Engineering Handbook

If the fleet's job is to protect and explore the universe, then engineers are the ones who work out how the rest of the fleet gets there. They often do most of the "grunt work" involved in keeping a starship or installation up and running by monitoring and maintaining the overall ship or facility, smaller craft embarked aboard, and anything else that crosses their paths.

Whenever there is a gap between people and technology, engineers help to bridge it by bringing both tools and material resources into play. They patch up, tear down, strip, re-work, crawl, dig, and replace every blessed inch of a vessel or installation on any given day.

General Duties

• Explore xenotechnology, metallurgy, etc. (with the Science Department)
• Repair/rebuild medical grade technology (for use by the Medical Department)
• Coordinate with the Navigation Department to keep things flying in working order
• Fortify and maintain ship or installation structure both internally and externally (in conjunction with Tactical and Security Departments)
• Maintain/replace all hardware including engines, systems, powerpacks, crew weaponry, etc.
• Perform general maintenance and monkey-wrenchery

Specializations

• Medical (biomedical, genetic, prosthetics, viruology)
• Chemical
• Electrical (communication, control, network, power, signal processing)
• Civil (architectural, geological, maintenance, mining, sanitation)
• Systems (communications, computer, damage control, impulse, warp)
• Fabrication (material, matter/energy)
• Mechanical (aeronautical, astronautical, avionics, mechatronics, micro electro-mechanical [MEMS], orbital, shuttlecraft, starship, structural/environmental)
• Research & Development
• Xenotechnology
• Design Engineer

Sources: Adapted from the “Engineering Handbook” of the USS Farragut. Used with permission

Updated: 06/16/2024