On Watch
Intro
A term the Editor uses to refer to someone who
is the most senior on-duty person in
Main Mission or
Command Center,
while a superior
officer is still on base and currently
in command (temporarily or permanently).
The one on watch is thus not in command,
but is keeping an eye on things while the superior officer(s) is/are:
tending to other duties, asleep, otherwise off duty, etc.
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Statements
- Thus, Tony can be on watch while John is elsewhere on base,
Sandra or Maya while both John and Tony are elsewhere
(or John is on mission while Tony is in temporary command
but otherwise occupied), or various other conditions such as those.
If, however John is on base but considered incapacitated,
and Tony is in CC, then Tony is in (temporary) command,
not on watch. If Tony leaves to tend to something,
then someone else (Helena, Maya, Sandra, etc.) may be on watch.
Examples
- Paul Morrow: "Black Sun" at least
- Sandra on Watch
- Maya on Watch
- David Kano, when Paul Morrow (himself on watch)
tells him to 'Do me a favor, David: mind the shop.'
("Black Sun")
- Yasko: at points where Helena is not in Command Center in
"Rules of Luton",
it appears Yasko is on watch.