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Military parlance

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In the various military-style service organizations throughout the galaxy, and probably beyond, military parlance is the unique forms of speech of the servicepeople in the common agency or service organization.

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[edit] "Brace for impact"

"Brace for impact is an alert usually declared from the bridge of a starship, before it achieves an impact that the inertial dampers cannot adequately compensate for. When this alert is sounded, usually through the order of the captain or first officer, all hands are to secure their stations and prepare for impact. Also this alert is used when the inertial dampers cannot sufficiently level out the ship and a possible collision with an intersteller object is imminent. (This alert can also be used to warn a ship's crew of possible emergency landing procedures)

In 2369, Benjamin Sisko told Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir and Kai Opaka to brace for impact before the USS Yangtzee Kiang crashed on the moon of the Ennis and the Nol-Ennis. (DS9: "Battle Lines")

In 2371, Commander William T. Riker warned the crew of the USS Enterprise-D to brace for impact when the secondary hull was breached and necessitated an emergency landing of the saucer section (primary hull) on the surface of the planet Veridian III. (Star Trek Generations)

In 2374, Martok told the IKS Rotarran crew to brace for impact when it appeared a Jem'Hadar fighter was firing on them. In fact, Alexander Rozhenko had confused the reading with a battle simulation. (DS9: "Sons and Daughters")

Captain Kathryn Janeway warned the crew of the USS Voyager to brace for impact in 2375 when the ship was attempting to escape from the The Void through its vortex by riding the incoming shockwave from the vessel's aft. (VOY: "Night")

Later in the same year, Voyager was thrown out of a quantum slipstream corridor and headed to a nearby L-class planet to make an emergency landing. When Janeway realized they were coming in too hard, she ordered her crew to brace for impact. (VOY: "Timeless")

Captain Jean-Luc Picard warned the crew of the USS Enterprise-E to brace for impact when he ordered the ship to ram the Reman warbird Scimitar in 2379. (Star Trek Nemesis)

[edit] Dismissed

"That's a Starfleet expression for 'get out!'"

- Captain Janeway (VOY: "The Cloud")

Dismissal is usually used as a formal release of a crewmember from an official military function, such as a debriefing or other meetings. The senior officer typically gives such a command.

On board the Federation Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, Captain Janeway used "dismissed" to end her conversations, especially those in her ready room. Neelix once demanded to be let off the ship because he was feeling uncomfortable with the risk the ship was taking. Janeway firmly denied his request and then when Neelix asked "Are we done?", she replied "dismissed." (VOY: "The Cloud")

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[edit] Duty

Duty is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment to someone or something. When someone recognizes a duty, they commit themselves to the cause involved without considering the self-interested courses of actions that may have been relevant previously. The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it is scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth. (TNG: "The First Duty")

A duty shift is the portion of the day that various scheduled personnel aboard a starship or space station are on duty. The three shift rotation schedule is common in the Federation Starfleet. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; DS9: "The Assignment"; TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")

Crew evaluations were part of the duties of the senior staff aboard the USS Enterprise-D to discuss candidates for promotion. William T. Riker and Deanna Troi were not fond of writing the required crew evaluation reports. (TNG: "Man of the People", "Lower Decks")

A starship is on detached duty when it is sent on a special mission, or is "detached", from what it would normally be doing. The USS Enterprise-D was placed on detached duty in 2370. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I")

[edit] Engage

"Helm, lay in an intercept course and engage at maximum warp."

- Captain John Harriman to Ensign Demora Sulu (Star Trek Generations)

Engage is mostly used as verbal confirmation to an earlier order given to the helmsman about the warp engines or impulse drive. It can also be used as a verb within the order referring to some other technological device, such as a tractor beam. The term execute has also been used, namely by Captain Styles, while ordering the USS Excelsior to use its transwarp drive for the first time. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

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[edit] Front line

Front line was a military term for the outer-most edge of combat in war. (ENT: "Storm Front")

Three months into the Dominion War in 2374, Benjamin Sisko told Jadzia Dax that he hoped the USS Defiant would be sent back to the front lines. (DS9: "A Time to Stand")

Vulcan was one of the nearest major Federation planets to the front lines, as was the Kotanka system. The Federation pulled the Second and Fifth Fleets from these lines in 2374. Gul Dukat later pulled several Dominion ships from the front lines soon after. (DS9: "Favor the Bold")

The Bolarus system was also on the front lines. (DS9: "Penumbra")

The Rutharian sector was considered a long way from the front lines in 2374, whereas AR-558 was considered to be on the front lines in 2375. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice", "The Siege of AR-558")

After it was taken by the Federation Alliance, the Chin'toka system also became a major front in the war. Before the Second Battle of Chin'toka, Weyoun expressed his concerns to the Female Changeling that her proximity to the front concerned him. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")

Starfleet regulations state that personnel should be rotated off the front lines after ninety days. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")

The USS Destiny arrived at Deep Space 9 in early 2375 for supplies, as they were headed to the front lines of the Kalandra sector. (DS9: "Afterimage")

Vulcan Captain Solok considered DS9 to be "behind the lines", something Benjamin Sisko disagreed with, telling him that the station had seen its "share of action". (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")

The USS Defiant traveled to the front lines in early 2375 on a supply run. Julian Bashir took several recordings of Vic Fontaine's songs although the hologram questioned whether or not the troops of the front lines wanted to hear them. Quark was also aboard the Defiant, as he was on a fact-finding mission for Grand Nagus Zek to give a report of life on the front lines. This made Quark uneasy, as he told Ezri Dax that war was not as profitable the closer you are to the front lines. The mission was also the first time Ezri had been to the front lines. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")

Late in 2375, the Female Changeling told Thot Pran that "the sooner we can regain the offensive on the front lines, the better." She believed this could be done by accelerating installation of Breen weapons on Dominion ships. (DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind")

Later, during the Battle of Cardassia, Pran told the Female Changeling he felt that the situation demanded his presence on the front lines. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

[edit] On report

"I'm putting you on report, in case that means anything anymore."

- Captain Janeway, addressing Chakotay, expresses her predicament of not being able to communicate with Starfleet about personnel issues. (VOY: "Maneuvers")

On report is a term referring to the punishment of a crewmember that enables them to continue their duties, but with stricter supervision or more regular assessments, similar to being on probation. Being on report might be recorded in one's crew report or personnel file.(VOY: "Maneuvers")

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[edit] Sir

Sir is a term used by Starfleet and Bajoran officers to address officers of higher rank. Although the term is generally considered to be male specific, it is also used when addressing female officers as well.

Chief Miles O'Brien called Doctor Julian Bashir "sir" because Bashir was his superior officer. Bashir did not like the term and asked O'Brien if he would call him simply Julian. (DS9: "The Storyteller") O'Brien also called Commander Sisko "sir". (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")

Nog adressed Chief O'Brien as "sir" when O'Brien inspected the cargo, self-sealing stem bolts, Nog and Jake Sisko recently traded. (DS9: "Progress")

Captain Kathryn Janeway disliked being called "sir," preferring to be called "Captain." She also accepted "ma'am," but only when the crew was "in a crunch." (VOY: "Caretaker")

After Deanna Troi had passed the Bridge Officer's Test and had been promoted to commander, she told Data, "From now on you can call me Sir". (TNG: "Thine Own Self")

The skeleton crew of the USS Enterprise-D called Doctor Beverly Crusher "sir" in TNG: "Descent", as she was their commanding officer at the time while Picard and the rest of the senior officers were on the surface attempting to retrieve Data. (TNG: "Descent"; TNG: "Descent, Part II")

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