Ship-based Intelligence teams usually have between four and a dozen people depending on the size of the ship and the ship's mission. Exploration ships tend to have two or three from the analytical corps and one member from the liaison corps. Larger ships-of-the-line will have a full compliment including a clandestine ops team of three or four member, two members of an analytical corps, a liaison, and a tech ops. Each member will report to the ship-appointed department head, which is often part of the Liaison Corps.

Very few ships have clandestine ops teams; most will be assigned from off-ship for necessary missions. In that case, they will report to their ship-based handler, who will report directly to Director Jordan Elaithin. Again, the handler will work within the previous established ship's Intelligence framework, but will not answer directly to any member already onboard.

Other members of the ship-based team will report to their directorate heads as outlined above. Should problems or concerns about members of the team arise, it will be up to the ship-based department head to deal with the situation internally; it will often require notification to the various Directorate Heads (the ship's department head's as well as the Director of the division of the suspect team member) and will necessitate involving Internal Affairs.

The Chief Intelligence Officer is responsible for organizing all intelligence the department's gathered and presenting it to the duty station's CO. S/he assists the CO, Strategic Operations Officer and the Security/Tactical Officer, sometimes the Marine CO as well. S/he offers advice on ship/starbase operations, especially in times of conflict or covert missions.

S/he is assists the Chief Intelligence Officer in organizing all intelligence the department's gathered and presenting it to the duty station's CO. S/he assists the CO, Strategic Operations Officer and the Security/Tactical Officer, sometimes the Marine CO as well. S/he offers advice on ship/starbase operations, especially in times of conflict or covert missions. S/he must be able to take over for the Chief if needed.

Specialises in the gathering, fusion and analysis of information and intelligence in order to provide advice to their Department Chief, Strategic Operations Officer, Security/Tactical Officer, and the Marine CO as well, if required.

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