Commander Truestar
SOC-13
These come from the various CJ Cherryh Alliance-Union-Pell-Earth series regarding work shifts aboard a working ship:
Mainday and Alterday: The 12-hour "normal" work shifts which also governed crew rank.
Mainday crew were always senior to Alterday, so the Captain ran Mainday while the XO ran alterday.
Bridge "first crew" were always senior to their second crew (IE: their back ups.)
So, the Mainday First Navigator was senior to Alterday Nav, who was then senior to Mainday Second Nav, followed by Alterday Second Nav
After the seconds, there were the rest of the departments, ranked along the same lines, followed by the rest of the crew in descending rank
of course, when the fertilizer hits the rotating arboreal oscillator , the command "Flash" calls everyone from their beds to man stations because something's gone wrong.
Mainday and Alterday: The 12-hour "normal" work shifts which also governed crew rank.
Mainday crew were always senior to Alterday, so the Captain ran Mainday while the XO ran alterday.
Bridge "first crew" were always senior to their second crew (IE: their back ups.)
So, the Mainday First Navigator was senior to Alterday Nav, who was then senior to Mainday Second Nav, followed by Alterday Second Nav
After the seconds, there were the rest of the departments, ranked along the same lines, followed by the rest of the crew in descending rank
of course, when the fertilizer hits the rotating arboreal oscillator , the command "Flash" calls everyone from their beds to man stations because something's gone wrong.
