STARFLEET GENERAL ORDERS AND REGULATIONS
STARFLEET GENERAL ORDERS & REGULATIONS
GENERAL ORDER 1 The non-interference directive, prohibiting intervention in the normal development of any society. Aka Prime Directive. Naomi Wildman knows all 47 sub-orders of the Prime Directive [Infinite Regress]. GENERAL ORDER 7 Forbids contact with planet Talos IV. As of 2267, the only death penalty left on the books. [TOS: The Menagerie] GENERAL ORDER 12 Requires adequate precautions be taken when being approached by a spacecraft with which contact has not been made. [ST II]. GENERAL ORDER 15 It states, in part, "No flag officer shall beam into a hazardous area without armed escort." [ST II]. GENERAL ORDER 24 Destroy the surface of a planet unless the order is countermanded within a specified period. [TOS: A Taste of Armageddon] ORDER 104 SECTION B Deals with the chain of command. [TOS: The Doomsday Machine] ORDER 104 SECTION C The chief medical officer may relieve a commander of duty if the commander is mentally or physically unfit. The physician would have to back up this claim with the results of a physical examination. [TOS: The Doomsday Machine] REGULATION 46A "If transmissions are being monitored during battle, no uncoded messages on an open channel." [ST II] REGULATION 42/15 Engineering procedure relating to impulse engines, entitled "Pressure Variances in the Impulse Reaction Chamber Tank Storage." [TNG: Relics] REGULATION 157 SECTION III PARAGRAPH 18 Referring to time travel, "Starfleet officers shall take all necessary precautions to minimise any participation in historical events." [DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations] STARFLEET'S TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT POLICY Prohibits time-traveling personnel from interfering in past time lines. [DS9: Past Tense, Part One] STARFLEET ENGINEERING CODE Requires a secondary backup for mission-critical components in case the primary backup fails. [DS9: Destiny] SPECIAL ORDER 66715 Grants the Starfleet Internal Affairs Department authority to neutralise security threats to the Federation by whatever means necessary. [DS9: Inquisition] AWAY TEAM GUIDELINES Forbids the transport of unknown infectious agents onto a starship without first establishing containment and eradication protocols. [Macrocosm] DIRECTIVE 010 "Before engaging alien species in battle any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve a non-military resolution must be made." [In the Flesh] (The Encyclopaedia says "solution". I quote Janeway from the episode, although she may not have remembered the Directive entirely correctly) DIRECTIVE 101 An individual accused of a crime has the right to remain silent. (In 2372 Tuvok informed confessed murderer Lon Suder about this Directive.) [#32 Meld] OMEGA DIRECTIVE Requires the captain of a starship to notify Starfleet Command immediately upon detection of an Omega molecule and authorises use of any means necessary to destroy it, even at the cost of violating the Prime Directive. [The Omega Directive] REGULATION 121, SECTION A Authorises the chief medical officer of a starship to relieve the captain of command if the captain is mentally or emotionally unfit. (Similar to Order 104 Section C above.) [Year of Hell, Part Two] REGULATION 476-9 All away teams must report to the bridge at least once every 24 hours. [Once Upon a Time] SECURITY PROTOCOL 28, SUBSECTION D In the event of hostile takeover of a starship, the Emergency Medical Hologram is to deactivate and wait for rescue. [Message in a Bottle] REGULATION 191, ARTICLE 14 In a combat situation involving more than one ship, command falls to the vessel with tactical superiority. [Equinox, Part One] REGULATION 3, PARAGRAPH 12 In the event of imminent destruction, a captain is authorised to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means. [Equinox, Part One] TACTICAL DIRECTIVE 36 The captain will not engage a hostile force without the protection of a security officer. [Unimatrix Zero, Part One]
THE PRIME DIRECTIVE
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