give engineers/scientists access to telecomms

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not sure whose job it is to fix telecomms when its messed up but in my experience engineering is asked to fix it 100% of the time. they dont have access. the lack of access is a little weirder now that telecomms has been moved to be right next to engineering vs. wedged inside of the bridge. on the off chance it is actually R&D's job to "fix that shit", give scientists access. maybe put the blackbox in a separate command-only room, since that seems to be a sensitive piece of equipment?

[La Villa Strangiato]

the chief engineer has access

edit: Though it may not be a bad idea to have engineers generally be able to access it; IIRC the reasoning is more "it's a sensitive piece of command equipment that can easily be used to eavesdrop on conversations, and only the CE signed a waiver saying 'DON'T REVEAL THIS UNLESS IN CASE OF FUCKERY'"

Edited December 22, 2023 by La Villa Strangiato

[rrrrrr]

someone close this thread, that makes sense

[greenjoe]

1 hour ago, La Villa Strangiato said:

the chief engineer has access

edit: Though it may not be a bad idea to have engineers generally be able to access it; IIRC the reasoning is more "it's a sensitive piece of command equipment that can easily be used to eavesdrop on conversations, and only the CE signed a waiver saying 'DON'T REVEAL THIS UNLESS IN CASE OF FUCKERY'"

engineers have access to the leviathan, which is another super sensitive piece of equipment with all sorts of waivers and NDAs and stuff.