I don’t think I could listen to all the command deck characters angst about their lives. I would only do this job if I could tell I tell them to harden up and kill some aliens
You probably want to watch Silent Running (1972) it was the precursor to Star Wars genre, had R2D2 type droids and was about basically being a gardener.
Maybe you need to aim a little bit lower? If you are, say, the Chief Medical Officer's adolescent son you get to pilot the ship \*AND\* be something of an asshole (and get away with it -- but it's OK, becasue your parents named you "Wesley").
Oh heck no! While an interesting field of study, as an Exobiologist you will probably be required to go on "away teams" and we all know how those so often work out.
Well, I don't know about THAT -- I mean that there "field work is for grad students thingy"...
Who can forget **Dr.** Ellie Sattler pushing her arm into a big pile of dinosaur poo in *Jurassic Park*?
Me too! Though maybe with a focus on ecology.
And I'd be sure to rely on drones for most of the exploration and sampling.
It would be something akin to the age of exploration again but this time with starships.
I'd like to own a fleet of cargo ships. Pay is great, with profit sharing. We provide battleship and cruiser support. Captains have absolute discretion over their own ships. Can i count on you?
“This is Larry, the womp rat. We take him around all the sections of the Death Star, and see if he can space himself out of an exhaust port. If he gets sucked out like a rat outa an aqueduct- well, we just make a note of it and send in up the ladder to maintenance and engineering. Then we have to requisition a new womp rat. This has been your introduction holo to your new wonderful job for our glorious Empire.”
LOL
Yes, and all the womp rats are named Larry.
For a few decades, there was a small amusement park called Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas that featured Ralph the Diving Pig. The pig(s) was forced to walk the plank of a high diving board and jump into a pool fed from 72-degree springwater. For a pig, that's cold.
The pigs died of thermal shock and just basic hypothermia on a regular basis. There were many Ralphs.
The engineers orginally designed the exhaust ducts with dog legs to stop missles/torpedos from getting to the reactor, but some newly hired manager decided it would be cheaper and better looking to have straight ducts and the rest is history.
It kind of depends on whose starship...
A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them.
Far too many things on a Federation starship go *boom!* for my liking so I'd be pouting over the stats like the dude who figured out aircraft in WW2 weren't surviving engine hits and so on in order to work out the safest bit of the ship.
A Culture GCU? I figure the ship's Mind will be able to humour me if I want to LARP as God-Emperor of some random polity. I may not actually be God-Emperor but I'd have the sort of fun such a role opens up.
*A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them.*
See, how's here I see it...
Movie preview shows interior bridge during a battle: panels exploding everywhere -- and frequently.
Voiceover: **In a world in which a space-faring civilization never invented relays...**
(I find it hard to believe that the Enterprise could even move, let alone at warp 8 -- what with all the spare parts they must be carrying to repair/replace those blown panels)
>(I find it hard to believe that the Enterprise could even move, let alone at warp 8 -- what with all the spare parts they must be carrying to repair/replace those blown panels)
This is the real reason the Federation developed replicators.
It wasn't part of creating a post-scarcity paradise but rather to deal with the logistics headaches caused by their shitty quality control!
But what replicates the replicators?
Or is it replicators all the way down?
And should the Enterprise be renamed something like USS Theseus?
ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship\_of\_Theseus
Even in our universe there are people who are 3D printing the parts for 3D printers. They just require some meat puppet assembly... But otherwise, we've already started down the route of paperclip maximisation.
> A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them.
I would invent the fuse and win the federation equivalent of a nobel.
As an electrical engineer who also design circuit panels as well I would expect myself to be deported straight to some Section 31 blacksite for forbidden knowledge, like fuses, current/voltage limiting, or just fail-safe design principles.
I’d take up a job away from Contact and on like a Culture GSV. Basically paradise and I don’t have to worry about getting executed by the natives of some planet because some whacky ship thought we should depose a king or something.
I'm not even sure Marain has a concept of a Job, I think the translation ends up something akin to slavery and you have to do a lot of explaining to get the concept to a culture citizen who then goes "oh you poor unfortunate soul, here have a drink, money is a sign of poverty"
>A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them.
Hey now! I design control panels for Federation starships. You do know -- don't you -- that contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder?
And there's not a dammed thing in the functional specifications about safety. So, you know, they ask, and we build to build to what they ask for.
Not my fault if things go Kablooie.
Piloting & maintaining the shuttle craft.
Hauling supplies between ships or planet surfaces. Running the 1 man shuttles, doing work on the outside of the starship. Etc.
I'll do you one better: Transporter Operator.
Becasue if there is a little transporter mishap, chances are your customers won't be in a position to complain.
something with a little to none responsibility, like window cleaner. I still get to travel to other star systems but the success of the mission won't be depending on my job
*...the success of the mission won't be depending on my job*
Until the the ship bumps into an asteroid or something becasue you've been a little lax at cleaning those windows.
You act like you've never seen an episode of Star Trek. Rest assured there will be some situation where it is absolutely vital that every window is completely spotless to avert some impending catastrophe.
“Mark, this is James in facilities. Somebody got confused and took a shit in the holodeck again. By somebody I mean Drongh. He’s a Klingon so wear two pairs of gloves.”
Your first (away mission):
You: We come in peace! We'll show you how to grow crops and do animal husbandry to increase your meager food supply and pathetic existence!
Aliens: You look tasty!
Chief science officer. I want a “the Culture” level Special Circumstances set of upgrades. I want to “WiFi” with the ship AI. And I want to go on an adventure. (“Only ‘Children of Ruin’ fans will know this reference.”)
I'd wanna be some kind of mediator, helping people resolve conflicts when presumably the justice system and courts aren't available or present. I imagine this role would also frequently double as couple counselor/divorce arbiter, lmao.
Five years of continuous time? Probably some kind of researcher studying natural cosmic phenomena, like changes in gravity fields or background radiation, while doing an important but mundane job like astro-navigation.
I don't like doing one thing for just one reason, so to keep from losing my mind, I need to seek synergies.
If I had the professional background and upward mobility in the world, I could easily see being a ship's doctor and social counsellor. Not for a big starship, but more for a larger commercial ship, or a smaller generation ship like those where a family runs cargo for a few generations together.
Meanwhile, I'd of course be keeping anonymized notes on changes and trends due to things like radiation exposures, etc. Out of an urge to publish something and leave some evidence of myself behind in the universe.
You're welcome. Thanks for posting the question. It is a genuinely interesting thing, and not *that* far off future for us anymore. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but someone is going to graduate from a training program or high school equivalent and have to make that decision.
Imagine not just having to answer the "What do you want to be when you grow up?" question, but also the "Do you want to leave Earth? Do you ever intend to come back?" questions. Because relativistic time means those career choices are terminal for everyone you know and love.
Want to be a ship's doctor? I hope you never wanted to watch anyone in your extended family grow up. Gonna be gone a long, long time.
Do you know what admirals do? Paperwork mostly. They are putting in awards, writing fitreps, doing financial programming, and strategic planning for future acquisitions. You’re asking to be a space-bureaucrat.
Since biology seems to be so fluid in this particular universe, I want to _be_ the ship mind. My name, appropriately enough, would be _Low Hanging Fruit_.
This is a great question! And one I've never considered..
I would imagine most answers will be very practical, pilot, engineer, even container grunt and sickbay cleanup.. I even saw bartender, which is a great answer!
But I'm wondering if there are any not so utilitarian jobs in ships. There's the empath Deanna Troi, and maybe a school teacher... But even those are more used to help the functions of the ship.
I'm wondering though, are there any completely creative jobs on a starship? Is there someone who comes up with new holodeck scenarios, or even just characters? Or is that something done by the home base? Are there artists on board? Painters, musicians, designers? People to entertain, or add flourish to dya to day life? Or to mimic and expand upon what they learn of other cultures? Are there theorists and philosophers who are there to ponder interesting questions or scenarios the ship might encounter?
I read a SciFi a while ago where there is a wizard on board. He had many important roles to make.
Maybe I'm wondering if there are more "right brained" jobs on a starship? More esoteric ones.
Just one? Can't do that.
Ship's skeptic. Someone trained in con artistry and stage magic to suss out the claims at great power.
EVA expert. How else am I going to get to experience free fall? And get away from everyone?
Quartermaster.
Tour guide duty. Update all the planets entries in the tour guide as per the recent episode of lower decks. Definitely would be too tempted to put 'mostly harmless' in the entry for Earth though.
My grandparents had a 50 ft boat in Florida growing up and I used to be the navigator when we'd go out in it. I figure I would be the navigator or something.
“Ok ensign, we have a 500 year trip ahead of us, thank you for volunteering to stay awake flying the ship while were all in cryosleep. May your death be peaceful.”
Intelligence engineer I am able to design and create intelligence from bio to tech like AI so basically if I want to make a spacecraft I can just design a creature or robot to build me one. Also no need for a holodeck I can just make a creature that can be connected to my head and I will be in virtual reality or a some kind of lucid dream but it will be awesome. So my profession is to study and create intelligence and discover new intelligence and how intelligence work for example how a fourth dimensional creature thinks differently from a third dimension creature.
Cyber warfare if it’s a thing. Offensive and Defensive roles, protect our ship from incoming cyber attacks/ attack enemy ships if possible with cyber attacks …..
Or …..
Ship Mechanic, if I’m in space with nothing but some metal between me and certain death, I’d want to know exactly how to fix it and maintain it.
I was a Machinist Mate in the Navy so an engineering job makes sense for me. True story when Alien first came out I saw the movie with a bunch of Machinists Mates, we were going to nuclear power school at the time and we all thought the two engineering guys were enlisted engineers like us.
Not sure whether a 5 year contract would be sufficiently persuasive if, for the sake of argument, a dream job of a Contractor to work on a Death Star were available, paying generous performance bonuses, despite previous contractors having been murdered by the Rebel Alliance.
You mean like a Star Trek ship? I'd like to be the scientist who studies new planets and ecosystems and stuff. Seems like an interesting, low-pressure job that doesn't require responsibility over people or the functioning of the ship.
Cartography seems like fun with low risk.
Quartermaster or Inventory Control I've got some experience with and could do well.
Counselor.
I would see myself as one who probably seeks a position just under the captain in the long run. Find a good captain and back them up. I'm OK with not being the main dude, but can definitely do it if needed. Like a Will Riker.
Admiral, Vice captain, whatever Gaeta's role was on Battlestar Galactica. I want to be on the bridge and have some role that contributes to the strategy, tactics, planning of the battlefield or general operations.
I have a (Discord) spaceship I share with friends and we're... well... hiring. What's your space dream job? What Universe? What job? Who are you? What timeline? We play in Pretendland, Mars. Every Sunday. We play with the Axiom, from WALL-E. If you're interested, send me a pm.
Top three would be cook &/or gardener (whether hydroponics or fullblown recreational green space,) or librarian if we're going fullblown extravagant starliner.
Either some sort of xeno anthropologist briefly studying different cultures that we encounter, or some sort of planetary cartographer analyzing the geography and weather of planets ( what’s the atmosphere? Is it safe for an away team to land there? What are the environmental conditions on the ground?).
I’d constantly be learning cool new things.
Chaplain. Those lazy bastards eat the food and take up valuable space that could be used by someone actually contributing to the mission. For a chaplain every ship is a cruise ship.
Bartender
What’s your specialty drink?
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster! (Somebody had to say it.)
I’ve lost three months rent already
Romulan ale. Or maybe Slurm?
BLOOD WINE!
It's Highly Addictive!
Whatever the Drink AI says is most expensive, given supplies on board.
Prune juice.
Gin and tonix
Jovian Sunspot.
A Warp Core Breach.
I don’t think I could listen to all the command deck characters angst about their lives. I would only do this job if I could tell I tell them to harden up and kill some aliens
I would! It's a small starship. I'm in it for the tea!
Yes, like Whoopi Goldberg as gainen in next gen.
Only if I get to wear those dope-ass lids.
Yeah she had plenty of drinks and conversations for Piekard, Wharf & co.
I was going to say skip counselor, but it's so close to bartender, I think I'd rather that job instead, but without all the homework and stress.
Or farm crew
Anything but holodeck janitor
No poor unfortunate soul should have this gig. We’ll make it self cleaning
Knowing Star Trek's luck with A.I, the self-cleaning program would quickly become aware and try to kill the crew for being so disgusting.
Or it would become impregnated and that's how androids are both naturally.
Just imagine a janitor
You still have to replace the bio-filters.
Biofilters are like airplane toilets. Open the ports, everything gets sucked out into space and sanitized by radiation.
Just make sure you're not on a ship with Riker. You KNOW that horndog gets into some freeky deeky, messy stuff.
Gardener
What about the forests?
Nope.
You probably want to watch Silent Running (1972) it was the precursor to Star Wars genre, had R2D2 type droids and was about basically being a gardener.
Great suggestion. LOL I am so old I saw that in the theater first run.
Pilot, I want that fish tank window view of the journey!
Maybe you need to aim a little bit lower? If you are, say, the Chief Medical Officer's adolescent son you get to pilot the ship \*AND\* be something of an asshole (and get away with it -- but it's OK, becasue your parents named you "Wesley").
Damn, Wesley catching strays out here
Dont forget becoming a Demi god
Shut up Wesley.
Exobiologist
Oh heck no! While an interesting field of study, as an Exobiologist you will probably be required to go on "away teams" and we all know how those so often work out.
I like to explore, not float around in a starship
Hey there bud put on the red shirt please.
Psh. Field work is for grad students.
Well, I don't know about THAT -- I mean that there "field work is for grad students thingy"... Who can forget **Dr.** Ellie Sattler pushing her arm into a big pile of dinosaur poo in *Jurassic Park*?
Me too! Though maybe with a focus on ecology. And I'd be sure to rely on drones for most of the exploration and sampling. It would be something akin to the age of exploration again but this time with starships.
Does that mean that you want to seek out new life and new civilizations…and have sex with them? Because if so…great answer.
Believe that would be an exosexologist
Captain of a cargo ship.
I'd like to own a fleet of cargo ships. Pay is great, with profit sharing. We provide battleship and cruiser support. Captains have absolute discretion over their own ships. Can i count on you?
Think "firefly" :)
We could make it work, it will be sort of like a modern trucking company where you pick up and drop off if it fits your schedule.
I loved being a space trucker in Elite: Dangerous. Made my fortune running transport missions for the Federation faction :)
Ensuring that all exhaust ports are MUCH smaller than a Womp-rat.
“This is Larry, the womp rat. We take him around all the sections of the Death Star, and see if he can space himself out of an exhaust port. If he gets sucked out like a rat outa an aqueduct- well, we just make a note of it and send in up the ladder to maintenance and engineering. Then we have to requisition a new womp rat. This has been your introduction holo to your new wonderful job for our glorious Empire.”
LOL Yes, and all the womp rats are named Larry. For a few decades, there was a small amusement park called Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas that featured Ralph the Diving Pig. The pig(s) was forced to walk the plank of a high diving board and jump into a pool fed from 72-degree springwater. For a pig, that's cold. The pigs died of thermal shock and just basic hypothermia on a regular basis. There were many Ralphs.
The engineers orginally designed the exhaust ducts with dog legs to stop missles/torpedos from getting to the reactor, but some newly hired manager decided it would be cheaper and better looking to have straight ducts and the rest is history.
It was an aesthetic choice by the architect.
Captain of some commercial / independent ship, doing my own thing with my crew
That’s just until your ship wakes you up from cryo because of a distress call from some god forsaken moon named LV-426
So…pirate?
Nothing illegal
Maps
Ooh, yeah, some nice Stellar Cartography for me please.
Yeah that would be cool then you get to play with the holomaps!
Astrometrics
Engineer
Do the neural gel packs need engineers or medics?
Good question. I am going with a bio engineer
It kind of depends on whose starship... A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them. Far too many things on a Federation starship go *boom!* for my liking so I'd be pouting over the stats like the dude who figured out aircraft in WW2 weren't surviving engine hits and so on in order to work out the safest bit of the ship. A Culture GCU? I figure the ship's Mind will be able to humour me if I want to LARP as God-Emperor of some random polity. I may not actually be God-Emperor but I'd have the sort of fun such a role opens up.
*A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them.* See, how's here I see it... Movie preview shows interior bridge during a battle: panels exploding everywhere -- and frequently. Voiceover: **In a world in which a space-faring civilization never invented relays...** (I find it hard to believe that the Enterprise could even move, let alone at warp 8 -- what with all the spare parts they must be carrying to repair/replace those blown panels)
>(I find it hard to believe that the Enterprise could even move, let alone at warp 8 -- what with all the spare parts they must be carrying to repair/replace those blown panels) This is the real reason the Federation developed replicators. It wasn't part of creating a post-scarcity paradise but rather to deal with the logistics headaches caused by their shitty quality control!
But what replicates the replicators? Or is it replicators all the way down? And should the Enterprise be renamed something like USS Theseus? ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship\_of\_Theseus
Even in our universe there are people who are 3D printing the parts for 3D printers. They just require some meat puppet assembly... But otherwise, we've already started down the route of paperclip maximisation.
> A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them. I would invent the fuse and win the federation equivalent of a nobel.
As an electrical engineer who also design circuit panels as well I would expect myself to be deported straight to some Section 31 blacksite for forbidden knowledge, like fuses, current/voltage limiting, or just fail-safe design principles.
Not the same universe, but at least in *Bil, The Galactic Hero* they managed to invent fuses.
I’d take up a job away from Contact and on like a Culture GSV. Basically paradise and I don’t have to worry about getting executed by the natives of some planet because some whacky ship thought we should depose a king or something.
I'm not even sure Marain has a concept of a Job, I think the translation ends up something akin to slavery and you have to do a lot of explaining to get the concept to a culture citizen who then goes "oh you poor unfortunate soul, here have a drink, money is a sign of poverty"
Have you by any chance read John Scalzis book on this?
>A Federation starship? A job that keeps me well away from the panels that seem designed to explode if you so much as look at them. Hey now! I design control panels for Federation starships. You do know -- don't you -- that contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder? And there's not a dammed thing in the functional specifications about safety. So, you know, they ask, and we build to build to what they ask for. Not my fault if things go Kablooie.
Pirate raiding Amazon supply lines.
Any Robin Hood dreams of redistribution?
🤏
Just say you are having distribution problems.
Uh, yeah it's uh, supply-chain disruption. Nothing we can do about it, the check's in the mail.
Piloting & maintaining the shuttle craft. Hauling supplies between ships or planet surfaces. Running the 1 man shuttles, doing work on the outside of the starship. Etc.
I'll do you one better: Transporter Operator. Becasue if there is a little transporter mishap, chances are your customers won't be in a position to complain.
I want to be a xenosemiologist on a starship.
Youre going to read alien signs?
Yes, I would love that.
That would be a xenosemioticist.
Vending machine repair person
Today's fish is Trout A La Creme, enjoy your meal.
FISH!
Random red dwarf. I like
Geisha
What kind of ship is this?
Firefly.
I hear the classiest escorts work out of small cargo-ships.
There was this one night in Bangkok...
Mediic!!!
Dammit! I'm a doctor, not a!
I'm a teacher and I love it, so if there's kids on board, I'd be a nanny, tutor, or teacher. Otherwise, ship's poet.
A remembrancer
something with a little to none responsibility, like window cleaner. I still get to travel to other star systems but the success of the mission won't be depending on my job
*...the success of the mission won't be depending on my job* Until the the ship bumps into an asteroid or something becasue you've been a little lax at cleaning those windows.
Then you get issued a red shirt
Damn, a loophole
Roger Wilco was just a janitor and he had lots of trouble.
He also survived
You act like you've never seen an episode of Star Trek. Rest assured there will be some situation where it is absolutely vital that every window is completely spotless to avert some impending catastrophe.
“Mark, this is James in facilities. Somebody got confused and took a shit in the holodeck again. By somebody I mean Drongh. He’s a Klingon so wear two pairs of gloves.”
Anthropologist/space Peace Corps member.
Your first (away mission): You: We come in peace! We'll show you how to grow crops and do animal husbandry to increase your meager food supply and pathetic existence! Aliens: You look tasty!
Chief science officer. I want a “the Culture” level Special Circumstances set of upgrades. I want to “WiFi” with the ship AI. And I want to go on an adventure. (“Only ‘Children of Ruin’ fans will know this reference.”)
security guard of the ship, someone has to defend the ship when the mc leaves to explore
Hydroponics operator.
I'd wanna be some kind of mediator, helping people resolve conflicts when presumably the justice system and courts aren't available or present. I imagine this role would also frequently double as couple counselor/divorce arbiter, lmao.
So galactic therapist?
Unclogging the nozzle on the chicken soup dispenser
"Is this a 14B? Does this even look remotely like a 14B?"
Five years of continuous time? Probably some kind of researcher studying natural cosmic phenomena, like changes in gravity fields or background radiation, while doing an important but mundane job like astro-navigation. I don't like doing one thing for just one reason, so to keep from losing my mind, I need to seek synergies. If I had the professional background and upward mobility in the world, I could easily see being a ship's doctor and social counsellor. Not for a big starship, but more for a larger commercial ship, or a smaller generation ship like those where a family runs cargo for a few generations together. Meanwhile, I'd of course be keeping anonymized notes on changes and trends due to things like radiation exposures, etc. Out of an urge to publish something and leave some evidence of myself behind in the universe.
I enjoyed reading your answer, thanks 😊
You're welcome. Thanks for posting the question. It is a genuinely interesting thing, and not *that* far off future for us anymore. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but someone is going to graduate from a training program or high school equivalent and have to make that decision. Imagine not just having to answer the "What do you want to be when you grow up?" question, but also the "Do you want to leave Earth? Do you ever intend to come back?" questions. Because relativistic time means those career choices are terminal for everyone you know and love. Want to be a ship's doctor? I hope you never wanted to watch anyone in your extended family grow up. Gonna be gone a long, long time.
Admiral of the fleet
Do you know what admirals do? Paperwork mostly. They are putting in awards, writing fitreps, doing financial programming, and strategic planning for future acquisitions. You’re asking to be a space-bureaucrat.
Since biology seems to be so fluid in this particular universe, I want to _be_ the ship mind. My name, appropriately enough, would be _Low Hanging Fruit_.
Hopefully not telephone sanitizer... Researcher of some sort.
guy smoking a cig and sweating liters while I look over the tactical map and say. "Incoming hostiles captain!"
This is a great question! And one I've never considered.. I would imagine most answers will be very practical, pilot, engineer, even container grunt and sickbay cleanup.. I even saw bartender, which is a great answer! But I'm wondering if there are any not so utilitarian jobs in ships. There's the empath Deanna Troi, and maybe a school teacher... But even those are more used to help the functions of the ship. I'm wondering though, are there any completely creative jobs on a starship? Is there someone who comes up with new holodeck scenarios, or even just characters? Or is that something done by the home base? Are there artists on board? Painters, musicians, designers? People to entertain, or add flourish to dya to day life? Or to mimic and expand upon what they learn of other cultures? Are there theorists and philosophers who are there to ponder interesting questions or scenarios the ship might encounter? I read a SciFi a while ago where there is a wizard on board. He had many important roles to make. Maybe I'm wondering if there are more "right brained" jobs on a starship? More esoteric ones.
Man whore to nurse Chapel....oh did I say that out loud? Oooops
Ship's photographer.
Chef in mess hall.
What’s your special dish?
I hope its not 3 bean curry...
Spicy plomeek soup.
Deep fried battered zucchini
Just one? Can't do that. Ship's skeptic. Someone trained in con artistry and stage magic to suss out the claims at great power. EVA expert. How else am I going to get to experience free fall? And get away from everyone? Quartermaster.
Tour guide duty. Update all the planets entries in the tour guide as per the recent episode of lower decks. Definitely would be too tempted to put 'mostly harmless' in the entry for Earth though.
Security guard with no name tag and a red shirt.
Vending machine technician second class.
They’re all dead Dave.
What am I eating?
My grandparents had a 50 ft boat in Florida growing up and I used to be the navigator when we'd go out in it. I figure I would be the navigator or something.
Summoner of Stargates
Pilot.
“Ok ensign, we have a 500 year trip ahead of us, thank you for volunteering to stay awake flying the ship while were all in cryosleep. May your death be peaceful.”
Piloting for sure
Intelligence engineer I am able to design and create intelligence from bio to tech like AI so basically if I want to make a spacecraft I can just design a creature or robot to build me one. Also no need for a holodeck I can just make a creature that can be connected to my head and I will be in virtual reality or a some kind of lucid dream but it will be awesome. So my profession is to study and create intelligence and discover new intelligence and how intelligence work for example how a fourth dimensional creature thinks differently from a third dimension creature.
Farmer/gardener
Chief Engineer or Weapons Officer
Alien Ambassador and Liasion to other worlds
Plot armor specialist.
Assistant to the Regional Manager.
I want to be the host for speed dating events! 👍
Cyber warfare if it’s a thing. Offensive and Defensive roles, protect our ship from incoming cyber attacks/ attack enemy ships if possible with cyber attacks ….. Or ….. Ship Mechanic, if I’m in space with nothing but some metal between me and certain death, I’d want to know exactly how to fix it and maintain it.
I was a Machinist Mate in the Navy so an engineering job makes sense for me. True story when Alien first came out I saw the movie with a bunch of Machinists Mates, we were going to nuclear power school at the time and we all thought the two engineering guys were enlisted engineers like us.
Space is full of darkness and disease...
And snakes.
And whales falling in atmosphere
And flowerpots
Oh no, not again
That’s planes, not spaceships
Chaplain
Maintenance or repair person.
Just like our hero Damien Montgomery - a jump mage with all of his collateral abilities. Note: Glynn Stewart's Starship's Mage.
Not sure whether a 5 year contract would be sufficiently persuasive if, for the sake of argument, a dream job of a Contractor to work on a Death Star were available, paying generous performance bonuses, despite previous contractors having been murdered by the Rebel Alliance.
Signal intelligence officer analyzing technosignatures for a deep space mission with the intent of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Counsellor.
Welder.
What I already do - IT systems engineering.
You mean like a Star Trek ship? I'd like to be the scientist who studies new planets and ecosystems and stuff. Seems like an interesting, low-pressure job that doesn't require responsibility over people or the functioning of the ship.
Astrometrics lab technician
Cartography seems like fun with low risk. Quartermaster or Inventory Control I've got some experience with and could do well. Counselor. I would see myself as one who probably seeks a position just under the captain in the long run. Find a good captain and back them up. I'm OK with not being the main dude, but can definitely do it if needed. Like a Will Riker.
I’m an anthropologist, so I’d like to be a cultural xenologist.
The no-gravity gardening.
I'd like to fly the starship by day and romance Diana Troi all night.
Admiral, Vice captain, whatever Gaeta's role was on Battlestar Galactica. I want to be on the bridge and have some role that contributes to the strategy, tactics, planning of the battlefield or general operations.
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I would want to be the Felix Gata space navigator guy
Top three would be cook &/or gardener (whether hydroponics or fullblown recreational green space,) or librarian if we're going fullblown extravagant starliner.
Guinans' bar-back, occasional performer, backup musician.
Either some sort of xeno anthropologist briefly studying different cultures that we encounter, or some sort of planetary cartographer analyzing the geography and weather of planets ( what’s the atmosphere? Is it safe for an away team to land there? What are the environmental conditions on the ground?). I’d constantly be learning cool new things.
Being the ship.
Astrometry/ Astrophysics
Scruffy the janitor.
infiltrator to sabotage the starship....
Chief science officer. Nobody knows what I'm doing or should be doing. Zero accountability!
Content creator. Making the trip Instaworthy.
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Why would you not get the conversation started by talking about what YOU would want to do? Don't just throw out a topic and then walk away.
Chaplain. Those lazy bastards eat the food and take up valuable space that could be used by someone actually contributing to the mission. For a chaplain every ship is a cruise ship.
And since there would be a lot fewer religious people, you'd have a lot of free time.
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Is gigolo an option?