SECURITY PROTOCOLS OVERVIEW
Ship security supervises and helps in ship wide security procedures to ensure not only the smooth efficiency of all ship operations but that hostile forces cannot infiltrate, invade or threaten the ship and crew.
The following are standard security protocols above and beyond Starfleet regulations, ordered by the Chief of Security. They are performed by each specific relevant department and supervised by or with the assistance of security personnel who will also assume the following responsibilities.
1- Operations Department:
- Security will ensure appropriate Ops security protocols are in effect at all appropriate times. (See Operations protocols).
- Chief of Security must verify and approve any inbound being or shipment with CO or XO.
- During yellow alert, one guard posted on each deck and at all major accesses (shuttlebays, transporter rooms) and restricted areas (bridge, main engineering, etc.).
- During red alert, guards are doubled, all accesses (including airlocks) are put under guard and General Order 15 is in effect on board.
- Security personnel with the appropriate cross-training will assist the ops department in conducting its security schedule to limit interference with normal ship operations.
- 33% of security personnel will be cross-trained in ship operations to assist or replace Ops personnel as needed.
2- Flight Control Department:
- Security will ensure appropriate Flight Control security protocols are in effect at all appropriate times. (See Flight Control protocols).
- Chief of security must authorize and supervise any approach, docking or boarding of vehicle in and off the ship with CO or XO.
- Security officer works with Flight Control officer during all flight operations and can take over flight control for security purposes or if Control officer is incapacitated.
- During yellow alert, all flight operations are under direct supervision of security. No auxiliary craft can approach or leave without authorization, as per restriction access protocols.
- During red alert, no unauthorized personnel will be allowed near flight control or crafts under restriction protocols.
- All security personnel must be certified auxiliary craft pilots.
- All security officers must have at least basic starship flight training.
3- Engineering Department:
- Security will ensure Engineering security protocols are in effect at all appropriate times. (See Engineering protocols).
- Main engineering is a restricted area at all times (only Ensigns and above and specifically authorized personnel). Restriction is ensured by computer control at all times: the doors will not open for unauthorized individuals and an alert will sound if one appears inside the area. It is supplemented by live watch during any alert status.
- During yellow alert, all major engineering sections (control rooms) similarly restricted. One guard is outside with open security channel.
- During red alert, every technical section (including fuel tanks) similarly restricted. One guard is inside and another outside with open security channel.
- Security personnel with the appropriate cross-training will assist the engineering department in conducting its security schedule to limit interference with normal ship maintenance.
- 33% of security personnel will be cross-trained as technicians to assist or replace engineering personnel as needed.
4- Medical Department:
- Security will ensure Medical security protocols are in effect at all appropriate times. (See Medical protocols).
- Replicators in medical are always online even during any alert status, but always restricted to medical functions and under appropriate authorized medical access.
- During yellow alert, security will ensure medical personnel and patients are kept safe and replicators online. One guard will stand outside accesses.
- During red alert, security will convert sickbay into a secured and restricted area, including tricorder surveillance. One guard will stand inside and the other outside every access.
- Security personnel with the appropriate cross-training will assist the medical department in conducting its security schedule to limit interference with normal crew health and care.
- All security personnel must be certified first-aid specialists.
- 33% of security personnel will be cross-trained as medical personnel to assist or replace assigned medical personnel as needed.
5- Science Department:
- Security will ensure appropriate security protocols are in effect at all appropriate times in all science sections. (See Science protocols).
- During yellow alert, security will have computer core and all sensor systems under direct monitoring.
- During red alert, security will have computer core and sensor systems under restricted access as per engineering above.
6- Security dept:
- No personal weaponry allowed on board without the express authorization of Chief of Security and CO. Use or possession of such a weapon outside the training hall or armory will only be authorized to senior officers and only during red alert or per captain's permission.
- Transporter security lock on any transporting entity carrying a weapon keeps it in transit until weapon is deactivated, discharged or beamed away before materialization.
- All weapons confined to armory and specific secured areas (like bridge seat compartments) and all under genetic encoding (only one specific user can activate it) including locked knife sheaths. Computer alarm will activate if any unregistered weapon comes on board; security forcefield will isolate weapon and wearer until security deals with the threat.
- Computer alarm will warn of any unauthorized weapon discharge on board and deactivate that specific weapon (each on board weapon registered under security lock code) and a security forcefield will drop on weapon and wearer until security deals with the threat.
- All accesses can be locked or unlocked by override of vocal command of Chief of Security, First Officer, Chief Medical Officer or Captain.
- All anti-boarding measures will be online on a continual basis.
-Out of any alert status, all security personnel will be wearing a Type I Phaser. No other shipboard personnel are authorized to wear any weaponry.
-During yellow alert, all security personnel will wear a Type II Phaser and combat knife. Officers only are allowed to wear a Type I Phaser.
-During red alert, all security officers will add Type III Phaser and combat armor. Shipboard personnel will wear a Type I Phaser and security personnel and senior officers will carry a Type II Phaser with combat knife.
-As part of their basic duty, all ship security personnel will apply the following security routine:
Level 1 search at docking/undocking or orbital period and after each major incident on board. Perform visual and tricorder search, centimeter by centimeter, including uninhabitable areas, maintenance conduits, and Jeffries tubes, throughout the entire ship.
Level 2 search once every shipboard day. Perform normal visual and tricorder patrol of all ship areas taking a full hour.
Level 3 search once every shift. Perform visual and tricorder search of all main areas of the ship and ship-wide computer search.
Level 4 search once every hour. Perform standard security patrol of restricted areas and a ship-wide computer check.
Level 5 the beginning and end of each shift. Perform computer surveillance check in restricted areas.
- 33% of ship complement will be trained in security, including knife combat training.
COMMAND SECURITY PROTOCOLS
Access to all Starfleet data and material is highly regulated. A standard set of access levels have been programmed into the computer cores of all ships in order to stop any undesired access to confidential data and sensitive areas or equipment.
Security levels are also variable, and task-specific. Certain areas of the ship are restricted to unauthorized personnel, regardless of security level. Security levels can also be raised, lowered, or revoked by Command personnel.
Security levels in use aboard starships and Starfleet installations are:
Level 10 – Captain and Above
Level 9 – First Officer
Level 8 - Commander
Level 7 – Lt. Commander
Level 6 – Lieutenant
Level 5 – Lt. Junior Grade (minimum rank for dept heads)
Level 4 - Ensign (minimum rank for access to restricted areas like bridge)
Level 3 – Non-Commissioned Crew (minimum rank for restricted access to specifically authorized ship systems)
Level 2 – Civilian Personnel (assigned to the ship's non-restricted areas and systems in a defined limited capacity)
Level 1 – Open Access
Note: Security Levels beyond current rank can and are bestowed where, when and to whom they are necessary and for the duration needed by Command personnel only (level 9 and above).
Access System
All ship systems are keyed for ship personnel, identified by computer visual recording, voiceprint and combadge signal. Discrepancy in any of those three elements prevents using any unauthorized ship system (i.e. only Ensigns and above can access restricted areas like bridge or main engineering). Even doors and turbolifts will not respond to unauthorized access or use request.
Controls are also encoded to the proper personnel according to rank, position and duty shift. Main controls also require entering a personal code which will be accepted under the same conditions so that, for example, an engineering petty officer cannot enter main engineering if he is not on duty, cannot activate propulsion system controls if not assigned to propulsion, and has no code to shut down or start the engines.
Command Codes
All ship functions are tied to command codes. Each officer has access codes that can be input verbally and on a keypad and they are tied to other identification protocols like combadge signal, voiceprint and visual recording and, in certain circumstances, also require additional verification like additional command code, retina scan and DNA identification.
Each department chief has command codes that override any other in their department and access control functions not allowed to others.
The codes of a person put in charge of ship command overrides any other access code even of higher ranks, except that of the Captain and the Executive officer's.
The command codes of the Chief Science Officer, Chief Engineer, First Officer and Captain alone can access the main computer matrix.
The command codes of the Chief Engineer, Chief of Operations, First Officer and Captain alone can access the dillithium chamber and warp core.
In specifically established security matters (i.e. opening locked doors, shutting down warp core), the command codes of the chief of security can override all other codes.
In specifically established medical matters (i.e. opening locked doors, emergency transport of wounded), the command codes of the Chief Medical Officer can override all other codes.
The Executive Officer's codes override all codes on board except those of the Captain.
The Captain’s codes override any other code and are primary compulsory directives to the computer and all systems on board.
All command codes are changed after hostile events (boarding attempts, abductions, etc.)
The CO and XO can issue valid codes to non-ship personnel with limited access. These codes can be revoked at any time and can be blocked by department chiefs. Thus, a Federation representative can be given access to the bridge but will not be able to activate consoles or order the computer, with any such attempt easily overridden by authorized personnel.
ENGINEERING SECURITY PROTOCOLS
- During yellow alert, all safety measures on standby; power allocation fully under bridge control with engines, shields and weapons prioritized in that order. Life support priority is hardwired in the system and cannot be overridden except under captain's orders. Hazard suits and damage control parties (in suits) on standby.
- During red alert, forcefield covers warp core and the ejection system is put on standby. Blast doors close and all engineering personnel wear hazard suits with rebreather. 33% of personnel are assigned solely for damage control duties.
OPS SECURITY PROTOCOLS
- All accesses to the ship will be under computer surveillance at all times.
- Only shipboard transportation modes and equipment will have access to the ship, under control by ship personnel.
- If exceptional circumstances force the use of external modes, they will be done by ship personnel only and under ship security supervision, and only after authorization by the CO or XO and Chief of Security.
- Scanning and decontamination protocols effective at all times.
- All inbound transports must be verified and approved by CO or XO and Chief of Security.
- During yellow alert, all major accesses (shuttlebays, transporter rooms) and restricted areas (bridge, main engineering, etc) under guard and manned by ops personnel. Ship operations under the listed shift officers’ control only.
- Shuttle transporters will be deactivated when specific craft not in use.
- During red alert, all accesses (including airlocks) are also under guard and locked shut. Ship operations under bridge officers’ control only. Ops personnel will secure transporters, cargo bay, communications systems, and shuttle bay as assigned by Chief Operations Officer or Chief Security Officer, ensuring that these systems remain secure and functioning during the alert.
- Ops personnel with the appropriate cross-training will assist each of the other department in conducting their security schedule to allow it without interfering with normal ship operations.
FLIGHT OPS SECURITY PROTOCOLS
- Only command grade officers, assigned certified pilots, security personnel and assigned flight control personnel are allowed within shuttle bays and at flight controls, outside of authorized mission or transit orders.
- All equipment, controls, and crafts require an access code and vocal recognition to activate.
- Shuttle transporters will be deactivated when specific craft not in use.
- A proper flight plan and mission order must be logged by authorized personnel for any control or craft to activate.
- During yellow alert, one shuttle is prepared for immediate launch with pilot on standby. Shuttle bay access and egress are under Chief of Ops control.
- During red alert, all crafts prepared for immediate launch with pilot and security guard on standby. Shuttlebay access and egress are under Chief of Security control.
SCIENCE SECURITY PROTOCOLS
- Sensor systems and controls are restricted to command grade officers, engineering, security and science personnel on duty.
- During Yellow Alert, shut down and secure of all non-critical experiments. Sensor systems and controls under computer surveillance.
- During Red Alert, shut down and secure all experiments. Sensor systems and controls under restricted access as per engineering during yellow alert (See engineering protocols). Non-assigned science personnel join medical or damage control teams according to their training.
-As part of their basic duty, all ship science personnel will apply the following routine to all computer and data or sample gathering systems and items, with the assistance of the Engineering and Ops department:
Level 1 sensor sweep inside and outside the ship before and after each mission; this is a painstaking search of all detection systems, including hand tricorders, along the full energy and matter spectrum with a comparison to recorded data to notice any discrepancy down to the most minute detail (i.e. noting an added mass of 90kg on the ship that could betray an intruder on board).
Level 2 sensor sweep every day during travel. Perform a detailed search of several specific data like warp trails, energy signatures, anomalous emissions, unregistered signals, mass displacement, etc. both from automated computer monitoring and live work with both shipboard and hand held instruments, in and out of the ship.
Level 3 diagnostics once every shift. Perform live tricorder diagnostics of each system in addition to the standard computerized one.
Level 4 diagnostics once every hour. Perform thorough computer check for security anomalies.
Level 5 sensor sweep on a constant basis; it is a computer monitoring inside and outside of the ship taking a few seconds to complete.
MEDICAL SECURITY PROTOCOLS
- All medical data of ship personnel, down to the subatomic level, will be recorded and updated for each transport on or off the ship. Computer will compare recorded data to beaming data and keep in transit the subject until identity assessed before rematerializing, either on the pad, sickbay, back to its point of origin, dispersed in space or in the brig as appropriately determined by ship Chief of Security and ship CMO with CO or XO.
- Decontamination protocols always in effect with each transport.
- Decontamination and/or medical examination performed for each boarding entity as judged appropriate by CMO under either First officer or captain authority.
- During yellow alert, medical teams stand ready to move out to treat casualties anywhere on the ship. All EMHs are on standby. Site to site transport prioritized to CMO authority.
- During red alert, all evacuation protocols on standby; all EMHs activated; automated computer locks onto ship personnel combadges for immediate transport to sickbay in case of serious injuries.
-As part of their basic duty, all ship medical personnel will apply the following routine:
Level 1 Examination at docking/undocking. Perform full medical and psychological examination of ship's personnel. Refusal is ground enough for immediate dismissal from ship's complement.
Level 2 Examination once every shipboard day or after every boarding/unboarding, A routine tricorder checkup from all shipboard EMH of all crewmembers.
Level 3 Examination once every shift. Perform a computer check, comparing sensor data to recorded medical files of every crewmember.
Level 4 Examination once every hour. Perform a thorough internal sensor sweep to locate any contaminant, organic or inorganic, on board the ship or on the outside hull.
Level 5 Examination at the beginning and end of each shift and at random during the shift. Perform a ship-wide computer assessment of crew health conditions through internal sensors. This is also used to detect any possible presence of alien or unrecorded lifeform on board, from bacteria to intruders.
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