As the Station Traffic Controller, your primary responsibility is monitoring and organizing traffic around the station. You are responsible for ensuring vessels arrive, depart, dock, and maneuver safely within station-controlled space.
| A Good Station Traffic Controller... | A Poor Station Traffic Controller... |
|---|---|
| Keeps traffic organized and informed | Creates unnecessary bureaucracy |
| Communicates clearly with pilots | Ignores vessel activity |
| Coordinates with the Harbor Master | Acts independently of harbor operations |
| Tracks vessel movements during emergencies | Becomes overwhelmed during crises |
| Helps prevent accidents and congestion | Creates confusion and delays |
| Escalates serious issues appropriately | Attempts to act as Security |
💡 Tip
Your job is to keep traffic moving safely and efficiently. Most pilots should leave an interaction with you knowing exactly where they need to go and what they need to do.
You are responsible for monitoring vessel traffic within station-controlled space and ensuring arrivals, departures, docking operations, and maneuvering are conducted safely.
Communicate with arriving and departing vessels, assign docks when necessary, and provide relevant navigational information.
Inform vessels of hazards, emergencies, restricted areas, construction zones, or other conditions that may impact safe travel.
Maintain awareness of vessel activity around the station and ensure traffic remains organized and efficient.
Assist in coordinating docking operations and managing station traffic flow.
Ensure vessels are directed to appropriate docks and staging areas whenever practical.
Help prevent congestion, unsafe maneuvering, and unnecessary interference with station operations.
Report unusual vessel activity, abandoned vessels, or other significant concerns to the Harbor Master and Command as appropriate.
You work directly under the Harbor Master and should coordinate closely with them regarding traffic management, docking permissions, visiting vessels, and harbor operations.
While many responsibilities overlap, the Harbor Master retains final authority over docking affairs and civilian harbor operations.
Keep the Harbor Master informed of significant traffic concerns, unusual vessel activity, or developing situations that may impact station operations.
During emergencies, you should assist Command by tracking vessel movements, organizing evacuations, coordinating emergency traffic, and ensuring rescue or response craft can safely reach the station.
Clear communication becomes especially important during station emergencies, evacuations, and large-scale incidents.
Help ensure emergency responders, rescue craft, and authorized personnel can move safely and efficiently through station-controlled space.
You are not Security. You do not have authority to conduct investigations, make arrests, search vessels, or otherwise enforce station law unless specifically authorized by Security or Command during an emergency.
If a vessel captain is operating recklessly, negligently, or otherwise creating a danger to station traffic, coordinate with the Harbor Master and/or Security regarding the situation.
When appropriate, the Harbor Master, Security, or Command may issue lawful orders enforceable under Space Law to address unsafe vessel operations.
Your responsibility is identifying and reporting traffic issues, not personally enforcing station law.
Do not use your position to harass crews over minor traffic violations, create unnecessary bureaucracy, or interfere with legitimate station operations.
Exercise patience and professionalism when interacting with visiting crews, merchants, and independent vessels.
Your purpose is to keep traffic moving safely and efficiently, not to create problems where none exist.
⚠️ Warning
A single communication failure can result in collisions, damaged vessels, or loss of life. Clear, timely, and professional communication should always be your highest priority.