Your GM has Real Life issues and wishes to take a month LOA. Explain your options and how you would handle this situation.

Outline four side sims that you would consider using as CO. Explain what departments they will involve.

A potential role-player approaches your ship about joining. They are inexperienced and want to play a Gorn character. They haven't really thought much about it. Explain what you would do, what checks you would make and how you respond.

You have a CMO who has been AWOL three times in the last four months. Each time they have only just been over the AWOL limit, but it is holding up the sim and the JO's are looking for assistance. The CMO has now just gone AWOL again. Explain what you would do.

You need to find a new CSO and some new JO's. Explain what you would look for in a candidate and how you would go about recruiting.

Explain what resources and support the IDept, the GMD and the PDept can provide to you and your ship.

Explain the benefits and drawbacks you would consider in promoting someone from within your ship to a position against those of appointing someone from outside the ship?

Write a welcoming email for a New Club member who has been placed on your ship. This is their first ship.

List in order from most important to least important, what you perceive as the crucial ways you can get your ship noticed for recruitment. Explain your reasons.

In character Ensign X has been in a brawl with Lieutenant Z. Ensign X started the matter and it has been brought to you for action IC. Explain how you would handle the matter, what punishments you would choose (if any) and what OOC considerations you would take into account.

You are the CO. You are having doubts about the ability of your XO. They seem to have little command presence, don't seem to be helping the crew and don't post regularly. Explain how you would address these issues and how you pursue this matter.

You are the Commanding Officer of the USS Nelson, a Pendragon Class Battle Cruiser. You have arrive at your destination planet where there is a deadly plague sweeping the planet below and threatening to kill all life. There is panic on the planet and many citizens are trying to flee. Star-fleet has ordered you to blockade the planet to control the spread of the contagion to other planets. You are asked by the planet government to help and send an away team. You are in the briefing room with your senior staff, all your Department Heads and XO. Write an In Character post assigning your orders and personnel to any potential away team. After your post do an OOC explanation as to the rationale for your orders and the assignment of personnel.

You recently advertised a position for COS on your ship. You had two applicants from within the ship who were both inexperienced. Ensign X has been on the ship for a while, but recently returned from being AWOL without explanation for 14 days. Ensign Y has a low standard of posting generally posting one liners and making inappropriate OOC comments. You finally appointed Lieutenant Z, an experienced COS, to the role from outside the ship.

THIS QUESTION IS IN TWO PARTS