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Capella
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2009-06-23, 16:49

I'm going off David Weber's Honor Harrington series here. I would highly recommend them as well; first book is free and in fact up through book 11 is free if you know where to look.

In the case of two captains on a ship (a group commander and a ship captain), usually the senior one takes on the temp. rank of Commodore. As for the bridge personnel, I'd make them be officers. You don't wanna trust your bridge crew to just anyone, so they're probably senior-grade officers. Smaller ships are fine to be commanded by Commanders, I'd think.

You'd probably have 3 shifts, maybe 4 depending on how long the day is (i.e. more than 24 hours).I'd say you need a captain, an XO, a com officer, a tac officer, a helmsman, an astrogator (can possibly be same as helms), and possibly assistants of each. At minimum.

ironically enough I am also working on (space opera) mili-skiffy right now.

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