A Study of Hummus - The Boring Stuff

Humans, please be advised all numbers in this section are in "base 12", as they would be more readily recognized by most of the crew, and not (base 10), as would be more recognized by humans. Both will be given when I can be bothered to.

The Crew of Short Jump Ship 3, when departing on what would become known as The Hummas Expedition [to Planet Earth], was a full contingent of 100 (144).

The usual command structure was maintained, adapted to the expedition; Science, Harvesting, and Navigation. Under the initial hierarchy plan, each division had 40 (48) members, including their respective Counselors.

The sturcture was altered even before the ship arrived in the solar system of Earth; In response to a malfunction of the Counselor of Science's sleep pod, One of Navigations' engineers was reassigned to Harvesting, being called a "demotion".

As the mission progressed - and it was determined that the Denizens of Earth were not ready for a first contact,  The Counselor of Navigation, her anticipated purpose during the mission being thwarted, fell to depression. While this was eventually treated as well as the sips resources allowed, many of her duties and charges fell to the Counselor of Navigation, as the counselor of science was non-military and did not have appropriate logistical management skills.

Essentially, a single shift of the bridge crew reported only to Navigation. It's believed the number fell as low as B (11).

Another negative factor was the continuation of the policy of maintaining bipedal form while in the public space. This was justified by the fact that there was communication with mind-printed human guests (based on Jaqui process). While some of the crew voiced no opposition to this sort of extended immersion, a large contingent of the Harvesting department spent considerable time searching for options to defy the spirit but not the letter of the order. While some attempts were made to reduce such opposition - like excepting a 'garden' space from the order - by that point it had became part of life on the ship.

It should be noted, productivity was never expected to be high during this mission, it was only the determination of group based leadership and individuals that kept the mission viable for it's revised length. The one possiblity for open rebellion, during the 4th Human subjects print viability, was met by opposition from all parties.

Addendum: Counselor of Science

Oh sure, Peyde rallies the troops against impossible odds. And we both know you were happy to "take on the responsibility" if it got you a promotion later.