Senior Engineer / Senior Researcher / Senior Doctor Jobs

[Nikov]

This is not a suggestion for a new job slot on round start or to otherwise spawn into.

For every head of staff there is usually one guy in the department that they trust more than the others. This is the guy they print guest passes for, send to the HOP to get access elevation, and give the nod to take over when they go to cryo. It is a genuinely good thing to have a clear successor when you can't be reached. It is also wonderful that the Head of Staff gets to nominate his own trusted co-worker into a position of nominal authority, and can let a character start proving themself as deserving of a white-listing to Head positions themselves.

The only problem is Security will see a ? over their heads, the AI won't recognize their titles, people look at them funny for going into Atmospherics wearing an Engineering uniform, and we generally lack a consistent way to make these "supervisors" fit into the Chain of Command.

The solution I am proposing is to enter a "Senior"-styled position to every department as a job title selectable by the Head of Personnel's ID computer. This will be synced to a job icon in Security HUDs and be consistent between rounds, so everyone will know what's going on when they see these people with elevated department access.

This elevated access will not include the Bridge, head of staff office, AI turret controls, authorization keypads, etc.

It gives a way for the ambitious and hard-working to elevate themselves during the round, makes getting along with your boss that much more desirable, and provides more tangible value to in-character trust. It will also provide a more useful chain of command for heads facing large department staffing and needing to delegate someone to handle things while they huddle with other officers in OfficerLand, sending faxes to CentComm and debating corporate regs with an IA.

As one final perk, it can be considered Standard Op for simple verbal approval to promote a subordinate to this role, or a basic promotion form can be filled out and stamped. Streamlined paperwork! HOPs love that!

Finally, I'm not settled on the names. I like Chief Engineer's Mate (sounds Navy) or Senior Fellow (sounds Academic) or even Captain's Adjutant (an assistant with a nice suit and the secure briefcase). That was fun, the one round. Good use of a Cadet.

[SierraKomodo]

I approve of this idea. Makes things easier for everyone, and having a HUD icon added on for it will help with security/AI quick-skimming over people in secure areas.

Naming conventions, I think something like these would work:

Senior Engineer

Senior Medical Officer

Senior Security Officer

Senior Science Officer

Bridge/Captain's Secretary

Personnel Secretary

[Feorn]

I also like this idea, but not Senior Medical Officer. It doesn't sound below Chief Medical Officer by enough. Head Physician maybe?

[incognitojesus]

I also like this idea, but not Senior Medical Officer. It doesn't sound below Chief Medical Officer by enough. Head Physician maybe?

What about just plain ole' Medical Officer? It denotes seniority over regular MDs while showing that they are below the Chief Medical Officer.

[Nikov]

One note is that a Captain's Adjutant is completely removed from the Chain of Command and will only handle the Captain's ID to hand it to the Head of Personnel or next highest ranking Head of Staff. In the event of an all-heads-dead, they will file a report to Central Command and await their instructions to relay to the crew.

My only concern with your name suggestions is that a Senior Engineer doesn't get "Officer", and that "Officer" implies the whitelist. This should be a n NCO's position, not a commissioned officer, to use the military parlance. Senior Technical Officer if you want to be consistent, or...

Chief Engineer's Mate

Head Doctor

Senior Security Officer (Or First Sergeant, or something)

Senior Researcher

Captain's Adjutant

Personnel Clerk / Secretary

Its something to garner input on.

[Feorn]

I also like this idea, but not Senior Medical Officer. It doesn't sound below Chief Medical Officer by enough. Head Physician maybe?

What about just plain ole' Medical Officer? It denotes seniority over regular MDs while showing that they are below the Chief Medical Officer.

 

Yeah, that's better than mine.

[Nanako]

I like the idea.

I'd really like to see some way for department heads to promote someone to this position without personnel assistance, too though

[Nikov]

I've just got to come out and say no in response to all the "officer" titles. Officers go to the bridge. Officers get white-listed. This isn't an Officer position.

[Feorn]

I've just got to come out and say no in response to all the "officer" titles. Officers go to the bridge. Officers get white-listed. This isn't an Officer position.

 

We already have a job title with officer in it that is completely not whitelisted: Security Officer.

[Nikov]

Sure, but those are Security Officers. Its a police title. I'd prefer Security Agent... but cop job titles aren't the subject of discussion. Generally, I don't want five more officers on the manifest. A 1:5 ratio is bad enough.

[Butterrobber202]

I could get behind this, I like the idea of this, but It would need to be somewhat whitelisted

[SierraKomodo]

I could get behind this, I like the idea of this, but It would need to be somewhat whitelisted

 

I think having it be a role that you cna't join as, but have to be promoted to by aHOP/Captain, as originally suggested, is a good enough 'whitelist' for it.

[UnknownMurder]

I could get behind this, I like the idea of this, but It would need to be somewhat whitelisted

 

I think having it be a role that you cna't join as, but have to be promoted to by aHOP/Captain, as originally suggested, is a good enough 'whitelist' for it.

 

I'm a neutral here, but I just want to say a what if scenario: What if the Head of Personnel/Captain refuses to appoint a fellow senior occupation because of distaste, opposing view, or just don't feel like, Etc.

There are pros and cons to this, henceforth I'm neutral.

[Dreviore]

I could get behind this, I like the idea of this, but It would need to be somewhat whitelisted

 

I think having it be a role that you cna't join as, but have to be promoted to by aHOP/Captain, as originally suggested, is a good enough 'whitelist' for it.

 

I'm a neutral here, but I just want to say a what if scenario: What if the Head of Personnel/Captain refuses to appoint a fellow senior occupation because of distaste, opposing view, or just don't feel like, Etc.

There are pros and cons to this, henceforth I'm neutral.

 

As how things should be in a corporation.

If Miranda Trasen doesn't like you, don't expect to be employed, or promoted.

[Outboarduniform]

Security Sergeant perhaps ?

also , if you're adding senior researchers , you'll need junior researchers

[Nikov]

If the head of the round doesn't like you enough to make you the senior, then either work to improve your relationships with your superiors, or wait for the next round. Furthermore the head might like you, but there's someone they think is better for the job. So its a matter of whitelisted players giving a pat on the head for good subordinates, or putting other whistelisted players in as seconds-in-command.

[UnknownMurder]

That... Was not my question, but okay.

[Guest]

I tended to promote senior officer and senior engineers a lot while playing Captain. The issue always was that selected personnel lacked the backbone or the support of their respective departments to act as replacement chiefs, even when acting as harbingers of Captain/Head authority.

How about we strictly define what such titles entail and add a corresponding directive for it?

[Mofo1995]

I tended to promote senior officer and senior engineers a lot while playing Captain. The issue always was that selected personnel lacked the backbone or the support of their respective departments to act as replacement chiefs, even when acting as harbingers of Captain/Head authority.

How about we strictly define what such titles entail and add a corresponding directive for it?

Well, there already is a directive that states that heads of staff can appoint people to these kinds of positions within their departments. Sometimes when there's a lot of scientists, I appoint a senior scientist that I can trust to guide the plebs and look after them for me. That said, a more legitimized position to promote a right-hand man would also be extremely handy, plus it could provide antags with opportunities to get increased access in a legitimate way.

[Nikov]

That's the gist of it. Give one person a legitimate position to help coordinate the workings of a department, rather than each round having an ad-hoc position.

[Conservatron]

i'd love this if for nothing more than streamlining access and having the icon for sec hud.

Have it on the consoles, make it entirely up to command staff to authorize the half-step, non-whitelisted but require paperwork (allowing someone to break into the office and print themselves an ID while making it so its possible they get caught for not having proper authorization

Sidenote - this would encourage people to have full records. Nobody is going to promote a blank record person to senior position

[Guest]

Why is this suggestion a thing?

1. There is the ability to set custom titles and access for a reason.

2. This entire suggestion is already something Heads of Staff can do, which is internally promote their staff and delegate their own authority to staff under them. I myself tend to designate a Surgeon as Head Surgeon if we have a lot, so they can decide who does what surgeries so I don't need to worry about them while I'm handling emergencies.

3. This system doesn't need a whitelist or any code additions or even a station directive. The Heads of Staff will only promote people they trust, and the already existing ID console has the necessary functions to accomplish this.

[Feorn]

The suggestion is so that people with these specific custom job titles show up on the secHUD/AI SecHUD, otherwise we need to examine them to get their job title.

[Guest]

I've never actually used secHUD to get someones job, I find it unreliable at times.

[Nikov]

Well, this will address that unreliability.