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Origin
Crew
Security Levels and Clearance
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Shipboard
Security Levels
Access to certain areas
and equipment aboard a Starship is restricted to certain authorized
personnel. To facilitate this security concern, numerical levels
are assigned to crew or visitors as necessary. |
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| Level
10 |
Captain and Above |
| Level
9 |
First
Officer |
| Level
8 |
Commander |
| Level
7 |
Lieutenant
Commander |
| Level
6 |
Lieutenant |
| Level
5 |
Lieutenant
Junior-Grade |
| Level
4 |
Ensign |
| Level
3 |
Non-Commissioned
Crew |
| Level
2 |
Civilian
Personnnel |
| Level
1 |
Open
Acess (Read Only) |
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Note:
Security Levels beyond current rank can and are bestowed
where,
when and to whom they are necessary.
The main computer grants access based on a battery of
checks to the individual user, including face and voice
recognition in conjunction with a vocal code as an added
level of security.
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-Primary Clearance
Starfleet
and Starfleet Intelligence use four primary levels of security
classification, detailed in the following sections: |
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| OPEN
ACCESS (OA) |
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at this security level isn't secure at all; it's freely
available to anyone who can use an LCARS terminal or similar
data retrieval system. By some estimates, as much as 98%
of Starfleet's information fits this category. Examples
include most economic and scientific data, routine reports
prepared by Federation agencies and offices, and recordings
of most Federation Council proceedings. OA information
is not always as innocent as it seems. A clever intelligence
agent or data analyst can piece together random bits of
OA data to uncover leads on Federation secrets. For example,
scientific reports may contain hints on recent Starship
locations, which might reveal a clue regarding their mission
objectives or Starfleet's deployment strategy in a region.
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| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
All
personnel, Civilian or otherwise |
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| SECRET |
| Secret
information would cause harm to Starfleet or the Federation
if released to unauthorized persons. Examples include
most information relating to fleet, Starship strengths,
war games results, and precise weapons characteristics. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Lieutenant
Junior Grade and above |
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| TOP
SECRET |
| Top
Secret information would cause significant harm to Starfleet
or the Federation if released to unapproved personnel.
If obtained by a Threat species, it could compromise Federation
security. Key scientific data relating to military research
and development projects (such as Starship propulsion
and weapons systems) and Starfleet's overall strategic
plans for defending the Federation are all considered
Top Secret. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Lieutenant and above |
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| ULTRA
SECRET ("OMEGA") |
| Ultra
Secret information, also called omega-class information,
could cause extreme harm to Starfleet or the Federation
if released. If obtained by a Threat species, it could
significantly compromise Federation security or Starfleet's
ability to defend itself. In some cases, the mere revelation
of Ultra Secret information can be enough to spark war
or ruin relations between the Federation and other governments.
Examples include details of the most sensitive espionage
operations conducted by Starfleet Intelligence, keys to
Starfleet codes and ciphers, and critical scientific and
technological data. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level: Commander
and above |
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-Secondary
Clearance
Several
secondary classifications further restrict, limit, or guide
the dissemination of Federation datafiles: (These generally
appear as suffixes to the Clearance Level. For instance,
a document could be labeled OMEGA-SSI or SECRET-CWD)
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| FEDERATION
COUNCIL ONLY (FCO) |
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Information with this designation, which is usually Secret
or Top Secret, is authorized for limited release to members
of the Federation Council. Councilors are, of course,
aware that they are not to distribute or disseminate this
information in any way, not even to their closest staff
members. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Admiral and Councilors Only |
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| CRITICAL
WEAPONS DATA (CWD) |
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Usually applied to Top Secret or Ultra Secret
information, CWD indicates the data relates to the characteristics,
limitations, and advancement of Starfleet's weapons. Since
such data is vitally important to Starfleet's ability
to defend the Federation, it receives this extra classification
and a more intense level of scrutiny. Communications Security
Information (CSI) is a similar designation which applies
to data on Starfleet's communications capabilities and
cryptological resources. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Lieutenant Commander and above |
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| COMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY INFORMATION (CSI) |
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Usually applied to Top Secret or Ultra Secret information,
CSI indicates the data relates to the Communications Intelligence,
Cryptological Intelligence, Sensors Intelligence, or Signals
Intelligence of a sensitive nature which may reveal its
sources.. Since such data is vitally important to Starfleet's
ability to defend the Federation, it receives this extra
classification and a more intense level of scrutiny. |
| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Lieutenant Commander and above |
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| SENSITIVE
SOURCE INFORMATION (SSI) |
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Sometimes intelligence reports and similar data must,
by their nature, reveal their sensitive sources. Revealing
contact and informant names might expose them to the enemy.
Likewise, information that reveals the capabilities of
Starfleet’s sensors and analytical technology could provide
invaluable data to a Threat species. This classification
indicates that the file in question reveals facts about
its sources and must be treated with the greatest caution.
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| Rank
routinely receiving access to this clearance level:
Captain and above |
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