Starfleet General Orders and Regulations

== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
As referred to in the revised final draft script of {{TOS|Court Martial}}, "'''Regulations 7, Subsection D'''" related to courts martial. It did not allow the defense to call a witness to provide testimony prior to the prosecution resting its case. The regulation was cited by [[Areel Shaw]] during Kirk's court martial at [[Starbase 11]].

In the revised final draft script of {{TNG|Evolution}}, "'''Protocol 'B{{'}}'''" was said to regulate how crew members could access all power components on a starship if they were no longer deemed reliable.

The {{ste|4|2|180}} has a picture of a prop made for [[Admiral]] [[Christopher Pike (alternate reality)|Christopher Pike]]'s office in {{film|12}}. This prop has text for the first three [[Starfleet General Orders and Regulations|Starfleet General Orders]]. The prop might or might not have appeared in the film. These general orders were written by Chris Gray and modified by Chris St. John. ''[http://www.st-minutiae.com/articles/treaties/general_orders.html]'' The text was slightly edited by the individual who made the prop for the film.

*'''General Order #2''' is a prohibition against the use of unnecessary force:

:No Starfleet personnel shall unnecessary use force, either collectively or individually, against members of the United Federation of Planets, their duly authorized representatives, spokespersons, or designated leaders, or members of any sentient member race, for any reason whatsoever.

*'''General Order #3''' is on the rights of the individual:''

:The sovereignty of each Federation member being respected in all things, Starfleet personnel shall observe any or all statutes, laws, ordinances, and rules of governance currently in effect within the jurisdiction of a member world.

:Violators of such ordinances will be subject to such punishments or corrections as shall be determined by local governmental bodies.
==== "The only death penalty" ====
Varying statements about the status of the death penalty in the Federation and General Orders regarding it have been given in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' canon. Notably, at different times both General Order 4 and General Order 7 were said to be the only death penalty left.

{{e|The Menagerie, Part I }} set in [[2267]], introduces general order 7 as "the only death penalty left on our books." As it is specific to [[Talos IV]], it was presumably instituted after Captain [[Christopher Pike|Pike]]'s [[2254]] mission to the planet. However, in {{e|Turnabout Intruder}}, set in [[2269]], Sulu states "The death penalty is forbidden. There's only one exception", which turns out to be general order 4 (the nature of which remains unspecified). 

Further complicating the situation, in {{e|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}} admiral [[Katrina Cornwell]], while explaining the Starfleet's policy on prisoners of war to [[L'Rell]] that "the Federation has no death penalty". This episode is set in late [[2256]] or early [[2257]], after Pike's visit to Talos IV but before "The Menagerie", thus making it unclear as to when the death penalty for visiting [[Talos IV]] was established. In {{DIS|If Memory Serves}}, the planet is said to be off-limits, and the ''Discovery'' crew face disciplinary action after visiting it, but no mention is made of General Order 4 or the death penalty.

Regarding the two General Orders each stated to be the only death penalty, if relations with the [[Talosian]]s have not changed, it could be that one of the two General Orders might have been made to include other planets which might be a threat to the Federation like [[Talos IV]]. It is also possible that, in "Turnabout Intruder", [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]] misspoke. In the PC game ''{{dis|Star Trek: 25th Anniversary|PC}}'', the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} [[computer]] states General Order 4 is sometimes confused with General Order 7 and the death penalty associated with it more generally refers to high treason.

=== Apocrypha ===
* '''Starfleet Catastrophic Response Code, Section A''': When all forms of communication failed to establish a link between Starfleet vessels and any Federation outpost, all personal and ordnance were required to attempt immediate rendezvous at [[Starfleet Command]]. (''[[First Frontier|Star Trek: First Frontier]]'')
* '''General Order 16''': All Starfleet ships detecting the energy signature from one of four Malkus Artifacts were under orders to find and confiscate the artifacts. (''[[Star Trek: The Brave and the Bold]]'')
* '''General Order 34''': Starfleet captains must honor, respect, and display extreme tolerance for species-based customs and practices insofar as the safety of the vessel was not threatened by such practices. (''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' novel ''[[Being Human]]'')
* '''Regulation 121''': An emotionally compromised officer was not fit to serve in the position of captain. ({{dis|Star Trek|novel|''Star Trek'' novelization}})
{{bginfo|Invoked by Kirk during the argument which would lead to his banishment from the ''Enterprise'', this was, at face value, the same thing as Regulation 619 &ndash; though given Kirk's clear unfamiliarity with 619, as stated above, it is possible that Kirk was aware that such a regulation existed, but incorrectly remembered the number.}}
* '''UFP Regulation 342-188564.3''' (Paragraph 3): A class-3 biohazard alert. All personnel not part of a Biohazard Response Team were to stay away from any site broadcasting such an alert. (''{{dis|Star Trek: 25th Anniversary|PC}}'', Episode 3: "Love's Labor Jeopardized")
* '''Secret Regulations of Stardate 7500''': The exact language was not specified, but the Secret Regulations of Stardate 7500 were outlined as the response to an invasion of the Federation. They were created on stardate 7500, amended stardate 42799, and gave the officer who invoked them the authority to second any Starfleet officers to their command and seniority in command decisions related to the invaders. In [[2270]], under the authority of Starfleet General Order Three, Commander Riker invoked the secret regulations in response to the threat of an invasion by an alliance of the [[Borg Collective]] and a breakaway faction of the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. (''[[The Return|Star Trek: The Return]]'')
* '''Starfleet Protocol 547c''': Not really known, but seeing as it was cited while trying to shut down force fields leading to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-C|-C}}, it is assumed that it was a security protocol. It was cited as an utterance by an annoyed [[Tasha Yar]] when she realized there was a group of force fields that had been missed when shutting down security. Frustrated, [[Richard Castillo]] griped that the [[Tholian]]s had most likely never heard of Protocol 547c. (''[[Star Trek Online]]'', "Temporal Ambassador")
* General Order 24, mentioned in {{e|Whom Gods Destroy}} and {{e|A Taste of Armageddon}} as allowing for the destruction of all life on a planet, was actually carried out in the first issue of the [[Gold Key]] ''Star Trek'' [[comics|comic series]]: "[[The Planet of No Return]]", and the novel ''[[Reap the Whirlwind]]'' in the ''[[Star Trek: Vanguard]]'' series.

=== See also ===
* [[Terran General Order Four]]

=== External link ===
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