<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148593.msg6738971#msg6738971">Quote from: Atlas on 10-08-2012, 11:34:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Assuming they need to sleep, the base commander isn't going to be in charge 24/7. Would we assume the command is split into shifts between the base commander and the deputy. (Maybe even the Adjutant as well. 12 hour shifts are long lol) So the other can sleep, eat and generally relax or she's going to start fraying some wires very quickly. Then in the event of a crisis command diverts back to the BC as soon as she's back to the control room.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I just realised that I hadn't responded to this.<br/><br/>Mars has a day/night cycle that is 37 minutes longer than Earth's. Being half as far again (on average) from the sun means that a hot summer's day on Mars is going to be the equivalent of a dull winter's day on Earth, but there will still be a normal day-night cycle with the sun rising in the East, proceeding around to the North (we are in the Southern hemisphere), and setting in the West.<br/><br/>Seasonal variations will be the same as on Earth due to the Martian axial tilt being almost the same as Earth's. So in the summer the days will be longer and in the winter they will be shorter, except in the "tropics".<br/><br/>With this in mind, I think it will be perfectly normal for most of the colonists to keep "normal office hours" of 9:00am to 5:00pm.<br/><br/>Please note that because of the slightly longer Martian day (see the environment details post for how this is dealt with), Mars time and Earth time are slightly out of sync. The base will be in time-zone MZulu of course. MZulu time will spend two days corresponding to each Earth time zone in sequence, but no matter what time it is on Mars there will always be someone on Earth available (in between 5 to 25 minutes) to answer a message - provided we aren't in Solar Black-out.<br/><br/>So, as for the base commander sleeping, yes, she will. She is going to work long hours of course, probably twelve hours a day at first, but she will also find time to relax, play some poker, have a drink, have sex, maybe see about getting some of the other women pregnant....<br/><br/>During that time, she will be on call of course. During the night, the comms centre will be manned, the security office will be manned, and the met office will be manned, but by NPCs. There is no reason to have other players work shifts unless they want to. We have sufficient NPCs available to keep things running while all the players are in bed.