[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

[Prince Charon]

OK, I guess we can come back to the Gormelites later. Meanwhile, since the Human-Kzin Wars article is being very frustrating, here's something else that's in need of review:

Ranks and Organization of the Solar Cooperative Space Patrol

Ranks

(See also Ranks and insignia of NATO.)

Ranks with greater responsibility, and/or greater social influence than the number of personnel normally under their command would indicate, are listed with levels of Courtesy Rank appended.

Commissioned Officers

Rank 8 [40]

OF-9 Commissioner

Rank 7 [35]

OF-8 Deputy Commissioner
OF-7 Lieutenant Commissioner

Rank 6 [30]

OF-6 Chief Superintendent
OF-5 Superintendent

Rank 5 [25]

OF-4 Lieutenant Superintendent

Rank 4 [20]

OF-3 Chief Inspector

Rank 3 [15]

OF-2 Inspector
OF-1 Lieutenant Inspector


Officers in Training

Courtesy Rank 3 [3]

OF(D) Space Cadet


Non-Commissioned Officers & Enlisted Personnel

Rank 2 [10]

OR-7 Senior Sergeant (w/Courtesy Rank 2 [2])
OR-6 Staff Sergeant (w/Courtesy Rank 1 [1])
OR-5 Sergeant

Rank 1 [5]

OR-3 Corporal
OR-2 Space Constable first class

Rank 0 [0]

OR-1 Space Constable
OR-1 Space Recruit

Recruits and Cadets have no Legal Enforcement Powers.


Organization

The Space Patrol is organized into directorates, which tend to be more paramilitary in structure, and bureaus, which generally appear more civilian and bureaucratic. Few bureaus have their own dedicated spacecraft. Members of most of these branches have Legal Enforcement Powers [5]; significant exceptions are noted.

Depending on size, a directorate or bureau may be headed by a Deputy Commissioner or a Lieutenant Commissioner, a sub-directorate or division would be headed by a Lieutenant Commissioner or Chief Superintendent, and a field office might be lead by a Superintendent, Lieutenant Superintendent, or Chief Inspector (on rare occasions, an Inspector might be granted the title of Acting Chief Inspector to fill the position while paperwork for a promotion goes through, or a higher-ranking officer is assigned).


*System Patrol Directorates
Each system that has a human colony has its own System Patrol Directorate, sub-directorate, or field office, of a size commensurate with the needs of the colony (mainly population, economy, general crime rate, and presence and disposition of other polities in the area). The largest is the Solar Patrol Directorate (originally just the 'Patrol Directorate'), which is responsible for the Sol system, and has sub-directorates for the orbitals of each planet in the system (and several large asteroids and moons) with significant human presence. Although many space vehicles assigned to a SPD are equipped with warp drive, few are designed for interstellar journeys. Most personnel from most of the other directorates and the various bureaus are attached to a specific SPD or SPsd, though some are unattached, traveling to where-ever they are needed, or are assigned to Patrol Headquarters on Capital Station.

*Interstellar Patrol Directorate
The branch that most humans in the pre-USA era think of when someone says 'Space Patrol,' this directorate is responsible for escorting interstellar freighters, pursuing suspects who flee beyond the effective range of the local SPD, hunting down space pirates, performing spot inspections of freighters between systems for smuggled goods, and so forth. Their vessels are often the largest in the patrol, intended to be away from their home bases for months or possibly years at a time. Some IPD vessels are not even capable of planetary landings. SCSPIPD personnel have LEP (national/international jurisdiction) [10].

*Emergency Services Directorate
Primarily called in for search and rescue, the SCSPESD serves to supplement existing emergency services, and to provide them where none exist. Though they have few dedicated interstellar spacecraft, those they do have are a welcome sight at disasters across known space, even coming in to assist worlds with little or no existing human presence. Some ESD personnel have LEP (national/international jurisdiction) [10]. Most will at least have a Courtesy Legal Enforcement Powers perk.

*Special Weapons and Tactics Directorate
The most overtly military branch of the Space Patrol, SWAT personnel are trained and equipped to deal with more heavily armed criminals than would be the norm. IPD vessels often have a few SWAT teams and shuttles for serious boarding actions, and to repel same when dealing with the more well-funded pirates. Since First Contact, this directorate has been expanded to include a number of fairly large, fast, and well-armed FTL spacecraft, though they are not designed to spend as long away from home as IPD vessels; for both that reason and a need to reduce target profile, SWAT spacecraft tend to be smaller than IPD vehicles of comparable roles and crew numbers. The creation of a dedicated military service separate from the Patrol was discussed, but the idea was unable to get much traction. The member-states that had their own military services still did expand them somewhat, however. Some SWAT personnel have LEP (national/international jurisdiction) [10].

*Criminal Investigation Bureau
The detective branch of the Space Patrol. Most detectives have some form of LEP [10], usually 'free to engage in covert investigations;' some may have 'national/international jurisdiction;' having both is worth [12].

*Intelligence Bureau
The espionage and counter-espionage branch, also known as the Space Security Service. The IB is divided up into thirty Sections, by specialty or area of responsibility; there are rumours of another, far more secret section, responsible for truly black operations, but Section 31 is probably a myth. Many agents have LEP (free to engage in covert investigations) [10] or LEP (national/international jurisdiction, and free to engage in covert investigations) [12]. Some agents effectively have LEP [15], though a license to kill is a rare achievement.

*Research and Exploration Bureau
REB serves as a liaison between the Space Patrol (primarily the IPD) and the SC Survey Service's Exploration Division (see also GURPS Space pp204-205), as well as various SC-member state scientific & exploration programs, universities, and private concerns. The REB has no spacecraft of its own, though REB personnel often serve as science officers or similar on IPD vessels, or are assigned to Survey vehicles or the frontier stations which they operate out of. Relatively few people in this branch have LEP at all, beyond the Courtesy LEP perk.

*Supply Bureau
In charge of making sure food, ammunition, new uniforms, and so on get to where they need to go. The SCSPSB has a number of warp-capable armed cargo vehicles, some with quite long operation ranges. Relatively few people in this branch have LEP at all, beyond the Courtesy LEP perk, though officers and crew on armed freighters will have LEP [5] (jurisdiction being the freighter's operational area, or location in deep space when dealing with pirates).


Is this acceptable? If not, what changes or additions would you suggest?