Department of Operations

Operating out of glorious Fort Esco, Taanab, Department of Operations is the largest branch of Ministry of the Interior. The Fort serves as the department's headquarters and northern operations center. Port Sestra on Sistermoon serves as the southern operations center. The DoL's primary service is movement of assets inside and outside of Trade Federation territory in conjunction with all other respective Departments; this includes movement of building materials from Commerce Guild onto city development sites, Kuat Drive Yards space stations and Techno Union and Dorinian Military Corps factories. Manned by large number of mostly sober pilots, Department functions as a whole due to unique command structure which includes several layers of commanding officers, ensuring that every mission is finished to the last bolt.

Ranks

Executive Director / Director (HC-2/HC-1)
The Department of Operations is commanded by Director of Operations (Dir), who serves as a part of the Directorate in fulfilling the requests and goals set by the Cabinet. Planning and organization of work are his main tasks, as almost any movement of civic fleets inside Trade Federation space is managed from his level. Highest profile transport missions are usually assigned to the Director.

Senior Flight Officers (O-1 and above)
The Senior Flight Officer role tends to be an individual, who shadows the Director, and stands in when the Director is unavailable.

Flight Lead Officers (O-1 and above)
The Flight Lead Officers act as direct point of contact between Director and Pilots. Serving as Pilots themselves, they usually have almost each and every possible license in order to fly even the largest capital ships inside Department's fleet. Each Flight Team is a distinct unit, operations as a whole or on individual basis - whatever is asked of them.

Pilots (E-2 and above)
are the back-bone of Operations Department. They do absolutely anything, from material transport to barrel-rolling the skies of Taanab. Merry bunch of strong individuals, each and every Pilot strives to finish his mission as quickly as possible and return to Fort Esco, for the parties there are still a legend on any Trade Federation planet.

Current Staff

(See Trade Federation Leadership)

Flight Teams

Flight Teams are groups of pilots headed by O-rank officers, called Flight Lead Officers. Upon promotion to Flight Lead Officer, a pilot is promoted to O-rank (unless they enter the premisses at O-rank already) and is assigned a team of pilots, for which they are responsible. Flight Lead Officers ensure that the missions are carried out in a timely fashion by their pilots, make sure that equipment is assigned and communicate with SFLO's about each and every need they might have, in order for their Pilots to finish the mission. They offer support to their team, help them with red tape, and offer any guidance they can.

Flight Teams are coordinated by the Director, who in turn is responsible for assigning new Pilots to Flight Teams and coordinating each and every Flight Lead Officer. Also, considering the circumstances, if a Team is left without a FLO, the Director will act as a replacement until a new Flight lead Officer is elected.