Chief engineer
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The chief engineer holds responsibility for all engineers and engineering duties aboard a starship or starbase. He or she must have a general knowledge of all technical workings to ensure his or her team are assigned to handle and complete engineering tasks competently.
The position holds a wide range of duties, including creating and maintaining shift rosters for relevant personnel and providing advice to the captain or senior officer on technical issues. As a member of the senior staff, he or she bears accountability for the ship's or station's performance.
Some chief engineers with lower-than-expected ranks can be promoted to chief engineer by a senior or commanding officer. For example, Miles O'Brien held the rank of chief warrant officer but was chief engineer of the USS Defiant. (DS9: "The Search, Part I", et al)
An old Earth term from the British navy renamed some Chief Engineers to the shortened term: "ChEng".
[edit] Notable Chief Engineers
- Ethan Arden
- Zachary Beltram
- Pavlo Celcho
- Butch Clooney
- Starbase 140 (2389-)
- Golin Dalar
- Sam Hawkins
- USS Odyssey (NCC-71832-A) (2386-23xx)
- David Harman
- USS Expedition {2384-2386)
- USS Korgoth (2386-2388)
- USS Striker (2389-)
- Kugo
- Robert Lupia
- Vaebn Mairex
- RIS Bouteina (2384-)
- Yvette Mintos
- Starbase 140 (2386-2388)
- Susan Mirsky
- Durgan Morlon
- Michael Redman
- USS Crusader {2387-)
- Jon Ruel
- USS Avenger (2389-)
- Chloe Tang
- Brandi Ward
- Joanna Withrome
[edit] External links
- Chief engineer article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Chief engineer article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Chief Engineer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
