We have only seen the main crew of TNG as the high ranking officers aboard the USS Enterprise D. MY questions are:
- In a ship with over 1000 personnel and families, can we assume that they are the only high ranking officers on board or that there are others but not shown for story telling reasons.
- If no other high ranking officers are aboard, what would happen to the command structure (hierarchy) if the bridge crew was lost (especially that they all go on away missions which could be dangerous), who would take control of the Enterprise D?
- We have seen Engineering, Medical and Security with high ranking officers, are there any other departments with high officers which we know of.