Editing Acronyms and Abbreviations

A list of acronyms and abbreviations used in Star Trek: Freedom


=Position Acronyms/Abbreviations=

==Command==

CO - Commanding Officer

FO - First Officer

2O - Second Officer

==Operations and Flight Control==

OPS - Operations Chief, also used for Operations Officer (i.e. not the dept head)

AOPS - Assistant Chief of Operations

OO - rarely seen but used occasionally, Operations Officer


CONN - Conn officer (the one who pilots the ship)

===Alternatives===

''OPS and CONN positions may also be combined, e.g.:
''

AOPS/CONN

CONN/OPS

==Medical and Counselling==

CMO - Chief Medical Officer

ACMO - Assistant Chief Medical Officer

MO - Medical Officer

COUNS - Counsellor 

ACOUNS - Assistant Counsellor

==Science==

CSO - Chief Science Officer

ACSO - Assistant Chief Science Officer

SciO - Science Officer

==Tactical and Security==

TAC/SC - Tactical and Security Chief

TAC/ASC - Assistant Tactical and Security Chief

SecO - Security Officer

===Alternatives===

''Not used on all ships, but on some:
''

CTAC - Chief Tactical Officer

CSEC - Chief Security Officer

ATAC - Assistant Chief Tactical Officer

ASEC - Assistant Chief Security Officer

==Engineering==

CEO - Chief Engineering Officer

ACEO - Assistant Chief Engineering Officer

EO - Engineering officer

''A small 'a' in front of any of the above signifies Acting, e.g.'' aCEO ''would be Acting Chief Engineering Officer;''  aACSO ''would be Acting Assistant Chief Science Officer''

==Not on all rosters:==

The following are sometimes used when such characters are present on the ship's roster, which is '''solely''' at the CO's discretion and with her/his
permission '''only''':


MCO - Marine Commanding Officer

MXO - Marine Executive Officer (ie the equivalent of Assistant department head)


Note: not  all ships have marines on board, and they are never PC characters


YEO - Yeoman (usually the Captain's Yeoman)


ATT - Advanced Theoretical Technologies Officer


SFI - Starfleet Intelligence Officer


TRADOC - Training Doctrine Officer


ATRADOC - Assistant Training Doctrine Officer

=Rank Abbreviations:=

The following pages on the main site link to the insignia used for the ranks listed here:

Officer ranks: [http://www.startrekfreedom.com/database/documents/officerranktemplate.html]

Enlisted Ranks: [http://www.startrekfreedom.com/database/documents/crewranktemplate.html]

Marine Ranks and their Starfleet equivalents can be found here: [http://www.startrekfreedom.com/database/marines/rank.html]


==Officer ranks (highest to lowest):==

Adm - Admiral

Capt. - Captain

Cmdr -  Commander

Lt Cmdr - Lieutenant Commander, often abbreviated to Lt Commander

Lt - Lieutenant (usually referring to Lieutenant(sg) )

Lt(sg) - Lieutenant (senior grade) which is  abbreviated to Lieutenant(sg)

Lt(jg) - Lieutenant (junior grade) which is abbreviated to Lieutenant(jg)

Ens - Ensign (usually referring to Ensign(sg) )

Ens(sg) - Ensign (senior grade) which is abbreviated to Ensign(sg)

Ens(jg) - Ensign (junior grade) which is abbreviated to Ensign(jg)

Cdt - Cadet


==Enlisted ranks (highest to lowest):==

WO - Warrant Officer

MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer (usually addressed as Master Chief or Chief)

CPO - Chief Petty Officer (usually addressed as Chief)

PO1 - Petty Officer (First Class)

PO2 - Petty Officer (Second Class)

PO3 - Petty Officer (Third Class)

Crewman - not usually abbreviated and self-explanatory ;)