Acronyms and Abbreviations

A list of acronyms and abbreviations used in Star Trek: Freedom

Position Acronyms/Abbreviations

Command

CO - Commanding Officer

FO - First Officer

2O - Second Officer

Operations and Flight Control

OPS - Operations Chief, also used for Operations Officer (i.e. not the dept head)

AOPS - Assistant Chief of Operations

OO - rarely seen but used occasionally, Operations Officer

CONN - Conn officer (the one who pilots the ship)

Alternatives

OPS and CONN positions may also be combined, e.g.:

AOPS/CONN

CONN/OPS

Medical and Counselling

CMO - Chief Medical Officer

ACMO - Assistant Chief Medical Officer

MO - Medical Officer

COUNS - Counsellor

ACOUNS - Assistant Counsellor

Science

CSO - Chief Science Officer

ACSO - Assistant Chief Science Officer

SciO - Science Officer

Tactical and Security

TAC/SC - Tactical and Security Chief

TAC/ASC - Assistant Tactical and Security Chief

SecO - Security Officer

Alternatives

Not used on all ships, but on some:

CTAC - Chief Tactical Officer

CSEC - Chief Security Officer

ATAC - Assistant Chief Tactical Officer

ASEC - Assistant Chief Security Officer

Engineering

CEO - Chief Engineering Officer

ACEO - Assistant Chief Engineering Officer

EO - Engineering officer

A small 'a' in front of any of the above signifies Acting, e.g. aCEO would be Acting Chief Engineering Officer; aACSO would be Acting Assistant Chief Science Officer

Not on all rosters:

The following are sometimes used when such characters are present on the ship's roster, which is solely at the CO's discretion and with her/his permission only:

MCO - Marine Commanding Officer

MXO - Marine Executive Officer (ie the equivalent of Assistant department head)

Note: not all ships have marines on board, and they are never PC characters

YEO - Yeoman (usually the Captain's Yeoman)

ATT - Advanced Theoretical Technologies Officer

SFI - Starfleet Intelligence Officer

TRADOC - Training Doctrine Officer

ATRADOC - Assistant Training Doctrine Officer

Rank Abbreviations:

The following pages on the main site link to the insignia used for the ranks listed here:

Officer ranks: [1]

Enlisted Ranks: [2]

Marine Ranks and their Starfleet equivalents can be found here: [3]

Officer ranks (highest to lowest):

Adm - Admiral

Capt. - Captain

Cmdr - Commander

Lt Cmdr - Lieutenant Commander, often abbreviated to Lt Commander

Lt - Lieutenant (usually referring to Lieutenant(sg) )

Lt(sg) - Lieutenant (senior grade) which is abbreviated to Lieutenant(sg)

Lt(jg) - Lieutenant (junior grade) which is abbreviated to Lieutenant(jg)

Ens - Ensign (usually referring to Ensign(sg) )

Ens(sg) - Ensign (senior grade) which is abbreviated to Ensign(sg)

Ens(jg) - Ensign (junior grade) which is abbreviated to Ensign(jg)

Cdt - Cadet

Enlisted ranks (highest to lowest):

WO - Warrant Officer

MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer (usually addressed as Master Chief or Chief)

CPO - Chief Petty Officer (usually addressed as Chief)

PO1 - Petty Officer (First Class)

PO2 - Petty Officer (Second Class)

PO3 - Petty Officer (Third Class)

Crewman - not usually abbreviated and self-explanatory ;)