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Originally posted by ghosty
Why is the whole crew made up of officers? The bulk of any starship crew should be enlisted personnel and with 15 bodies, I'd say 2 officers are required max, a CO and an XO. Chiefs can fill most of the other key slots with a few enlisted ratings to do the grunt work...I know Star Trek gives the impression that everyone on the ship is an officer, its a fallacy which has never been addressed but you can't spare 15 officers to run one small security vessel, its a waste of resources.
I did it on purpose since I'm slaving the ship to a starbase/planet... I figure, like the Runabouts in DS9, most often you end up with the officers taking the things out. Even thought hey had O'Brien with them a lot...