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A '''[[Communications]] officer''' was a specialist crewmember found aboard [[Federation]] [[Star Fleet]] [[starship|ships]], [[space station]]s and [[Earth]] postings. The "comm" [[officer]] is considered an [[Engineering]] position, and is responsible for managing all incoming and outgoing transmissions.
'''[[Communications]] officer''' was a [[specialist|special]] [[crew]]member found aboard both [[Earth]] and [[Federation]] [[Star Fleet]] [[starship|ships]] and [[space station]]s. The comm [[officer]] was responsible for managing all incoming and outgoing transmissions.
 
  
The position was unique in that it could be being manned by officers from all three major devisions of starship personal, progressing from science in the [[22nd century]] to command and later to operations in [[23rd century]].
 
  
Starships of the mid to late [[24th century]] did not have a [[bridge]] position of [[communications]] officer, although the post continued to exist. On the bridge of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, the [[tactical officer]] doubled as communications officer, as did occasionally the [[operations officer]]. The {{USS|Voyager}}'s bridge also had a similar division of responsibility.
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The position was unique in that it could be being manned by [[officer]]s from three major divisions of starship personal, progressing from science in the [[22nd century]] to command and later to [[operations Officer|operations]] in [[23rd century]].
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Starships of the mid to late [[24th century]] did not have a [[bridge]] position of [[communications]] officer, although the post continued to exist. Communications officers are required to have a specialty in "Operations." Usually, additional training in communications technology, linguistics, and cross cultural communications is required.
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 31 July 2021

A Communications officer was a specialist crewmember found aboard Federation Star Fleet ships, space stations and Earth postings. The "comm" officer is considered an Engineering position, and is responsible for managing all incoming and outgoing transmissions.


The position was unique in that it could be being manned by officers from three major divisions of starship personal, progressing from science in the 22nd century to command and later to operations in 23rd century.


Starships of the mid to late 24th century did not have a bridge position of communications officer, although the post continued to exist. Communications officers are required to have a specialty in "Operations." Usually, additional training in communications technology, linguistics, and cross cultural communications is required.