Welcome to the Operations Department area. The Ops personal are the men behind the scenes always
     working to keep everyone going and make the command and ship look good for visitors and guest. We will
    give some details and information about the jobs in which we do.


  Strategic Operations Officer is the middle man between command of the ship and command of the other
   forces. The SO officer must know Security, Tactical, Intelligence and Marine operations. The SO is the
   focal point for planning coordination and execution missions. These missions range from complex LCC
   and Flight Deck operations in support of beach head exercises and tasked operations, to underway
   replenishments and integrated training to prepare the ship for any contingency. The SO is also the ship's
   second XO and thus the SO is used for both positions which stands for Secondary Officer.

   Chief of Operations: The Chief Operations Officer has the primary responsibility of ensuring that ship
   functions, such as the use of the lateral sensor array, do not interfere with one and another. They must
   prioritise resource allocations, so that the most critical activities can have every chance of success. If so
   required, they can curtail shipboard functions if they thinks it will interfere with the ship's current mission
   or routine operations. The Ops officer is in charge also of the computer core and transporters. They also
   deal with shuttle bay landings and departures as they all must get clearance through him as well as the
   transporters. The Chief Operations Officer is a Depart. head and a member of the Sen
ior Staff.

   Operations Officer: The Chief Operations Officer cannot man the bridge at all times. Extra personnel are
   needed to relieve and maintain ship operations. The Operations Officers are thus assistants to the Chief,
   fulfilling his/her duties when required, and assuming the Operations consoles if required at any time. The    Operations Officer reports to the Chief Operations Officer.

   Flight Deck Operations Officer: The Flight Deck Operations Officer oversees the operations that are
   undertaken in the shuttlebays and maintenance bay that is part of the ship or facility. All request for launch
   and landing clearance must pass to the Flight Deck Operations Officer, who in turn must pass on requests
   to the Operations Officer manning the bridge.


   Materials Officer: Replicator usage can allow the fabrication of nearly any critical mission part, but large
   scale replication is not considered energy- efficient except in emergency situations. However, in such
   situations, power usage is strictly limited, so it is unwise to depend upon the availability of replicated
   spare parts. Thus a ship/facility must maintain a significant stock of spare parts in inventory at all times.
   The Materials Officer is the person responsible for the requesting part from Starfleet and maintaining the
   stock and inventory of all spare parts. All request for supplies are passed to the Materials Officer, who
   check and send the final request to the XO for final approval. A good Materials Officer is never caught
   short on supplies. The materials officer is an warrant officer position and almost always a NPC position.



              
       All operations personal know the different levels of systems diagnostic protocols and how to use them.  
       
                                  
         The main computer core seen here and the various levels. Now go and find the loose chip in this.
         As you can see, Ops has alot of things to do with the ship other than engineering.