Olafson Gang



Olafson’s Gang

A Union fleet cadet that chooses one of the career paths that lead to a Starship bridge duty post is usually sent to an Academy School ship and put into a team of nine cadets that reflects the bridge station departments:

·   These are the core departments / positions on any Union star ship and these Cadet groups are taught to work together and bring their specialization together into a smooth operating unit. Since there are not enough dedicated Academy ships, many of the larger battle ships, carriers and other big units take on one or several such Cadet teams. Cadets that serve their final and third year aboard a ship are traditionally not called Cadets but Midshipmen.
 * 1) Command
 * OPS
 * 1) Helm
 * 2) Navigation
 * 3) Tactical
 * 4) Security
 * 5) Communications
 * 6) Engineering
 * 7) Science

The gigantic Devastator for example has a dedicated Midshipman training department with up to 50 teams serving aboard at all times. To foster a competitive environment, each of these Midshipmen teams pick a Team color, a Team leader (Dorm eldest ) and a Team name.

Achievements, awards and scores are counted not only for the individual but for the team as whole.

It is not uncommon for Midshipmen teams to pick a name that reflects their color, their goals or in many cases the name of the team leader, such as Johns fabulous Nine, or T’Ticks Nest etc.

In the academy year 5018-5019 a team of Midshipmen aboard the Devastator made history and perhaps the best and most unusual team in many decades. It was named after its leader Eric Olafson and became known as Olafson’s Gang, often referred to as Olafson’s Team as well.

The Teams color was black.

It consisted of: