Chief Navigations Officer

The CNO is responsible for the ship astrogation and flight control. Although these functions are primarily automated, their importance requires an officer to oversee them at all times for the safety of the ship and crew. The CNO receives his or her orders directly from the Commanding Officer or the officer presiding over the bridge watch.

Responsibilities
Areas of responsibility for the CNO include: navigational references and course plotting, supervision of automatic flight functions, manual flight operations, and position verification. During impulse flight, CNOs are responsible for making sure that all maneuvers stay within the boundaries of the ship's performance envelope. During warp flight, CNOs are required to monitor the ship's subspace field geometry and oversee automatic course corrections by the computer to account for minor variations in the density of interstellar medium.

Horizon Fleet Chief Navigations Officers

 * Andrew Laketon