Talk:Felix Gaeta/Archive 1

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Gaeta is BSG's answer to Spock, and I think it's a worthy comparison after his work in Scattered. Damn fine. Spencerian 02:32, 16 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Role[edit]

After watching Scattered again recently (my I got my new girlfriend hooked on BSG so I am rewatching all the episodes with her) I noticed that Gaeta refers to himself as the OOD, or Officer On Deck, in the head with Dee. (PS by the way, why were they in the same head? Dee is enlisted, Gaeta is an officer. Moving on.) So here's my question: Is OOD a position or a status? Is the "Tactical Officer" the OOD when he is on duty, or are the two terms simply synonymous? --Kraetos 22:43, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

I'm fairly certain OOD just means "ranking guy in the room": for example, many a time when Picard and Riker went into Picard's quarters to discuss things, Data "had the bridge". --The Merovingian (C - E) 23:04, 28 May 2006 (CDT)
"The Navy has decided to call in three members of the commanding crew of the USS Greeneville. That would be the commanding officer, Scott Waddle, the X.O. or executive officer and the OOD, the officer on deck, a lieutenant junior grade." "And the executive officer and the officer on deck of the USS Greeneville at the time of the accident have been designated as parties to the inquiry. They will be afforded their due process rights, including the right to be represented by counsel." [1] I concur with Merv. It sounds like a dynamic title (like NCOIC, non-commisioned officer in charge... depends on who's on duty or maybe more of a "rotating" position in terms of who is "on call" for that particular period).
Dualla: Not your fault, Lieutenant.Not from where I was standing.
Gaeta: I was the O.O.D.
Dualla: It was crazy in there, sir. Can't blame yourself.
--Scattered
--Steelviper 07:37, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
That was my hunch but I wanted to be positive. Plus, I just realized that the way he says "WAS" the OOD implies that he is only the OOD when he is on duty, meaning it is a status and not a position. Thanks merv and steelviper. --Kraetos 21:10, 29 May 2006 (CDT) (PS sorry I haven't been around much lately. I was busy with school, but I just graduated so I should be back in the fold now!)

Title in Baltar Administration[edit]

He's listed as having been the "Presidential Aide." In "Collaborators," he's referred to specifically as Baltar's Chief of Staff. Would it be worthwhile to make a new title caption at the bottom of the page to reflect this? The only reason I ask is because that's a pretty specific position as opposed to the more general classification of "aide." --Starscream 22:59, 21 December 2006 (CST)

Welcome, Starscream. Your information is the more correct one: the first term was used when we didn't have a precise title. Feel free to update Gaeta's title with this in mind. (Note that we normally add notes towards the bottom of the article so it's easier to keep tabs on new stuff, so I moved your comment down this talk page.) --Spencerian 00:03, 22 December 2006 (CST)