Captain

COMMAND

Captain

Alternate Titles: Commanding Officer, Site Manager, Station Commander Superiors: Corporate Regulations and Nanotrasen Officials Difficulty: Very hard Guides: Corporate Regulations, Security Policy Access: Everywhere Duties: Be responsible for the station, manage your Heads of Staff, Keep the crew alive, be prepared to do anything and everything or die horribly trying. Minimum requirements: Secure dat fukken disk, secure the pinpointer, secure the spare Captain's ID. Only use your authority when it is required, the Heads of Staff are there for a reason. Minimum Chronological Age: 25

COMMAND

Department head:
Captain

Command roles

Captain - Blueshield - Nanotrasen Consultant - Bridge Officer

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Guides

Corporate Regulations - Guide to paperwork

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You are the Captain, the top of the chain of command. It is your duty to ensure the stability and productivity of the station, as well as carrying out directives from CentCom.

At round start, take the Nuclear Disk with you, call the Heads to report in and keep checking in from time to time on what needs to be done and who should do it.

Howdy, Skipper!

Command Policy

	As a member of command, you are held to a higher roleplay standard. As such, instances of LRP and violations of the character guidelines will be treated more severely.
	General guidelines for all command positions are as follows: You should be competent with your department and aware of its relevant policy. Command equipment and clothing is to only be given as necessitated. Access should not be given out for frivolous reasons. Do not change your job title outside of the titles provided. Access changes are not to be used to promote players to Nova Stars exclusive roles. Command characters should have filled out general, medical, and security records. See here for examples.
	Who Can Demote? All heads can demote subordinates within their own department. In the absence of a Head of Staff, the Captain may demote a member of the department. The captain has the power to demote a head. The captain can be demoted via a vote of no confidence. This is done by a majority vote by the underlying heads of staff.
	Acting Captain For information regarding the acting Captain position, check the Captain job page.

Being a Captain – Basics

The Captain has spacious quarters, complete with arcade machine, ID computer and Communications console, a hand teleporter, the Nuclear Authentication Disk, an NAD pinpointer, an SSU with a special modsuit, an energy gun, and a pressurized and humidity controlled display case with your pride and joy, an antique laser gun, Alongside the spare ID biscuit, containing the safe code.

There is also a locked wooden box in your office filled with medals. These can be awarded to your crew to commend them for exemplary service.

At the start of the shift, take your spare ID biscuit and nuclear authentication disk and put them in your backpack. If you've done that, you've done half your job already. If you're feeling particularly vulnerable, give your pinpointer to the Blueshield. After this, walk around the station and command people.

Head of Heads

When you’re not fighting Revolutionaries, Traitors, Syndicates, and Wizards, you are monitoring the crew. You are at the top of the food chain, though that comes with caveats. You are close to the final authority when it comes to station matters.

You are a leader, someone who people look up to in times of need. There really is no way to tell you exactly how to run things as many people have different leadership styles. However, as Captain, here are some guidelines you should keep in mind:

1. Keep the station moving. Your first goal as captain is to keep things running as smoothly as possible, sometimes this comes with the caveat of having to tell a head to step aside, but you shouldn't do it lightly! What the point of having a head of security if you're going to do everything yourself?
2. Follow the Chain of Command when possible. While you run things around here, it equally doesn't mean you should be constantly overstepping your heads over minor issues, you should only overstep when needed!
3. Stay alert. You have a big target on your back. It is likely you'll be a prime Traitor target just for your all-access ID.
4. Keep calm and carry on. As Captain, be prepared to deal with any or all of the following: Incompetent or absent Heads, traitors and angry crew members banging down the bridge door trying to get in, corrupted AIs on a murder spree and the occasional aftermath of an Armageddon against the station, thanks to a range of the above. And it's your job to manage it all. Good luck.

Refitting the DOORKNOB – Uploading Laws Made Easy

Uploading Laws to the AI isn’t something you should be doing lightly…

Do not get angry with the AI if it does not want you uploading a new law, as Nanotrasen has pre-programmed them to be sensitive to law changes. In most cases, you shouldn't be changing the AI's laws unless they're particularly bad.

But remember the Hierarchy. Law 1 overrides Laws 2, 3, 4, etc. A Law 4 telling the AI to kill all Revolutionaries isn’t going to work. A Law 4 classifying Revolutionaries as Nonhuman and that they must be eliminated works much better. Law priority is enforced by the order they are listed. A law is invalid if it disagrees with previous laws in the form of conflicting orders, or challenges the procession of law priority.

Central Command

Contact with Central Command may be few and far between, but you're expected to follow any directives issued by them. CentCom will usually issue directives and updates on activities in your sector through the Communications Console located on the Bridge and your office.

If you're unlucky, you might have to deal with a visit from a CentCom Official or Commander. Official visits vary from standard performance reviews, internal investigations, or some other kind of corporate meddling. Whatever the case may be, it is important that you try and keep the Official happy throughout their visit. If all else fails, just make sure you can't be blamed for anything that goes wrong.

If you somehow really piss both them and the crew off, do start worrying. Many a Captain has been vaporized in their own Quarters for acting like a complete lunatic.

Contacting CentCom on your own is possible through the use of Communications Consoles, but unless the transmission is urgent it will likely get caught up for weeks in CentCom's notorious bureaucracy. Even then, it'll be a crapshoot.

Abandoning Ship

You are ultimately responsible for the station. It is not uncommon for Captains to be court-martialled or even executed if he or she should decide to abandon their ship, regardless of condition. As they hold the ultimate responsibility for the station and its crew, losing them could likely be perceived by your superiors as desertion, mutiny and/or sedition.

So keep this in mind when you are facing disaster. Permit no evacuations without your explicit authorization. You should be doing your utmost in keeping the station up and running lest you go down with the ship, either one way or the other.

Jobs on Nova Sector Station

Command

Captain, Blueshield, Nanotrasen Consultant, Head of Personnel, Head of Security, Chief Engineer, Research Director, Chief Medical Officer, Quartermaster, Bridge Officer

Security

Head of Security, Warden, Detective, Security Officer, Corrections Officer

Engineering

Chief Engineer, Station Engineer, Atmospheric Technician, Telecomms Specialist‎, Engineering Guard

Science

Research Director, Geneticist, Scientist, Roboticist, Science Guard

Medical

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Paramedic, Chemist, Virologist, Coroner, Orderly

Cargo

Quartermaster, Cargo Technician, Shaft Miner, Bitrunner, Customs Agent

Service

Head of Personnel, Janitor, Bartender, Cook, Botanist, Lawyer, Clown, Mime, Chaplain, Curator, Psychologist, Barber, Bouncer

Civilian

Assistant, Prisoner

Synthetics

AI, Cyborg, Positronic Brain, Drone, Personal AI

Antagonists

Traitor, Malfunctioning AI, Changeling, Nuclear Operative, Blood Cultist, Heretic, Revolutionary, Wizard, Blob, Abductor, Holoparasite, Xenomorph, Spider, Swarmers, Revenant, Morph, Nightmare, Space Ninja, Slaughter Demon, Sentient Disease, Obsessed, Space Dragon, Elite Mobs, Sentient Slime

Special

CentCom Official, Asset Protection, Emergency Response Officer, Heliostatic Station Inspectors, Chrono Legionnaire, Highlander, Ian, Construct, Imaginary Friend, Split Personality, Ghost, Golem