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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 TheCaptain with a cumbersome backpack radio with a huge whip antenna. Whenever we see MissionControl, 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. If he is properly trained, he can also be a [[PersonOfMassDestruction disproportionately dangerous individual]], using his radio equipment to call in artillery fire and air strikes, bringing tons of high explosives down on his enemies' heads.
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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.equipment (such as a WesternUnionMan). 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 TheCaptain with a cumbersome backpack radio with a huge whip antenna. Whenever we see MissionControl, 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. If he is properly trained, he can also be a [[PersonOfMassDestruction disproportionately dangerous individual]], using his radio equipment to call in artillery fire and air strikes, bringing tons of high explosives down on his enemies' heads.
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* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': Megumi Reinard is the communications officer aboard the titular battleship. She was apparently picked for the position due to her previous career as a voice actress.
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** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Harry Kim gets a battlefield promotion to chief communications officer, despite only being ([[StatusQuoIsGod perpetually]]) an ensign.
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** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In the pilot of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', Ensign Harry Kim gets a battlefield promotion to chief communications officer, despite only being ([[StatusQuoIsGod perpetually]]) an ensign.Operations Officer which also includes this trope.
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* In ''Film/AppointmentWithVenus'', Sergeant Forbes is a radio operator with experience of operating behind enemy lines whose main role on the mission is tote around the backpack-sized radio and keep the squad in contact with their naval backup and headquarters in London. He also [[CutPhoneLines cuts the phone lines]] to cripple communication of the island before they evacuate.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' brings us one of the most famous examples, Lieutenant Uhura. In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 film]] she is also a [[CunningLinguist xenolinguistics expert]]. In the new series ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' Cadet Uhura is a prodigy who is fluent in over three dozen different human and alien languages and has a talent for language.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' brings us one of the most famous examples, Lieutenant Uhura. In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 film]] she is also a [[CunningLinguist xenolinguistics expert]]. In the new series ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' Cadet Uhura is a prodigy who is fluent in over three dozen different human and alien languages and has a talent for language.language, and is dubbed by Captain Pike as "The Voice of the Enterprise."
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* Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the USS ''Hephaestus'' from ''Podcast/Wolf359'', whose job is to listen to static in the hope of hearing alien transmissions. The series later introduces Officer Sam Lambert, the previous Comms Officer of the ''Hephaestus''.
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* Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the USS ''Hephaestus'' from ''Podcast/Wolf359'', whose job is to listen to static in the hope of hearing alien transmissions. The series later introduces Officer Sam Lambert, the previous Comms Officer of the ''Hephaestus''.''Hephaestus'', (CastingGag played by the same actor.)
** It is revealed at the end of the first season that Doug's habit of also broadcasting his personal logs and assorted classical musical selections into the void [[spoiler: is how humanity makes FirstContact with a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens. Unfortunately, this is also how these aliens [[BuffySpeak first learn English]], something that even the aliens are annoyed by.]]
** It is revealed at the end of the first season that Doug's habit of also broadcasting his personal logs and assorted classical musical selections into the void [[spoiler: is how humanity makes FirstContact with a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens. Unfortunately, this is also how these aliens [[BuffySpeak first learn English]], something that even the aliens are annoyed by.]]
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* Like his movie portrayal, Dr. [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Rick Stanton]] is presented throughout the Franchise/MonsterVerse fic ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'' managing the Monarch top brass's long-range communications.
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* Like his movie portrayal, Dr. [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Rick Stanton]] is presented throughout the Franchise/MonsterVerse fic ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'' managing the Monarch top brass's long-range communications.
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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Dr. [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Rick Stanton]] has shades of this when most of {{the team}} are gathered on the ''Argo''[='s=] bridge; being the one who tries to track the [[EcoTerrorist eco-terrorists]]' video call, who remotely discovers that the ''Argo''[='s=] hangar doors are jammed, and who receives and screens Admiral Stenz' video call, all from his work-station.
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* In ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'', a number of [[HumongousMecha battlemechs]] have second seat for a communications officer, who takes control of the battlemech's radio and other communication equipment, and can have other tasks such as monitoring the EnemyDetectingRadar. CP-10-Z ''Cyclops'' assault mech was purpose-built for Star League field officers and possesses an advanced tactical computer to coordinate an entire battalion. The [=AS7-D=] ''Atlas'' is often retrofitted for the same purpose. These mechs are often the first target in an engagement, both to [[StraightForTheCommander take out the commander]] and to take out the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking 90+ ton bipedal murder tank]].
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* In ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'', a number of [[HumongousMecha battlemechs]] have second seat for a communications officer, who takes control of the battlemech's radio and other communication equipment, and can have other tasks such as monitoring the EnemyDetectingRadar. CP-10-Z ''Cyclops'' assault mech was purpose-built for Star League field officers and possesses an advanced tactical computer to coordinate an entire battalion. The [=AS7-D=] ''Atlas'' is often retrofitted for the same purpose. These mechs are often the first target in an engagement, both to [[StraightForTheCommander take out the commander]] and to take out the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking [[RankScalesWithAsskicking 90+ ton bipedal murder tank]].
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* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': Almo Blueberry fills this role aboard the Elsior across the entire trilogy, while her friend Coco handles the ship's radar.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' brings us one of the most famous examples, Lieutenant Uhura. In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 film]] she is also a [[CunningLinguist xenolinguistics expert]].
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' brings us one of the most famous examples, Lieutenant Uhura. In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 film]] she is also a [[CunningLinguist xenolinguistics expert]]. In the new series ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' Cadet Uhura is a prodigy who is fluent in over three dozen different human and alien languages and has a talent for language.
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* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'': One episode features Thunder Mountain's radioman, Jacob. He uses his position to contact his sister, who lives elsewhere, but inadvertently feeds information about their operations to a WastelandWarlord who has his sister prisoner.
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* ''Film/NeverSoFew'': A young Creator/CharlesBronson plays Sgt. Danforth, the Navajo "code talker" with a special forces unit, who speaks in unbreakable Navajo code with command staff back in Calcutta.
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* Airwave from ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'', who is also the team's GadgeteerGenius.
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* Airwave from ''[[WesternAnimation/COPS1988 C.O.P.S.]]'', who is also the team's GadgeteerGenius.
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** ''Literature/JediQuest'' character [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/JediApprentice Darra Thel-Tanis]] is an expert at jamming and intercepting signals.
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** ''Literature/JediQuest'' character [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/JediApprentice Darra Thel-Tanis]] Thel-Tanis is an expert at jamming and intercepting signals.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': This is the original duty for Worf, perhaps owing to his [[HalfHumanHybrid bicultural background.]]
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': This is the original duty for Worf, perhaps owing to his [[HalfHumanHybrid [[RaisedByHumans bicultural background.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'', each tank has a radio operator who allows the player to "see" tanks spotted by teammates within radio range. Tanks with smaller crews may double up on crew roles, often with the tank commander operating the radio. Certain tanks place radio operators in relatively exposed positions, making them the first casualty when the tank comes under fire.
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': FueryWithin Colonel Mustang's group of soldiers, Fuery is the one who is most often seen operating radio equipment.
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* ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' has a panel of women at switchboards, telephones and telegraphs receiving messages from lesser officers, and sending orders from MissionControl commanders. One of these ladies gets the message "Der Fuhrer ist Tot." She worriedly hands the message to a general, which ultimately activates an emergency protocol code-named Valkyrie that places Berlin under the control of Colonel von Stauffenberg, AllAccordingToPlan
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* ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'', about an attempt to assassinate UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, has a panel of women at switchboards, telephones and telegraphs receiving messages from lesser officers, and sending orders from MissionControl commanders. One of these ladies gets the message "Der Fuhrer ist Tot." She worriedly hands the message to a general, which ultimately activates an emergency protocol code-named Valkyrie that places Berlin UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} under the control of Colonel von Stauffenberg, AllAccordingToPlanAllAccordingToPlan.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' introduces Lt. M'Ress, a CatFolk alien who serves as comm officer when Uhura is off duty or otherwise unavailable.
