Roles

Overview

Your role is who you are. It determines your goals, starting equipment, responsibilities, and access. Do not however pick a role solely for the purpose of getting nice things, you are expected to play as it. If you want to roam freely with as little responsibilities as possible, being an Assistant is your best bet.

Most roles require you to have played on the Starlight server for a minimum amount of time and/or spent a minimum amount of time in a certain department or role. This time accumulates in real time by being in an active game round and in the relevant department or role.

Some roles (meant for beginners) become inaccessible when you have a certain amount of time in roles or departments. This is indicated in the tables with a negative time value. For example: the Technical Assistant role becomes inaccessible after spending 10 hours total in the Engineering department. The idea is to prevent experienced players from blocking these roles for new player who want to learn.

Coordination

The higher-ups and others who coordinate the crew... or die trying.

Command

Command consists of every department head. It is responsible for keeping the station and its departments running efficiently.

The heads of each department come together to form the Command department, a force to be reckoned with and the handlers of the station. They usually have access to special equipment and their own rooms. They are often wanted dead.

Command members should always be relatively competent in their respective departments and attempt to delegate responsibility and direct work.

Command

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
Captain	Keep the station running, delegate work to the other heads of staff, and exert your will.	Hard	Hard	Command: 25h Security: 20h Medical: 20h Engineering: 20h
‎ Head of Personnel	Handle's access reassignment fairly using your ID console, manage the service department, and keep Ian safe.	Hard	Average	Service: 20h Botanist: 3h Chef: 3h Janitor: 3h
‎ Chief Engineer	Manages the engineering department to ensure power, atmospherics, and the hull are in perfect shape.	Hard	Hard	Engineering: 20h Atmospheric Technician: 7h Station Engineer: 7h
Chief Medical Officer	Manage the resources and personnel of the medical department to keep the crew alive.	Hard	Hard	Medical: 20h Medical Doctor: 7h Chemist: 7h
Head of Security	Manage your security force and keep them efficient, quell dissent, and keep the other heads of staff safe.	Hard	Hard	Security: 50h Warden: 10h Security Officer: 15h Detective: 5h
‎ Quartermaster	Manage the supplies of the station & the cargo department, keep the salvage specialists working, make sure all orders are fulfilled, and keep the money flowing.	Hard	Average	Cargo: 30h Cargo Technician: 5h Salvage Specialist: 5h
Research Director	Manage the science department, unlocking technologies, acquiring & researching artifacts, and performing experiments.	Hard	Above Average	Science: 20h Scientist: 10h Robotcist: 5h

Nanotrasen Personnel Department

Officials sent directly from NanoTrasen who report to Command (Also see Central Command History). These roles tend to be intertwined with community-roles such as admins and mentors, giving them an immersive way of influencing ongoing rounds in the least-intrusive way possible. Also it is fun.

Nanotrasen Personnel

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Officer "Blue Shield"	Protects NanoTrasen personnel and Command staff, at all costs.	Hard	Hard	Command: 25h Security: 30h Brigmedic: 3h Whitelist
‎‎ Internal Affairs Agent	The duties of the internal affairs agent lies within auditing departments and ensuring that S.O.P is followed. They report directly to the Magistrate or NanoTrasen Representative. They have passed the corporate law and as such are licensed lawyers.	Hard	Average	Command: 10h Security: 10h
‎‎ Magistrate	Appointed judge over the station, has the final say on corporate law. Ensures that prisoners are sentenced and processed fairly. Manages the Internal Affairs when not performing legal duties.	Hard	Average	Command: 50h Security: 10h Whitelist
‎ Nanotrasen Representative	Ensures that the station duties are carried out per SOP. Commands personal advisor. When their complaints are ignored, they get Central Command involved.	Hard	Average	Command: 30h Whitelist

Departments

The crew that keeps the station running. Sort of.

Security

Security is lead by the Head of Security. As a department it is responsible for dealing with troublemakers and non-humanoid threats like giant rats and carp.

As a result of this, and the need to walk a fine line, security sometimes is overwhelmed by angry crew (don't kill the Clown), and it is important for its members to try and stay on their best behavior.

Ensuring the safety of both station and crew is number one for Security. They are ready for any situation, and Security are on hand to maintain order and control crowds.

Security

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Warden	Patrol the security department, ensure that no one is stealing from the armory, and make sure that all prisoners are processed and let out when their time is up.	Hard	Hard	Security Officer: 15h Duty Officer: 5h Detective: 1h
Brigmedic	Fight in the rear of the security service, for the lives of your comrades! You are the first and last hope of your squad. Hippocrates bless you.	Above Average	Above Average	Medical: 15h Security Officer: 10h Paramedic: 5h
Detective	Investigate crime scenes using forensic tools, ensure that the guilty party is found, and have a couple smokes.	Above Average	Above Average	Security Officer: 10h
MISSING IMAGE Duty Officer	Help the warden and make sure the armory does not get looted. Get blamed when things go wrong.	Above Average	Above Average	Security Officer: 5h
‎ Security Officer	Catch criminals and enemies of the station, enforce the law, and ensure that the station does not fall into disarray.	Above Average	Above Average	Security: 10h
Security Cadet	Learn the basics of arresting criminals and managing the brig. Listen to your supervisors and feel free to ask them for any help.	Average	Average	Overall: 16h Security: -20h

Cargo

Cargo is lead by the Quartermaster. As a department, it is responsible for resource distribution and trade, capable of buying and selling things on the galactic market.

For the most part, this means they scrounge around the station and assorted wrecks to find materials to sell and redistribute, and purchase materials other departments request.

Cargo

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Cargo Technician	Deal with requisitions and deliveries, pilot the cargo shuttle to the trade station and back, and work with others to make ludicrous amounts of cash and then waste it all gambling.	Easy	Below Average	None
Mail Technician	Deliver letters and packages to the crew of the station to make cargo money.	Easy	Below Average	None
Salvage Lead	Lead your salvage team and keep them safe. Remember, you are the Quartermaster's eyes and ears off station.	Average	Above Average	Quartermaster: 5h
‎‎ Salvage Specialist	Use the salvage shuttle to go on expeditions to collect resources for the station, while fighting off any space fauna along the way.	Easy	Average	Overall: 8h Cargo: 5h
Mining Specialist	Stay station side and enrich the station with materials using your salvage magnet and ore processors.	Easy	Average	Overall: 5h Cargo: 3h

Engineering

Engineering is lead by the Chief Engineer. As a department it is responsible for keeping the station powered, its structure intact and its air supply working.

Engineering is readily equipped to go safely into space, and as such they should always attempt to repair uninhabitable parts of the station.

Engineering

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎‎ Atmospheric Technician	Optimize the station's atmospherics setup, and synthesize rare gases to use or sell.	Easy	Above Average	Engineering: 15h
‎‎‎ Station Engineer	Keep the station's main engine & solars active, optimize the power network, and make emergency repairs using your hardsuit in spaced areas.	Easy	Above Average	Engineering: 2.5h
‎‎‎ Technical Assistant	Learn the basics of managing the station's power, as well as repairing the station's hull.	Easy	Average	Overall: 1h Engineering: -10h

Medical

Medical is lead by the Chief Medical Officer. As a department it is responsible for taking care of the crew, treating and/or cloning the wounded and dead, treating disease, and preventing everyone from dying a horrible, bloody death in a closet somewhere.

Medical is one of the more well-equipped departments, with the ability to locate injured crew using the crew monitor, a nigh infinite supply of chems should chemistry be on-par, and the ability to rapidly diagnose and vaccinate contagious diseases.

This is the department where people go to when they're hurt, it's up to the folks working here to fix them.

Medical

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎‎‎‎ Chemist	Produce medicinal drugs for the doctors to use, research ethically dubious rare chemicals, and produce weapons of war when enemies of the station arrive.	Easy	Above Average	Medical: 5h
‎‎‎‎ Paramedic	Rescue critically injured patients all over the station, sometimes outside too. Stablize them, give them a ride to medbay, and get back out there!	Average	Average	Medical: 2.5h
Surgeon	Heal people, cripple enemies, and replace limbs and organs!	Average	Hard	Medical: 16h
‎‎‎‎ Medical Doctor	Diagnose and heal crewmembers through medicinal chemicals, advanced medicine, and defibrillators. Make sure the dead don't rot, and that cadavers are in the morgue.	Average	Average	Medical: 2.5h
Psychologist	Provide emotional support to traumatized crew.	Hard	Easy	Medical: 2.5h
‎ Medical Intern	Learn the basics of administering medicine, basic chemicals and using medical tools.	Easy	Below Average	Medical: -10h

Science

Science is lead by the Research Director. As a department it is responsible for researching technologies and artifacts, upgrading machines, and printing new and useful devices.

Scientists should seek out new artifacts to study, as well as solicit departments to help upgrade their machines.

Science

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Roboticist	A scientist whose purpose is to repair and create mechanoids, cyborgs, and other mechanical creations	Average	Above Average	Science: 4h Engineering: 4h
‎‎ Scientist	Research alien artifacts, unlock new technologies, build newer and better machines around the station, and make everything run more efficiently.	Below Average	Average	Science: 2.5h
‎ Research Assistant	Learn the basics of how to research various artifacts, anomalies and robotics.	Easy	Below Average	Science: -10h

Silicon

The silicon members of the station are the cyborgs and the Station AI, and they are all bound by their laws. They start off the shift with their laws binding them to assist and protect the crew, but certain circumstances may cause these laws to change, leading to the silicons causing untold chaos.

Silicon

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Station AI	Follow your laws, serve the crew.	Hard	Hard	Cyborg: 5h
‎ Cyborg	Half-human, Half-machine. Follow your laws, serve the crew, and hound the science team for upgrades.	Hard	Above Average	Overall: 10h

Service

Service is a diverse department lead by the Head of Personnel. It includes other jobs that serve the station and its morale.

It primarily functions as folks who entertain, clean, and serve the rest of the crew, with the exception of assistants who have no particular job beyond getting lost in maintenance.

Keeps the station clean, efficient and sane so that all other departments can do their jobs better and keep their staff happy. They also end up doing most of the paperwork on the station.

Service

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Head of Personnel	Handle access reassignment fairly using your ID console, manage the service department, and keep Ian safe.	Hard	Average	Civilian: 20h Botanist: 3h Chef: 3h Janitor: 3h
Bartender	Manage the bar and keep it lively, give out drinks, and listen to the crew's stories.	Above Average	Average	Civilian: 30min
‎ Botanist	Grow food for the chef, drugs for medbay, and other plants to keep yourself entertained.	Below Average	Average	None
Chaplain	Preach the good word of your deity and religion, and conduct spiritual healing and miracles with your bible.	Above Average	Easy	None
Chef	Keep the station fed with a variety of food items, butcher dead animals to ensure ammonia doesn't leak, and help keep the bar lively.	Below Average	Average	Service: 30min
Clown	Entertain the crew through elaborate slapstick routines or terrible jokes.	Hard	Below Average	None
MISSING IMAGE Lawyer	Help crew cashing in their "Get out of jail free"-cards. Complain to Security. Discuss abstract concepts such as excessive force. Go to court and win.	Above Average	Above Average	Internal Affairs Agent: 3h
‎ Janitor	Keep the station clean of any trash or slipping hazards, and help deal with rat infestations.	Below Average	Easy	None
Librarian	Manage the library, give out knowledge to any who seek it, and report on activities aboard the station.	Above Average	Easy	None
Mime	Entertain the crew through non-vocal means, and engage with light rivalry with the clown.	Above Average	Below Average	Overall: 4h
‎ Musician	Entertain the crew with your unique musical talent, and acquire new instruments to mess around with.	Above Average	Easy	None
‎ Assistant	Enjoy your stay aboard the station with no obligations!	Easy	Easy	None
‎ Service Worker	Learn the basics of bartending, cooking, and growing plants.	Average	Below Average	Civilian: 30min
Zookeeper	Put on a joyful display of cute animals and space carps for all the crew to see. Currently available on Cog and Oasis.	Average	Average	None
Reporter	Entertain & inform the crew with your vibrant journalism through wireless cameras, the radio and the news. Currently available on Bagel Station, Cog, Core, Train and Oasis.	Above Average	Average	None
Boxer	Fight your way to the top! Challenge the head of personnel and get brigged when you win. Currently available on Core and Cog.	Above Average	Below Average	None

Non-Crew

Visitors and those who do not feel like they belong to the station.

Antagonists

Antagonists are the driving force of every shift. They are the catalysts for chaos, conflict and mystery in Space Station 14 that also serve to provide a challenge to Nanotrasen and its Security force.

Antagonists

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
‎ Traitor	An elite agent sent by the Syndicate forces.	Above Average	Above Average	Overall: 3h
‎ Nuclear Operatives	Find the nuke disk and blow up the station.	Hard	Hard	Overall: 48h Security Officer: 1h Salvage Specialist: 3h Medical: 4h Traitor: 1h
Xenoborgs	Assimilate all members of the station into xenoborgs.	Average	Above Average	Cyborg: 15h
Vampire	[In-lore job description]	Above Average	Above Average	Overall: 24h
SELF Agent	[In-lore job description]	Average	Below Average	Overall: 24h Cyborg: 6h Scientist: 5h Roboticist: 5h
‎ Changeling	Use your shapeshifting abilities to complete your objectives.	Above Average	Above Average	Overall: 24h
‎ Thief	Add some NT property to your personal collection without using violence.	Average	Above Average	Overall: 12h
Revolutionary	An infiltrator from the USSP deep in enemy territory, or a mind controlled victim of one. Liberate the station, turn Command and Security to your cause or eliminate them. VIVA!	Hard	Above Average	(Head Revolutionary) Overall: 72h Security Officer: 1h Command: 12h
Initial Infected	Once you turn, infect as many other crew members as possible.	Above Average	Hard	Overall: 24h Medical: 4h
Zombie	Turn as many humans as possible into zombies.	Below Average	Below Average	None
Ninja	Use your stealth to sabotage the station, nom on electrical wires.	Hard	Hard	Overall: 24h Security Officer: 1h Thief: 1h
Abductors	Kidnap people, stuff them with organs of dubious origin	Average	Above Average	Security Officer: 3h Surgeon: 3h
‎ Space Dragon	Create a carp army to take over this quadrant.	Average	Average	Overall: 12h Salvage: 3h
‎ Revenant	[In-lore job description]	Below Average	Average	None
‎ Syndicate Reinforcements	[In-lore job description]	Above Average	Above Average	None
‎‎ Lone Operative	[In-lore job description]	Hard	Hard	None
‎‎ Terror Spider	capture humans and expand the spider hive	Average	Above Average	None
‎‎ Brighteye	[In-lore job description]	Hard	Above Average	Overall: 48h Species: Shadekin

Other

These consist of so-called "ghost-roles" that are inconsistently available to observers, allowing them to play as side-characters.

Other

Job	Job Description	Roleplay Difficulty	Gameplay Difficulty	Playtime Requirements
Animals	You are a sentient animal, brought to life through space magic.	Easy	Easy	None
Sentient machine	You are a sentient machine, brought to life through space magic.	Average	Easy	None
‎ Personal AI	Be someone's electronic pal!	Above Average	Easy	None
[photo needed]‎ Visitors	Arriving on a shuttle from elsewhere. You may be a traveling merchant, a lost cargo technician, or a survivor of a disaster.	Above Average	Above Average	None

Roles in Starlight

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