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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarianLH: [QB] I've been trying to noodle out some of the personnel requirements of a starship, and one puzzle I keep running into is that of jobs that are only needed on an occasional basis. For instance, what about damage control teams? Plenty of times I remember some "damage control teams to wherever" dialogue during a crisis. What do they do when there's no damage to control? Do they stand around in Engineering, getting in Scotty's way? Are there enough minor maintainance problems to keep them busy? Or are there no dedicated DC personnel, and "damage control teams" consist of Scotty saying, "you, you, and you, go put that fire out." Or torpedo room crews? How often, in a given week, does a Starfleet ship fire its torpedoes? What does the crew do the rest of the time? Swab the deck? Play mumblety-peg? Maybe the console has a version of Windows Solitaire... Some posts obviously need to be manned at all times. Sensors, for instance--you never know when a warbird's gonna decloak. But what about transporter rooms? Does a guy really stand around for eight hours on the off chance someone might want to beam in? Anyone have any ideas? I know Flare has some lurkers with real life navy experience. Is there a real-world example of someone standing a watch, mostly doing nothing on the off chance he might be needed? Marian [/QB][/QUOTE]
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