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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
These are the characters currently listed as Star Army information technology personnel.
Wes wrote this article.
Hyralt converted this article to the Occupation Template on 2021/01/23 07:05.
