Talk:Senior officer

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Senior Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien, Chief of Operations, Deep Space 9 was not a senior officer, and I'm not sure it is accurate to say the same about Neelix, Seven, etc. -- unless someone can cite otherwise. --Alan del Beccio 02:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, here is the thing. Did they ever call something like "senior officers report", and did O'Brien respond to that call? I seem to remember him doing that, and if that is the case, then canon considers him to be a "senior officer", despite the fact that he is a non-commissioned officer. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 02:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

He was a member of the senior staff, but simply put, he was not a senior officer. The same can be said about Neelix and Seven-- in fact, they weren't even SF officers. --Alan del Beccio 02:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Let me rephrase this. How are we making that determination? If, as I said, they called for senior officers, and he was among those that answered the call, then canon considers him a senior officer. Just saying "he isn't" doesn't make it so. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 02:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Fine, time to play the trump card:

O'BRIEN: "I don't see why Captain Sisko insisted I had to be here. I'm not a senior officer."

--Alan del Beccio 02:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

It's possible that O'Brien was inaccurately referred to as a "senior officer" somewhere, although I don't recall it anywhere. I vaguely recall Seven being addressed as an officer once (possibly senior officer), mainly because it was something that bugged me probably 10 years ago. I'm still trying to find that reference too. As for Neelix... there's at least one reference that states he is not a senior officer, from Warlord:

JANEWAY: (over the comm) "All senior officers, report to the bridge."

KIM: "Great program, Neelix."

PARIS: "Save it for us, will you?"

Afterwards, Neelix stayed behind, despite the senior officers (including Kim and Paris) being reported to the bridge. So, as of 2373, he wasn't considered a senior officer of the USS Voyager.--Tim Thomason 02:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying Alan. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 02:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)