HANDBOOK

1.  WHEN CONTACTING A PLANET MAKING NORMAL PROGRESS TOWARD A TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION, AN OFFICER OF STAR FLEET SHALL MAKE NO IDENTIFICATION OF SELF OR MISSION;      NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SAID PLANET; NO REFERENCES TO SPACE, TO OTHER WORLD, OR MORE ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS. (THE PRIME DIRECTIVE)

2.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT EVEN TO SAVE HIS/HER OWN LIFE OR THE LIVES OF THE CREW, SHALL AN OFFICER OF STAR FLEET WILLFULLY INFLICT HARM OR INJURY ON A BEING KNOWN TO BE INTELLIGENT, UNLESS SUCH ACTION IS WARRANTED BY GENERAL ORDER 1.

3.  IT IS THE DUTY OF AN OFFICER TO EMPLOY ALL RESOURCES AT HIS/HER COMMAND TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF INTELLIGENT BEINGS, ALTHOUGH IN DOING SO HE/SHE SHOULD PLACE  HIM/HERSELF OR HIS/HER VESSEL IN DANGER. INACTION, OR ACTION THAT INDIRECTLY BRINGS HARM TO INTELLIGENT LIFE, INCURS EQUAL CULPABILITY AS A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 2.

4.  AN OFFICER SHALL OBEY AND EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF HIS/HER ABILITIES THE ORDERS LAWFULLY GIVEN TO HIM/HER BY HIS/HER SUPERIORS, PROVIDING SUCH ORDERS DO NOT CONFLICT  WITH GENERAL ORDERS 1, 2, OR 3.

5.  AN OFFICER SHALL DO ALL IN HIS/HER POWER TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS, ITS MEMBER PLANETS, AND ITS AGENTS INCLUDING STAR FLEET,  PROVIDING SUCH ACTION DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH GENERAL ORDERS 1 THROUGH 4.

6.  IF ALL PERSONNEL ABOARD HAVE PERISHED OR BEEN RENDERED INCAPABLE OF ACTION AT THE END OF 24 HOURS, A STARSHIP SHALL SELF-DESTRUCT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OTHER  BEINGS FROM CONTAMINATION.

7.  NO FEDERATION VESSEL UNDER ANY CONDITIONS, EMERGENCY OR OTHERWISE, IS TO BE PERMITTED TO VISIT TALOS IV. TO DO SO CARRIES A MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE.

8.  NO FEDERATION VESSEL IS PERMITTED TO ENTER THE KLINGON EMPIRE, ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE, OR KLINTI PATRIARCHATY UNLESS SUCH CONTACT IS WARRANTED BY GENERAL ORDERS  1 THROUGH 5.

9.  NO FEDERATION VESSEL IS TO BE PERMITTED TO VISIT ANY OTHER PLANET OR STELLAR GROUP THAT SHALL BE NAMED BY THE UFP OR STAR FLEET AS UNDER QUARANTINE OR CULTURAL  EMBARGO, UNLESS SUCH CONTACT IS WARRANTED BY GENERAL ORDERS 1 THROUGH 5.

10.  AN OFFICER OF STAR FLEET IS RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE UFP, ITS MEMBER PLANETS, AND ITS AGENTS INCLUDING STAR FLEET; AND IS SUBJECT TO INTERNAL  DISCIPLINE AND/OR PROSECUTION BY EXTERNAL AUTHORITIES FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SAID LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

11.  AN OFFICER OF STAR FLEET SHALL HONOR THE TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS OF THE UFP AND ITS MEMBER PLANETS AND SHALL PROVIDE ANY AID OR SUCCOR THAT IS LAWFULLY REQUIRED BY THE SIGNATORIES OF SAID TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS.

12.  IT IS THE DUTY OF AN OFFICER TO PROVIDE ANY AID AND ASSISTANCE THAT IS REQUIRED BY A PLANETARY CIVILIZATION IN A TIME OF CRISIS, PROVIDING SAID PLANET IS NOT PROTECTED UNDER GENERAL ORDER 1, AND THAT SUCH AID DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH GENERAL ORDERS 2 THROUGH 5.

13.  AS LONG AS HE/SHE WEARS THE UNIFORM OF STAR FLEET, AN OFFICER SHALL NOT PROVIDE AID OR INFORMATION TO, NOR OTHERWISE ASSIST, THE ENEMIES OF THE UFP OR ANY BEINGS OR GROUP OF BEINGS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO THE SECURITY OF THE UFP, ITS MEMBER PLANETS, OR ITS AGENTS.

14.  AN OFFICER OF STAR FLEET SHALL NOT ACT OR CONDUCT HIM/HERSELF IN AN UNSEEMLY OR DISORDERLY FASHION NOR IN ANY MANNER OFFENSIVE OR ANNOYING TO OTHER BEINGS.

15.  AN OFFICER MAY BE RELIEVED OF DUTY AT ANY TIME, IF FOUND TO BE PHYSICALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNFIT THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OR BY A COMPETENCY REVIEW BOARD, COMPOSED OF NOT LESS THAN TWO OFFICERS OF COMMAND GRADE.

16.  AN OFFICER MAY BE TRIED AND SENTENCED BY A COURT-MARTIAL BOARD, COMPOSED OF NOT LESS THAN THREE OFFICERS OF COMMAND GRADE, FOR CRIMES COMMITTED IN VIOLATION OF STAR FLEET GENERAL ORDERS OR FEDERATION LAWS AND MANDATES.

17.  IN THE ABSENCE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER, OR IF THE COMMANDING OFFICER IS KILLED, INCAPACITATED, OR DEEMED UNFIT TO COMMAND, THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER, EVEN IF NOT OF THE SHIP'S REGULAR COMPLIMENT, SHALL ASSUME COMMAND.

18.  IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR AN OFFICER TO INSTIGATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN A MUTINY AGAINST SUPERIOR OFFICERS ABOARD A FEDERATION VESSEL, REGARDLESS OF THE ACTIONS OF SAID SUPERIORS. MUTINY INCURS EQUAL CULPABILITY AS A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 4.

19.  AN OFFICER IS PROHIBITED FROM USING ANY MOOD-ALTERING SUBSTANCE WHEN ON DUTY OR DURING ALERT STATUS OR IN A QUANTITY DEEMED EXCESSIVE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: HALLUCINOGENS, TRANQUILIZERS, STIMULANTS, ETHYL ALCOHOL, NICOTINE, AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS. JUDICIOUS QUANTITIES OF SUCH SUBSTANCES MAY BE USED DURING OFF-DUTY PERIODS, OR AS PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN.

20.  STAR FLEET VESSELS SHALL PROVIDE ANY AID AND ASSISTANCE THAT IS REQUIRED BY PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL VESSELS OF UFP REGISTRY, AND ARE EMPOWERED TO TAKE DISCIPLINARY OR OFFENSIVE ACTION AGAINST ANY VESSEL OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF FEDERATION REGULATIONS, OR AGAINST HOSTILE VESSELS OPERATING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES OF THE UFP.

21.  NO FEDERATION VESSEL IS PERMITTED TO TRANSPORT ANY CARGO OR SUBSTANCE THAT SHALL BE NAMED BY THE UFP AS ILLEGAL, OR IN A QUANTITY DEEMED AS ILLEGAL, NOR ANY WEAPON OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE FEDERATION BUREAU OF COMMERCE, NOR ANY LIFE FORMS KNOWN TO BE HARMFUL OR DESTRUCTIVE TO OTHER LIFE FORMS OR  ECOLOGIES. STAR FLEET VESSELS ARE EMPOWERED TO BOARD AND SEARCH ANY VESSEL SUSPECTED OF TRANSPORTING CONTRABAND AND TO SEIZE SUCH CONTRABAND AS EVIDENCE.

22.  WHEN CONTACTING A PLANET NOT MAKING NORMAL PROGRESS OR DEVELOPMENT, OR A PLANETARY CULTURE GOVERNED, OR OTHERWISE CONTROLLED, BY NON-INDIGENOUS BEINGS, AN OFFICER MAY MAKE SUCH CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF SAID PLANET AS ARE WARRANTED TO GUIDE IT ON A NORMAL COURSE TOWARD A TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION. ANY MISUSE OF GENERAL ORDER 22 INCURS EQUAL CULPABILITY AS A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 1.

23.  THE DESTRUCTION OF AN INTELLIGENT BEING OR BEINGS IS PERMITTED ONLY TO PREVENT A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 1, AND ONLY AS THE SOLE MEANS OF PREVENTING SUCH A  VIOLATION. ANY MISUSE OF GENERAL ORDER 23 INCURS EQUAL CULPABILITY AS A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 2.

23.  THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL INTELLIGENT LIFE ON A PLANET'S SURFACE IS PERMISSIBLE ONLY IN CASES OF GROSS VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 1 BY THE INHABITANTS OF SAID PLANET,  AND SUCH ACTION MAY BE ORDERED ONLY BY A COMMAND OFFICER OF CAPTAIN GRADE OR HIGHER. SAID OFFICER ASSUMES SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ORDER, AND ANY MISUSE OFGENERAL ORDER 24 INCURS EQUAL CULPABILITY AS A VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDER 1.