Translocator technician

Translocator Technician is the MOS name used to describe those authorized to perform Level 1 maintenance on a Translocator Cannon while under the supervision of a Translocator Master Technician.

In order to be admitted to the Basic Translocator Maintenance Course the Service Member needs to have a current security clearance of Blue-Blue-Yellow or higher, and to be in the Engineering, Tactical or Command tracks.

Most of the officers taking the course do so as Ensign or Lieutenant Junior Grade, but on an average year, fifty Midshipman groups have one person qualified to take the basic Translocator Maintenance Course, and between 1 and 5 have two individuals taking that course. Once a decade or so, there is a midshipman group that has three individuals who qualify. There has only been one Midshipman Group to have four individuals take and pass that course - the Olafson's Gang (Eric Olafson, Mao Mao Vouza, Har-Hi and Cirruit Sevenninefour).

After completing the Translocator Maintenance Course, the United Stars Navy service member is awarded a Translocator Technician Patch and the related ribbon (also called TTP and TTR.)

Due to security concerns, the TTPs and TTRs can only be displayed on board a Union fleet ship or military base. Translocator techs are prohibited from displaying the patch or ribbon in public or divulge their specialty to civilians.

While the TTP appears to be made of the same materials as other patches, it's linked to the service member's MITI in the same way as the ribbon display, and provides a shortcut to the normal security procedures needed to access Translocator Cannons for maintenance or repair. This security shortcut only applies for scheduled regular maintenance or to perform emergency repairs while under Condition Red. Outside from those two instances, the regular security protocol must be followed. If a TTP is not kept in a secured location with access limited to the service member to which it's connected, or within a certain distance from the Service Member's MITI, the circuitry enabling the security shortcut is destroyed.