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Star Army Information Technology

Information Technology Specialists deal with the computer software side of running starships. Their programming skills keep automated and semi-automated facilities running smoothly, efficiently, and securely. As a subset of technicians, IT personnel also wear uniforms with red (#96081C) panels.

Kurita Tomomi Masahiro Egil

History

The Information Technology occupation did not exist in the Star Army of Yamatai until YE 30. Before that, computers were the domain of Star Army Technicians, or (more often the case for serious issues) civilian and government workers from Kessaku Systems. The militarization of computer specialists reflects the Star Army's increased emphasis on hacking and counter-hacking, as well as embracing the military-open-source movement to allow ships to modify, update, and add to code as needed.

Eligibility

The Star Army is seeking characters who enjoy technology and working with the technical manuals and computer systems. Personnel should be well organized, creative, and be able to troubleshoot in situations that occur on their assigned ship.

Ranks

The minimum rank for this occupation is Santô Hei and the maximum rank is Taisa.

Playing

Characters in this occupation should be hacking enemy computer systems and protecting friendly computer systems from being hacked. Additionally, they should be contributing bug fixes and improvements to military open source projects.

Skills

  • Debug a program
  • Decipher enemy communications
  • Defend against enemy intrusion attempts
  • Infiltrate an enemy network
  • Write a computer program

Player Expectations

Players with a character in this occupation should have a basic understanding of computer terminology and theory and be prepared to research those topics more in-depth.

List of Characters

OOC Notes

Wes wrote this article.

Hyralt converted this article to the Occupation Template on 2021/01/23 07:05.

It was approved by Wes in this thread.


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