Ranks and Positions
Intelligence Officer
| Core to mission success |
The CIO is the core to mission success, often acting as the lead in mission briefing to inform the CO and the crew of what they are up against. |
| Intelligence Officers are a relatively new position stressing the importance of proper intelligence before entering into any unknown situation | |
| Changes in Starfleet’s crew philosophy led to an expanded role for security officers, demonstrated by the introduction of the Security station on Galaxy-class ships in 2363. | |
| Duties: | The CIO is responsible for gathering all information pertaining to mission briefings before an away team starts their mission. Recon work is also the responsibility of the CIO to ensure that the safety of the crew is maintained at all times. It is the Intelligence Officers responsibility to make sure that the crew and especially the CO has the latest info on races, federation politics, military activity |
| The CIO is also responsible for updating the Federation database as new ships, lifeforms and technology are encountered. | |
| During high risk SEALs type missions the CIO will often take command of the away team given their highly military trained background |