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|'''Lt. Uhura''', ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''}}
When [[The Captain]] needs to contact [[Mission Control]] to talk to the [[Voice with an Internet Connection]], he has a number of options. He could call him up on his [[Comm Links|Comm Link]], or maybe even [[What Are Records?|find a pay phone]]. But maybe this is a job for someone more specialized, or maybe [[The Captain]] needs someone to delegate this to while he deals with other things. He needs the '''Communications Officer''.
The Communications Officer need not be an officer, and in fact, will often be a lower ranking member tasked with maintaining and operating the complex radio equipment. On a sci-fi show, they will often have a workstation on the bridge of the ship, while in a war movie, you can expect to see this guy running around two steps behind [[The Captain]] with a cumbersome backpack radio with a huge whip antenna. Whenever we see [[Mission Control]], expect to see an entire squad of these guys at work. More mundane examples include a secretary in an office, who has the job of screening calls to their boss and sending out messages for them.
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