Changes: Senior officer

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The term senior officer denoted a member of the senior staff of a starship or starbase involved in the top level command decisions of the day-to-day operations of their post.

In the Earth Starfleet, where there were limited personnel choices with special talents, junior officers by rank were sometimes senior officers by practicality. Some such personnel included:

Ensign Travis Mayweather, pilot of the Enterprise NX-01, experience with other worlds, as part of the Earth Cargo Service
Ensign Hoshi Sato, communications officer of Enterprise, exceptional linguistic abilities
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, armory officer on Enterprise, chief of security

In the Federation Starfleet, senior officers usually included officers with the rank lieutenant commander or above and could include, but was not limited to (regardless of rank):

The commanding officer could also add certain officers at his or her discretion. These officers had the privilege of sitting in with the senior staff during briefings, or at times had the ear of the commanding officer.

Some of the more permanent additions have included:

Commander Deanna Troi, ship's counselor, USS Enterprise-D / USS Enterprise-E
Lieutenant Tom Paris, flight controller, USS Voyager
Seven of Nine, astrometrics laboratory supervisor, USS Voyager
Ensign Harry Kim, operations officer, USS Voyager

Occasionally, one was referred to as a senior officer in a manner that was equivalent to a ranking officer. Both B'Elanna Torres and Tuvok tried to take responsibility as the senior officer in the installation of a spatial trajector without Captain Kathryn Janeway's consent. (VOY: "Prime Factors")

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-A '''senior officer''' denotes a member of the [[senior staff]] of a [[starship]] or [[starbase]] involved in the top level, command decisions of the day-to-day operations of their post.  In [[Starfleet]], this includes [[officer]]s with the [[rank]] [[Lieutenant Commander]] or above and can include, but is not limited to (regardless of rank):
+The term '''senior officer''' denoted a member of the [[senior staff]] of a [[starship]] or [[starbase]] involved in the top level command decisions of the day-to-day operations of their post.
+In the [[Earth]] [[Starfleet]], where there were limited personnel choices with special talents, junior [[officer]]s by [[rank]] were sometimes senior officers by practicality. Some such personnel included:
-*[[Commanding Officer]]
-*[[Executive Officer]]
-*[[Operations Manager]]
-*[[Chief Engineer]]
-*[[Chief of Security]]
-*[[Chief Medical Officer]]
+*[[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]], pilot of the {{EnterpriseNX}}, experience with other worlds, as part of the [[Earth Cargo Service]]
-The commanding officer can also add certain officers at his or her lesiure. These officers have the luxury of sitting in with the senior staff during briefings, or at times can hold the ear of the commanding officer.
+*[[Ensign]] [[Hoshi Sato]], communications officer of ''Enterprise'', exceptional [[linguistics|linguistic]] abilities
+*[[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed]], armory officer on ''Enterprise'', chief of security
+In the [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]], senior officers usually included officers with the rank [[lieutenant commander]] or above and could include, but was not limited to (regardless of rank):
+*[[Commanding officer]]
+*[[Executive officer]]
+*[[Operations manager]]
+*[[Chief engineer]]
+*[[Chief of security]]
+*[[Chief medical officer]]
+*[[Science officer]]
+The commanding officer could also add certain officers at his or her discretion. These officers had the privilege of sitting in with the senior staff during briefings, or at times had the ear of the commanding officer.
 Some of the more permanent additions have included:
-*[[Commander]] [[Deanna Troi]], Ship's [[Counselor]], [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]]/[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise''-E]]
+*[[Commander]] [[Deanna Troi]], [[ship's counselor]], {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} / {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}
-*[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[Miles O'Brien]], [[Chief of Operations]], [[Deep Space 9]]
+*[[Lieutenant]] [[Tom Paris]], [[flight controller]], {{USS|Voyager}}
-*[[Lieutenant]] [[Tom Paris]], [[Flight controller]], [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']]
+*[[Seven of Nine]], [[astrometrics]] [[laboratory]] supervisor, USS ''Voyager''
-*[[Seven of Nine]], former [[Borg]] [[Drone]]/[[Astrometrics]] Laboratory Supervisor, USS ''Voyager''
+*[[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]], operations officer, USS ''Voyager''
-*[[Neelix]], [[Moral officer|Moral Officer]], USS ''Voyager''
+Occasionally, one was referred to as a senior officer in a manner that was equivalent to a [[ranking officer]]. Both [[B'Elanna Torres]] and [[Tuvok]] tried to take responsibility as the senior officer in the installation of a [[spatial trajector]] without Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s consent. ({{VOY|Prime Factors}})
+[[cs:Vyšší důstojník]]
+[[de:Führungsoffizier]]
+[[ja:上級士官]]
+[[nl:Hoofdofficier]]
+[[fr:Officier senior]]
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