Starfleet Security

Starfleet Security
Active:	Since 2133
Part Of:	Starfleet
Allegiance:	United Federation of Planets
Branch:	Security
Role:	Conduct Criminal Investigations Defend Against Outside Threats
Motto:	To Enslave and Punish
Command Staff
Chief of Staff of Starfleet:	Fleet Admiral Teval
Chief of Starfleet Department:	Vice Admiral Learrea Ingam
Master Chief Petty Officer of Department:	MCPO Peter Gillroy
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Starfleet Security is a branch of Starfleet that is responsible for defending the Federation from outside threats, and for conducting criminal investigations. The people in charge of this division of Starfleet take their job very seriously due to the nature of their work.

History

Beginnings

Starfleet Security began in 2133, the next year after Starfleet itself was born on United Earth. It began so much earlier than the other divisions of Starfleet because of the need for Security around any area, and Starfleet Headquarters was no different. A security division was made around 8 months after the creation of Starfleet itself.

The security situation was somewhat rocky in the beginning as Human purists wanted nothing to do with the stars, and wanted to kill all aliens on the planet. Starfleet Security was responsible for tracking these people and, if they had indeed committed a crime, bringing them to justice. As Starfleet began to meet more people and discover more phenomena and planets, most of them faded into silence and were happy with what was being brought back to Earth.

However, during the 2150s, an uproar was caused by the cloning of a half-Vulcan half-Human child which was put to death. Starfleet Security and its officers--then called Armory Officers--were called into action and sent to find the terrorists. Security succeeded and placed them in prison where they received the necessary therapy to reassimilate them as functioning, productive members of society. Starfleet Security was present at both the signing of the Coalition of Planets and the Federation Charter.

Starfleet Armory Officers had their hands full in the late 2150s as the Earth-Romulan War started and lives were lost. Armory officers and MACOs alike took down targets with phasers at long distance, only to see the corpses vaporized by their xenophobic enemy. When it was finally over, the members of the Coalition signed the Federation Charter.

Divisions

Starfleet Security

The main part of Starfleet Security is responsible for the security at all Federation government facilities such as the Palais de la Concorde. However, this is not the case with embassies as Security and Marines both make up the security squads at those facilities. A special division of Starfleet Security provides constant protection for the Federation president and constantly guard the Chateau Thelian and the Presidential Office.

Starfleet Security Crewmembers

See Also

• Chief Security Officer
• Assistant Chief Security Officer
• Security Officer
• Brig Officer

Security Officers are often tall and imposing, more muscular than the ones in Science or Flight Control, for example. This is not the constant, though and they can at times be deceiving in the amount of strength they have. They must also have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the rules and regulations of Starfleet so as to enforce them appropriately without either abusing their position or "being too soft" and good marksmanship and hand to hand combat is imperative. They enforce Federation law onboard starships and starbases, and also interstellar law on planets. However if, for example, a criminal has broken Betazoid law it remains a Betazoid matter.

Starfleet Security Codes And Protocols

Alpha Four Seven Authorization
Security code clearance required to access Starfleet subspace secured channels aboard a starship, normally reserved for the command crew of the ship.

Auto-Phaser Interlock
A computer control subroutine that allowed for precise timing in the firing of ship-mounted phasers.

Blood Screening
Medical test used by Federation personnel to identify shape shifters. This was considered necessary because of the possibility that shape-shifting Founders had taken humanoid form and infiltrated the Federation and other Alpha Quadrant powers. The test involved removing a small sample of blood from an individual’s body. If the individual was a changeling, the blood would revert to a gelatinous orange liquid.

Brain Circuitry Pattern
Medical diagnostic image mapping neural activity in a Humanoid brain.  The BCP of each individual is unique and thus serves as a positive means of identification.

Dampening Field
Energy field that inhibits transmission of most forms of energy, including communications. In 2371, a dampening field was activated on Deep Space 9 as part of a Level 1 counter-insurgency protocol. The Dampening field remained in effect until the station staff was able to overload the station’s power grid.

Emergency Procedure Alpha 2
Emergency protocol used aboard Federation starships. Alpha 2 disengaged all shipboard computer control and placed the ship’s systems on manual override.  Counselor Troi, in command following the ship’s collistion with a quantum filament on stardate 45156, ordered this procedure put into effect.

Level-1 Personnel Sweep
Scan protocol on a Federation starbase initiated to locate any personnel in an area of the station. A security officer can ask the computer to run a level-1 personnel sweep of all pylons on stadate 46853 to make sure an evacuation order is obeyed.</p>

Level-2 Security Alert
It is enacted when hostile intrusion inside the ship might be expected. During a level-2 alert, armed security officers are stationed on every deck.

Security Access Code
Password used by Starfleet personnel to provide positive identification when requesting restricted computer functions or information.  Both the password and the user’s voiceprint were used to confirm the user’s identity. Security codes were changed occasionally. An example of a security code for a captain is “alpha-alpha-gamma-red-nighthawk-1-9”

Warning Beacon
Transmitter intended to inform nearby space vehicles of a potential hazard. Warning beacons are placed around planets to warn of such things as native life forms reproducing by mutating unsuspecting visitors.