If you look at how much an unqualified "PO" contributes, you'll notice that it is exactly the same as a Seaman First.
In the numbers crunching SH3 still only rates them as Seamen, until they get that qual, which is what boosts their worth.
I only took notice of this recently.
Bottom line is a "PO" without a qual, is a Striker, without formal schooling in the rate.
(It's called getting there the hard way.)
It realy would have been better to have Seamen with a "do nothing" qual, that becomes a "do something" qual upon promotion to PO. But, life goes on.
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