A PADD displaying Brad Boimler's personal log
A personal log, or daily log, was a type of log used to record a person's thoughts about a current mission, or record discrete entries arranged by date and reporting on activities over the course of a day, which could be recorded by name as an unofficial documentation of events as viewed from their professional position. It was similar to a diary, and was meant to be a personal record not available to others. (DS9: "Whispers"; VOY: "The Omega Directive").
Personal logs made by members of Starfleet could be accessed by other officers during the course of an official investigation if authorized by a commanding officer, which Captain Jean-Luc Picard did for Deanna Troi and Worf while investigating the suicide of Lt. Daniel Kwan. Reviewing the contents of Kwan's log, Troi found Kwan in the log didn't sound like someone planning to kill himself. (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")
In the 1990s, Shannon O'Donnel had the custom of keeping a personal oral diary with her tape recorder. (VOY: "11:59")
Positional personal logs[]
- Captain's personal log
- First officer's personal log
- Second officer's personal log
- Chief engineer's personal log
- Chief medical officer's personal log
- Pilot's personal log
- Science officer
Individual personal logs[]
- Amasov
- Jonathan Archer
- Brad Boimler
- Christine Chapel
- The Doctor
- Maxwell Forrest
- Kathryn Janeway
- Harry Kim
- James T. Kirk
- Daniel Kwan
- Miles O'Brien
- Tom Paris
- Peanut Hamper
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Christopher Pike
- Saul Ramon
- Malcolm Reed
- Saru
- Seven of Nine
- Benjamin Sisko
- Spock
- Stone
- T'Pring
- Deanna Troi
- Tuvok
- Aquiel Uhnari
- Donald Varley
- Worf
External link[]
- Personal log at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works