Operations officer

The operations officer, sometimes shortened to ops officer, also known as the operations management officer or operations manager was a Starfleet department position within the operations division which was common in the 24th century. Operations officers manned the operations station on a bridge. (; )
As analytical operations relied upon knowledge of science and engineering disciplines, operations officers often performed the additional duties of a science officer in their absence. (; , etc.) The operations officer role, sometimes known simply as "ops" was its own department within the operations division, that was altogether separate from engineering and security. ()
On the starship , Lieutenant Commander Data served as the operations management officer and doubled as second officer, the most senior member of the ship's crew after the captain and first officer. () On the starship , Operations Officer Ensign Harry Kim was the most junior bridge officer. () Ensign Danby Connor served as the ops officer aboard the . ()
In a 2371 holodeck simulation of Deep Space 9's operations center, Nog was assigned at the operations officer on duty as part of his Starfleet Academy entrance exam. ()
In an alternate timeline, Daniel Byrd was the operations officer on Voyager instead of Harry Kim, who had remained on Earth. ()
File:Joann Owosekun.png|Lieutenant Junior Grade Joann Owosekun
File:Jenna Mitchell, late 2259.png|Lieutenant Jenna Mitchell
File:Data, 2366.jpg|Lieutenant Commander Data
File:Harry Kim, 2377.jpg|Ensign Harry Kim
==Appendices==
===See also===
*Chief of operations
*Operations officer's log
**Operations officer's log, USS Voyager
**Operations log, Deep Space 9
*Strategic operations officer
===Background information===
Both the terms "operations manager" and "operations management officer" were used on the personnel files that appeared on (the former in the remastered episode, the latter in the original) but never mentioned in dialogue, which otherwise stated, in the same episode, that Data was the "operations officer".
Much of the information about the writers' intentions for the "operations manager" position, which was introduced through , was established in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Writers'/Directors' Guide, and later was adapted into data for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.
The Star Trek Roleplaying Game Player's Guide describes the operations officer as a consummate master of technology.
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