NOTE: I am no longer part of SpaceFleet Online.
The Republic was one of the first SpaceFleet Online advance ship SIMs I served (joined) on. I started in Engineering, then moved to Medical, and finally movied to OPS. On my second year I was promoted to OPS Manager at the rank of Lt Commander. Before I left the ship for good I was the ship's Quartermaster and Chief Bridge Officer.
The position of Quartermaster was a fairly new post in Spacefleet Online. It was introduced 3 years before break up of Spacefleet Online. Anyways a Quartermaster is charge of handing all of the supplies going on and off the ship, not to mention the department requests. In a lot of other ships (SIMs) would have the Quartermaster double as a Cheif Bridge officer. He/she would be in charge of the bridge when the CO/XO or 3rd officer are not there and where hand out the duty roster from the 3rd officer.
Click HERE if you would like to view the bio of CdrLocutus on the USS Republic.