Introduction

The Dominion mostly operates on Shifts , and most people work during one Shift and sleep for a Shift worth of time (but not necessarily exactly aligned to a Shift, although many do.)  Although the Dominion operates round the clock, a convention has developed that Green shift is often the main working shift, ie: ‘Green shift’ is equivalent to ‘office hours’.  Thus many people, particularly those of higher status, have their recreation time in Blue Shift and sleep in Red Shift.  

Cyclic pattens are much less standardised, but it is common for people to have Cycles that end in 7, 8 or 9 off, and when that occurs it is often referred to as the Decend.

Other common patterns are two or three Cycles on, one Cycle off.

These patterns don’t generally apply to spacehip crew, who work while the ship is in space, often with peak periods at jump entry and exit and during docking and undocking, and have a few Cycles off while the ship is in port.