[@Gunther] That I do know, but it also depends on which position it is. (Thank you for your service by the way, been meaning to say that for a little while now) Also, it would be normal Lieutenant, I never said Junior Grade. Believe it or not, Chekov was an Ensign, but was also the Navigator, many people also forget that many other characters who have held the Security Chief position in the Star Trek universe were not Lieutenant Commanders (Chekov is actually one of those who was also a Ensign with that position). Here is my reference point [url=http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Security_chief]Security Chief[/url] (Just using this position as an example since it is the one in question). Only one of the people on this list started off as a Lieutenant Commander, and that was Tuvok from Voyager. I did my research on this before I said anything about what rank everyone was. Also, since the crew only consists of 78 people and is small, I doubt they would have a Lieutenant Commander for every Chief position. I understand what you are saying, and I value your opinion, it's just that I put a lot of research into this before I put the interest check up. From what class ship would be a not normally done one, to what ranks each position could be. I also understand that you've been a fan of Star Trek for a while, I wasn't born until around Next Gen's run, but I was raised watching every series. I try to live up to the knowledge, and I'm doing my research so that I do this correctly. This is also only the second RP I am running, the first one didn't do so well, so I'm just really trying to get this going, and so it actually will continue running. Now that I'm done with my small rant (I apologize for that), our crew needs another alien, so I'm going to go make an Andorian science officer (going to be an ensign in case anyone cares)