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[QUOTE]Originally posted by spyone: [QB] The word Conn is a naval one, and means to direct the steering of a ship. It acurately applies both to the command of the ship (Kirk's "You have the Conn") and to the actual hands-on navigation ("Mr.Crusher, take the Conn.") Conn in TNG combines most of the duties of Helm and Navigator from TOS. OPS includes the duties formerly assigned to the bridge Engineering station. Communications has now been bundled with Tactical. In TOS, Sulu was in charge of the weapons and gave orders to Security, meaning that most of the duties later assigned to Tactical were part of Helm in TOS. Worf was DS9's Tactical Officer, and Sisko said something about needing one now when he asked him to stay. When Worf wore Red (first seanson TNG), the Encyclopedia says he was a Relief Conn Officer. However, he sure looked and acted like he reported to Tasha Yar. Conn wears red. Captain and First Officer wear red (Except for a certain Doctor in command of a Medical Ship). All Admirals wear red. _Some_ Chief Engineers wear red (Argyle, first season). Conclusion, Command branch is more a designation than a position. A Chief Engineer might be a Command Officer assigned to command of Engineering, or it might be an Engineer assigned to command of his section. Only Conn seems to require Command Branch, and this makes some sense as Conn could be viewed as controlling the ship. Engineering and Tactical/Security are actually divisions of Operations Branch, though seperate enough to warrent their own Senior Officers. Like above, Medical (and Councelor) is technically part of Sciences, but is handled seperately. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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