Science Officer

The Science Officer is a Ship Position. There are other ship positions that can be review and can effect this position.

This is considered a secondary ship position.

Description

The Science Officer normally assists the ships adventures discovering new life forms or studying astrological phenomenon or charting new star systems. They can preform a lot of white collar and civilian like duties on-board a space ship. However having a highly trained expert can also be useful in combat. Many scientist can use there expertise to do cyber warfare and defend against cyber warfare. They can also help decipher crypto messages and jam signals.

Associated Ship Attribute: Primary Sensors and Secondary Electronics

Officer Functions: Study (This is effectively the 'study' skill for characters and uses the same bonuses.) The Scienciest can focus on studing and learning some unknown object. Wither it be military super weapon secrets or some ancient tablet that holds hidden knowledge.

Associated Ship Functions: Beam, Cloak, Crypto, Hack, Jam, Scan