Attention: Order Capital Class ships.

[Ayem]

I tend to err on the side of Captain and comms officer/XO only, unless others aboard my ship have a desire to speak up. During negotiations or diplomacy, to explain a threat, etc.

My Captains will and do refer to others on the bridge though, and sometimes that is caught by the transmission.

I agree with N00bl3t above, that RP atmosphere can and should at times trump realism. Dramatic irony can be used to winning effect, for example. One side operating under a certain set of information, while the other is ignorant to it. Most of my Mollies, on seeing an Order ship, have no idea what it is and will gibber on happily as if they're just some sort of militant civilian.

Just because you are writing the orders and acknowledgements inship does not mean that they are for the ears of other characters, they are for the understanding of other players on a meta level. It all helps bring people into the plot unfolding in any given situation, particularly with those who are not yet comfortable with their own RP skills.

Edit: Just noticed I said the same thing as Sprolf in the first paragraph, so I guess I agree with him too.

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