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Evasive maneuvers, evasive action, or evasive pattern – also occasionally known as an evasive course, defensive pattern, evasion maneuvers, or evasion tactics – were a sequence of defensive movements employed by starship commanders to evade enemy weapons fire, or capture. These movements were specified by predefined or on the spot course changes. Although each race used different terminology for their evasive maneuvers, the tactics remained the same.

In 2254, "Number One" asked Captain Christopher Pike if they should make evasive maneuvers when something came closer to the USS Enterprise on a collision course with the speed of light. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I")

Commander Spock used a spiral evasive course to break free from the constraint of the globular force field surrounding the USS Enterprise. (TAS: "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth")

When the USS Enterprise-D was attacked by a Cardassian starship, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ordered a "delta-sequence" evasive maneuver. (TNG: "The Wounded")

An example of this was the Starfleet maneuver "pattern delta" which was to simply a maneuver of rocking the ship hard from port to starboard. Evasive "pattern delta 5" was used to keep attacking ships off balance. (DS9: "Shattered Mirror", "The Search, Part I")

In contrast to evasive patterns, offensive movements such as attack patterns or tactical patterns are instances where a starship commander intends to engage the enemy in a confrontation, rather than evade. These patterns were known as standard maneuvers.

Then there were other types of maneuvers that were named for the person who executed them the first time such as "The Picard Maneuver" which was named for Jean Luc Picard. (TNG: "The Battle")

In 2369, while confronted with a Miradorn Theta-class raider in the Chamra Vortex, Odo ordered evasive maneuvers for his runabout USS Ganges. (DS9: "Vortex")

Red Squad was killed by the Jem'Hadar battleship before they could implement evasive maneuvers. (DS9: "Valiant")

Evasive maneuver patterns

Evasive maneuver one

TOS: "Balance of Terror"

Pattern beta two

VOY: "Persistence of Vision"

Pattern beta four

VOY: "Workforce"

Pattern beta four five

DIS: "Despite Yourself"

Pattern beta six

VOY: "Flesh and Blood", "The Void", "Endgame"

Pattern beta nine

DIS: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", "Project Daedalus"

Pattern beta 140 (dual attack mode)

VOY: "Ex Post Facto"

Pattern gamma

TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise"

Pattern gamma four

VOY: "The Swarm"; DIS: "Project Daedalus"

Pattern gamma six

DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"

Pattern delta

TNG: "Darmok", "Conundrum"; DS9: "Emissary", "Shattered Mirror", "What You Leave Behind"; VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II"

Pattern delta four

VOY: "Caretaker", "Maneuvers", "Coda"

Pattern delta five

DS9: "The Search, Part I", Star Trek

Pattern delta-six

VOY: "Flashback"

Pattern delta seven

DIS: "Project Daedalus"

Pattern lambda ten

DIS: "Into the Forest I Go", "Project Daedalus"

Pattern theta

DS9: "Tears of the Prophets"

Pattern theta one

VOY: "Prototype"

Pattern theta two

VOY: "Initiations"

Pattern pi alpha two

DIS: "Project Daedalus"

Pattern omega

VOY: "Caretaker"; DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels"

Pattern omega one

VOY: "Initiations"; DIS: "Project Daedalus"

Pattern omega two

VOY: "Maneuvers"

Pattern omega three

VOY: "Maneuvers"

Pattern omega six

VOY: "Prototype"

Pattern Kirk epsilon

Star Trek Nemesis

Pattern Riker alpha

TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"

Pattern Riker beta

TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"

The Picard Maneuver

TNG: "The Battle"

Seven-Alpha

DIS: "Battle at the Binary Stars"

Evasive maneuver sequences

Evasive Maneuver Sequences are simply a series or array of maneuvers which fit a particular circumstance, but then is left to the helmsman to execute the individual maneuvers themselves with discretion.

Sequence Beta 93

VOY: "Learning Curve"

Sequence Delta / Delta sequence

TNG: "The Wounded", "Darmok", "Conundrum"

Lambda Sequence

VOY: "Basics, Part I"

Sequence 010

TNG: "The Mind's Eye"

Gamma Sequence

TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise"

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−	'''Evasive maneuvers''', '''evasive action''' or '''evasive pattern''' – also occasionally known as an '''evasive course''', '''defensive pattern''', '''evasion maneuvers''', or '''evasion tactics''' – were a [[maneuver\|sequence of defensive movements]] employed by [[starship]] [[CO\|commanders]] to evade enemy weapons fire, or capture. These movements were specified by predefined or on the spot course changes. Although each race used different terminology for their evasive maneuvers, the tactics remained the same.	+	'''Evasive maneuvers''', '''evasive action''', or '''evasive pattern''' – also occasionally known as an '''evasive course''', '''defensive pattern''', '''evasion maneuvers''', or '''evasion tactics''' – were a [[maneuver\|sequence of defensive movements]] employed by [[starship]] [[CO\|commanders]] to evade enemy weapons fire, or capture. These movements were specified by predefined or on the spot course changes. Although each race used different terminology for their evasive maneuvers, the tactics remained the same.

	In [[2254]], "[[Number One]]" asked {{dis\|Captain\|rank}} [[Christopher Pike]] if they should make evasive maneuvers when something came closer to the {{USS\|Enterprise\|NCC-1701}} on a collision course with the [[speed of light]]. ({{TOS\|The Cage\|The Menagerie, Part I}})		In [[2254]], "[[Number One]]" asked {{dis\|Captain\|rank}} [[Christopher Pike]] if they should make evasive maneuvers when something came closer to the {{USS\|Enterprise\|NCC-1701}} on a collision course with the [[speed of light]]. ({{TOS\|The Cage\|The Menagerie, Part I}})