It’s my cake day!!!
Celebrations are in order, firstly have you ever wondered what the rank structure of a Voidsea Warship is like? When sometimes in RP I say something like CSC and you go ‘what?’ Here is the comprehensive guide
Ship Structure for a typical Cruiser-like
UNDFV Magic Missile | CG-14332
Virtuous Class Guided Missile Cruiser
VESSEL COMMAND STAFF
Ship Commanding Officer - OF-5, Commander / Vessel Skipper exercising Navire dans des circonstances impérieuses
Ship Executive Officer - OF-4, Lieutenant Commander
Ship Master Chief Petty Officer - E9(A, B, C, D), Mater Chief Petty Officer of some kind (depends, usually A)
Battlestations Location - CIC
Bridge
CON, OF-3, OF-2, OF-1, WO, any lateral, Vessel Skipper, Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Ensign, Chief Warrant Officer - Conning Officer
POOW, Any Petty Officer Rank, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9 - Conning Petty Officer of the Watch
OOD - OF-2, OF-1, WO, any lateral, Vessel Skipper, Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Ensign, Warrant Officer (any) - Officer of the Deck
CIC
TAO, OF-3, Lieutenant - Tactical Action Officer
CICWO, OF-3, Lieutenant - CIC Watch Officer
CICWPO, E-7, Chief Petty Officer - CIC Watch Petty Officer
COORDINATORS
CICPC, OF-3, Lieutenant - Combat Information Center Primary Coordinator
IWC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Information Warfare Coordinator
EWC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Electronic Warfare Coordinator
CSC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Combat Systems Coordinator
WSC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Weapon Systems Coordinator
ENC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Engineering Coordinator
DCC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Damage Control Coordinator
FDC, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant - Flight Deck Coordinator (‘Affectionately, Pitboss’)
POCS, E3-E6 - Petty Officer Coordinator Specialist
Ship Divisions
Weapon Systems
DIV CO, OF-3, Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
WSG, E3-E6 - Weapon System Gunnery Technician
WSL, E3-E6 - Weapon System Loader
WSO, E3-E6 - Weapon System Operator
Damage Control
DIV CO, OF-3, Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
DCFT, E3-E6 - Damage Control, Flying Team
DCHT, E3-E6 - Damage Control, Heavy Team
DCLT, E3-E6 - Damage Control, Light Team
Engineering
DIV CO, OF-3, Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
ENRT, E3-E6 - Engineering Reactor Technician
ENTDT, E3-E6 - Engineering Thruster/Drive Technician
ENHT, E3-E6 - Engineering Hull Technician
Flight Operations
UNDFV Magic Missile has six E-11 ‘Satyr’ Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Early Warning & Control Craft and six A/C-19 ‘Sprite’ Gunships
Pilots
SQ-CO, WO-5, Chief Warrant Officer - Squadron Commanding Officer
SQ-XO, WO-4, Master Warrant Officer - Squadron Executive Officer
FO, WO-3, Warrant Officer 1st Class - Flight Officer
PI, WO-1, WO-2, Warrant Officer 3rd Class, 2nd Class - Pilot
RIO, E3-E6, Radar Intercept Officer
WZO, E3-E6, Weapon Service Officer
Deckhands
DIV CO, OF-3, Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
DHCC, E3-E6 - Deckhand Craft Coordinator
DHFS, E3-E6 - Deckhand Fueling Specialist
DHMS, E3-E6 - Deckhand Munition Specialist
DHMT, E3-E6 - Deckhand Mechanical Technician
Culinary Service
DIV CO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-1, Ensign
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer
CSM, E6 - Culinary Service Specialist (Management)
CSC, E3-E5 - Culinary Service Specialist (Cook)
CSR, E3-E5 - Culinary Service Specialist (Requisition)
CSJ, E3-E5 - Culinary Service Specialist (Janitorial)
Corpsstaff
DIV CO, WO-5, Chief Warrant Officer
DIV XO, WO-4, Master Warrant Officer
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
DOC, WO1-WO3, Third Class, Second Class, First Class, Doctor
TNP, E6 - Triage Nurse Practitioner
NRS, E4-E5 - Nurse
NA, E3 - Nursing Assistant
Intelligence
DIV CO, WO-5, Chief Warrant Officer
DIV XO, WO-4, Master Warrant Officer
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
IA, E3-E6, Intelligence Analyst
LIC, E4-E6, Life Intelligence Collector
Marine Detachment
DIV CO, OF-3, Lieutenant
DIV XO, OF-2, Sub-Lieutenant
DIV CPO, E7, Chief Petty Officer / E8, Senior Chief Petty Officer
MRN, E3-E6, Marine
Secondly, I got my plot outline going public
Plot Outline for A1-0
To briefly summarize -
The plot I control is the Voidsea, reeling from the recent effects of The Sundering
The Sundering - a period of time between 1578 and 1273 BBT where most parts of the Voidsea were cut off from the rest of A1-0 by a powerful electromagnetic storm, which also cut FTL travel, communication, and access.
There are thousands of different nations, the most important are the Vandalence Compact, Union of the Seraphim Veil, Orion League, Serene Swords Republic, and while not technically nation, hold significant authority, The Syndicate
Vandalence Compact - Large Spacegoing nation, unicameral representative democracy, average military, frugal leadership
Union of the Seraphim Veil - Moderately sized nation, unicameral representative democracy, incredible power projection (for its size), matriarchal structure, birthplace of the Serniani
Orion League - Small nation with a habit of selling surplus military hardware, former colony of a long-gone star nation
Serene Swords Republic - Represenative democracy, deals heavily in illicit substances
The Syndicate - Cross-sector crime organization with a dedicated military structure and thousands of criminal organizations under its sway (Oligarchic Dictatorship)
There are three major sapient species, Humans, Serniani, and Edhel.
Humans - Colonists from nearby star nations or Pacifica/Earth
90 - 120 Years
Serniani - Long living purple bipedal humanoids
770 - 840 Years
Edhel - Refugees from the Star Empire of Calerost during the War in Heaven
197 Years
Killermantiss has facts on subspecies I’ve linked here
Humans and Serniani can procreate to make Vocates.
Vocates - Slightly longer living humans that can take on human and Serniani skin tones when atmospheric oxygen changes
480 - 530 Years
Serniani and Edhel procreate to make Luicarni (Lit. ‘Purple people’)
Luicarni - Hybrid Edhel-Serniani with minor telepathic powers compared to Edhel
505 - 610 Years
Vandals are pretty big on honor and trust, when one gives their word, they will honor it, they have a tacit understanding of politics and will recall their congressperson when they deviate from what they want
They stress military service (it’s for learning discipline), and there is legislation that signs all citizens and legal aliens for two years of military training (Basic Training + Advanced Individual Training), before being given the option of reserve status or active duty. This occurs before the citzen’s or alien’s 30th* birthday, or in the case of a legal alien older than 30, within two years of their immigration date.
*For reference, 28 is the age of majority, with 20 being the date of secondary school graduation, with the 8 year gap being used for skill training at technical schools, or heading to colleges for bachelors and masters degrees. This time is often used for taking a gap year(s), working public service, etc. A student seeking to take PhD programs before their formal induction into the armed forces may obtain a waiver for military service, but must join a component ROTC in order to maintain standing.
Thirdly y’know I love my navies so I will be posting all of my navy stuff into a thread (which will eventually be put into the wiki with their corresponding lore)
Finally, I will get around to responding to RPs