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Science officer (Star Trek )

The chief science officer or often more simply science officer was the senior staff member aboard starship or starbase with the broad responsibility of coordinating the science department of the post.

Science officer was a standard position aboard space vessels. Starfleet, Arkonian, Klingon, Romulan, and Vulcan vessels all operated with science officers. (ENT: "Dawn", "Impulse"; TOS: "Day of the Dove"; TNG: "The Next Phase"; DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire") In the Vulcan High Command, the science officer was assisted by a deputy science officer. (ENT: "Impulse") In Starfleet, several junior science officers assisted the science officer. (VOY: "Flashback")

The science officer's primary responsibility was analyzing, observing and theorizing explanations for strange or seemingly unexplainable circumstances in such a way as to provide answers. (TOS: "The Naked Time", "Spectre of the Gun", "The Savage Curtain", "Shore Leave", "Plato's Stepchildren") Then supply the commanding officerwith all reports, observations, and speculations that might have affected the safety of their vessel. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "Balance of Terror")