bit of the problem with the ranks, and I think now that it's sorted, we shouldn't be basing it on the forum ranks (due to them constantly changing and maybe not going inline with the story, especially regarding people's roles on the ship). No offence Teaos, but a science officer as second officer on a military ship? We've worked well round that with all the sensor and equipment analysists, but I think we need to sort out the command structure. How about;

Name: Andrew Fletcher
Role: Commanding Officer, USS Daystrom
Rank: Captain

Name: Andyeskovene Rocheineskina
Role: Exchange First Officer, USS Daystrom
Rank: Commander

Name: Teaos Whitshire
Role: Science Officer
Rank: Commander

Name: M'karn W'trisk
Role: Chief of Operations
Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Name: Nicholas Seafort
Role: Chief Engineer
Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Name: Jonathan Hewer
Role: Chief Tactical Officer
Rank: Lieutenant

Name: Jack Ryson
Role: Chief of Security
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Name: Blackstar
Role: Chief Helmsman
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Name: Alexis Harrison
Role: Ambassador
Rank: Irrelevant

Name: Sarin Taal
Role: Chief Medical Officer
Rank: Irrelevant

This allows for people to be promoted when the story/character requires it, not when you get a certain amount of posts. What do we think?

I'm the lowest ranking officer of relevant rank? That bites.

Second highest?