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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarianLH: [QB] Except that in [i]Star Trek VI[/i] there [i]was[/i] a CiC. Although if I remember right, the woman actually said C-[i]in[/i]-C. One thing to keep in mind when shoving departments around is that uniform colour codes are based on the chart as-is. For example, if you take Helm out of Engineering, then why is Sulu wearing gold? I can get away with moving Rec to Medical because we've never actually seen any Rec personnel. But the Gunnery officers & crew in [i]Star Trek II[/i] definately weren't wearing Windsor Green. (On the other hand, see below.) There are also some omissions on the chart. Shuttle pilots, for instance. I think Flight Control would be a logical place for it. Also, no mention of sensors. I would change Navigation to Navigation & Sensors, since navigation is the primary purpose of sensors. And since Navigation is part of Science Division, that puts it close to the other main thing sensors gets used for--you know, seeking out new lifeforms & new civilisations and all that. As for Gunnery, I rather like the idea that weapons are of such secondary importance on a Starfleet ship that they're tucked into another department as an afterthought. In a little bit of fiction I'm writing, I've even gone with the notion that phaser room duty is one of those scut jobs that newly-assigned crew members get stuck with because of their lack of seniority. OTOH, the one real onscreen error, as far as uniform colours go, that I've been able to find involves Gunnery. According to the chart, Gunnery's an Engineering section, but in the the [i]Kobyashi Maru[/i] sim the enlisted rating manning the weapons console was definately wearing gray, not gold. It's harder to tell with the torpedo room crew, because of the Red Alert lighting, but I think they were wearing grey too. I've been tinkering with the idea of splitting Gunnery into two sections, Ordnance and Fire Control, with the latter being a subset of Navigation & Sensors. Fire control is, after all, one of the things you use sensors for. :) Since N&S is part of Science Division, that would explain why the bridge rating was wearing grey. Marian [/QB][/QUOTE]
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