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// Starfleet General Orders
First General Order (Prime Directive)
It is forbidden to interfere with the normal
development of any culture or society. All losses are tolerated as
long as they are necessary to observe this General Order.
Second General Order
Under no circumstances, even not to protect
his/her own life or that of his/her crew, an officer is allowed to
do harm to an intelligent lifeform. A break of this General Order is
only tolerated if otherwise the Prime Directive would be offended.
Third General Order
It is an officer's duty to use all devices under
his or her command to protect the life of intelligent lifeforms,
even if this means to endanger him/herself, or his/her ship. If an
intelligent lifeform is harmed due to an officer acting or not
acting this is treated equal as a violation of the 2nd General
Order.
Fourth General Order
An officer shall follow a superior's order at his or her best,
unless these would result in a violation of the Prime, 2nd or 3rd
General Order.
Fifth General Order
An officer shall use all in his power to protect the safety of
Starfleet, the United Federation of Planets, it's member worlds and
their representatives unless this would violate General Orders 1 to
4.
Sixth General Order
If the entire personnel on board a ship is deceased or would become
incapable of acting during a period of 24 hours because of
disease, the ship should be destroyed to prevent other
lifeforms or ships from being contaminated.
Seventh General Order (Repealed)
Formerly: Under any circumstances ever, even if in a case of
emergency, a Federation ship is not allowed to visit Talos IV.
Ignoring this General Order will lead to a death penalty.
Eighth General Order (General Order was
modified in 2297: "Klingon territory" removed)
No Federation ship is allowed to enter the Romulan Star Empire,
unless this is justified by General Order 1 to 5.
Ninth General Order
No Federation ship is allowed to visit a planet or star system that
was put under quarantine by the United Federation of Planets or the
Starfleet, unless this necessary by General Order 1 to 5.
Tenth General Order
An Starfleet officer is responsible under laws and orders of the
United Federation of Planets, its memberworlds and their
representatives, including Starfleet. He or she is subject to any
prosecution by authorities under the named laws.
Eleventh General Order
A Starfleet officer shall respect contracts and bondings made by the
United Federation of Planets and their memberworlds and provide any
aid requested by the signers of those contracts or bondings.
Tweflth General Order
While approaching a ship when no communication has been made or
isn't possible, safety procedures are to be held.
Thirteenth General Order
While wearing a Starfleet uniform an officer is prohibited to giving
information or equivalent aid to the Federation's enemies or to
groups which represent a danger for the Federation, its memberworlds
or their representives.
Fourteenth General Order
An officer shall not act improper or indecent or show an offensive
or molesting behaviour against other lifeforms.
Fifteenth General Order
No flag officer shall beam into a hazardous area without armed
escort.
Sixteenth General Order
An officer can be convicted by at least three commanding officers
for a crime violating Starfleet General Orders or Federational laws.
Seventeenth General Order
In absence of the commanding officer, if he or she gets killed or if
he or she is misfit or incapacitated, the highest officer by
rank takes over command, even if he or she does not belong to the
standard personnel on board.
Eighteenth General Order
An officer is not allowed to start or to take part in a mutiny
against his or her superiors. Mutiny will be judged as violation of
the 4th General Order.
Nineteenth General Order
An officer can be recalled from duty at any time if he or she is
judged to be incapable of fulfilling his duty for medical or
psychological reasons by the ship's medical officer or by two
commanding officers.
Twentieth General Order
Federation ships shall give any aid and support requested by
registered private or commercial ships from the the United
Federation of Planets, and they are allowed to take disciplinic or
offensive actions against illegal acting ships or hostile ships
operating in federational territory.
Twenty-First General Order
A Federation ship is not allowed to transport any substance or
freight, which is classified as illegal by the Federartion, nor an
illegal quantity of any susbtance or freight, nor any weapon not
registered by the Federation's trade office. Destructive lifeforms
also fall under this General Order. Federation ships are allowed to
search a ship under suspect of smuggling and to confiscate any found
smuggled goods in federational territory.
Twenty-Second General Order
At contact with a planet who does not make any progress in its
evolution or which is under foreign control, an officer is allowed
to make changes within the social structure with the aim to lead the
planet on a course towards a technological civilisation. Any misuse
of this General Order is regarded as violating the Prime Directive.
Twenty-Third General Order
The destruction of one or more intelligent lifeforms is only allowed
to prevent a violation of the Prime Directive, and also only if
there is no other way to prevent this violation. Any misuse of this
General Order is regarded as violation of the 2nd General Order.
Twenty-Fourth General Order
The destruction of the entire intelligent life on the surface of a
planet is only allowed, if the inhabitants of the named planet have
severely violated the Prime Directive. Such an action can only be
ordered by a commanding officer with captain's rank or higher. This
officer is solely responsible for this action. Any misuse of this
General Order is regarded as violating the Prime Directive.
TOP SECRET: AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OFFICERS OF CAPTAIN'S RANK
OR HIGHER ONLY
Omega Directive
The omega particle, given its potential destructive nature towards
subspace, is a threat to space-faring civilizations throughout the
galaxy. For this reason, any and all omega particles found by
Starfleet must be destroyed.
This Directive comes before all others,
including the Prime Directive.
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