I'd like to get clarification on the shuttles. On most ships shuttles fall under the pervue of the FCO and I can understand why Matt is posting about them. However, there are a few sections of the techspecs that seem to suggest that, on an Akira, shuttles fall under the pervue of the TIC Supervisor and, for that reason, I'd like to get clarification on just who is in charge of the shuttles.

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This Flight bay contains support services for the latest in Starfleet shuttle and runabout designs. The Flight bay is controlled by a space/air-traffic control room, known as "Flight Operations". This is located against the forward wall of the Flight bay, next to the exit for the turbolift, which in turn is supervised by the TIC.

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Flight Deck Operations are those operations that typically fall under Secondary Mission operations, but fall under the control of the Tactical Information Center. It is not uncommon for Flight Deck Operations to supercede Primary Mission Operations, particularly in combat missions.

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Primary Flight Operational Control of the Akira Class is provided by the TIC, located on decks A and B of the aft sail area. The TIC directly supervises all primary and secondary Flight Operations and coordinates all Flight, Search and Rescue, and Fighter-based activities.

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