The Comms Officer, every Star Trek ship had one. They were almost always on the bridge with an earpiece in their ear or focusing on their computer screens. Their only job seemed to be listening to or for frequencies from other ships or translating communications sent to the ship and they seemed to be the only ones in the department, although there was probably at least one other, not as talented, officer that did their job so they weren’t awake 24/7 whenever not docked.
However, in modern naval ships the Comms, or Communication, Officer is the department head of a department that not only monitors official messages fleet wide, especially intended for the ship they’re assigned to, but also maintains the computer networks and antennas onboard as well as internal methods of communication like phones and the ship-wide intercom system.
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