<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If the situation gets that bad to the point where she feels she has to go down to Engineering and overrule or circumvent the Chief Engineer... he won't have to resign, because she'll be coming down there with his walking papers. There's no point, in her mind, in having a Chief Engineer (CMO, CSO, etc.) that she has to work around or overrule. If he's her Chief Engineer, it's because he's damn good at what he does and she knows it. She will, naturally, respect that - partly because she has her own insecurities about her captaincy and and relies heavily on competent senior officers, and partly because she gave him the job, after all. It would really make her look like a fool to hire a Chief Engineer then brush him off and do his job instead.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Great! I'm glad that's cleared up. That was indeed the impression I got from the comment on the character sheet.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Adams, being competent and having the backbone to make Engineering his domain where even she needs permission to enter, will be another one of those people she gives lots of leeway to. If he wants her to stay out of Engineering, she won't even go within two decks of it unless there's something seriously wrong. She'll probably find his fixation with his job quirky and endearing. On the other hand, she won't let someone set themselves up in their own private cocoon on her ship, so she will be dragging him out of Engineering from time to time, which he may find annoying but she will see as "for his own good". She'll probably also enjoy playfully provoking him into fits of pride by mentioning some minor imperfection with the engines. Off duty she probably won't see much of him, mostly because it doesn't sound like he has much of an "off-duty".</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>She can try, I suppose, but I'd like to suggest we also keep that sort of thing as 'reference material' only. Maybe sometimes she succeeds, and sometimes she doesn't.<br/><br/>I'll expect for Kevin to have as much off-duty time as anyone else. There should be plenty of study material on the ship's computers, there's practise with Miquel, he'll have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, and I'm sure other things will come up.<br/><br/>As far as the imperfections go, I'll leave that sort of thing up to the GM. It isn't something I'd like to spend my rolls or roleplay time on.<br/><br/>I'm not sure how to best make this clear... I don't want to tell you how to play your character but I didn't join for this type of confrontational roleplay with constant prodding, poking and jabbing. I want to have fun in an action packed roleplay, and maybe roleplay some off time with the other crew.