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| '''Starfleet Security''' is an agency of the ] in the ] universe of ]. Starfleet Security is first introduced in the original '']'' (''TOS'') with the ]'s compliment of security guards, many of whom meet quick deaths over the course of several episodes. | |||
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| In the first Star Trek spinoff, '']'' (''TNG''), several Starfleet Security members are main characters: ] and ]. Starfleet Security has also been part of the plot of several ] novels and has been discussed in numerous Star Trek technicial manuals. The most recent Star Trek incarnation, '']'', deals with the origins of Starfleet Security with the weapons and tactical personnel of the Earth Starfleet. | |||
| ==Federation Starfleet== | |||
| ===''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (23rd century)=== | |||
| ] | |||
| In the ] (the time period in which ''Star Trek'' is set), Starfleet Security is an established part of Starfleet, although none of the show's main characters are members. | |||
| Starfleet Security characters frequently enter a dangerous situation with the main characters and are killed, demonstrating the hazardousness of the situation and creating dramatic tension. Their red uniform led to the expression "]" to denote an expendable character in a work of ] (and especially ]). | |||
| ===''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' (24th century)=== | |||
| Starfleet Security members have bigger roles in the series set in the ], with security officers ] and ] being recurring characters on ''The Next Generation''. Some plots center on these characters. | |||
| In '']'', Starfleet Security was also presented as a source of Federation ground troops, many of whom are deployed around Earth to defend the planet against a perceived ] threat in "]"). Starfleet Security is established as a career field in which it is possible to rise to the rank of ] ('']"). | |||
| ==Starfeet Security and other agencies== | |||
| Starfleet Security is often presented as working jointly with ] ('']'': "]") and the Federation Marine Corps (novelisation of '']''). In Star Trek III, a civilian agency known as "Federation Security" is seen briefly. It appears to be some type of ] equivalent orgaization. | |||
| Connections have also been drawn between Starfleet Security and the secret intelligence agency known as ], introduced in a Deep Space Nine episode. Trek novelists have suggested that Section 31 was involved with the ] conspiracy as well as with the illegal cloaking device development onboard the USS Pegasus. | |||
| ==Notable personnel== | |||
| * Ensign Garrovick: A Starfleet Security officer from the episode ]. | |||
| * ]: Career security guard onboard the USS Enteprise (NCC-1701) | |||
| * Lieutenant Galloway: Only other security guard, besides Mr. Leslie, to appear in two episodes of The Original Series. Killed in the ]. | |||
| * ]: According to numerous ] novels, in between his tour as Navigator onboard the Enterprise, and Executive Officer of the ], Chekov served as Security Chief of the Enterprise with most of this service as a ] in the non-canon (but much assumed) second five year voyage of the ] circa 2373 and 2378. | |||
| * ]: Security Chief onboard the '']'' | |||
| * ]: Worf's predecessor, killed in the line of the duty | |||
| * ]: Starfleet security defector | |||
| * ] Raner: Head of Starfleet Security (''TNG'': "The Pegasus") and implicated in wrongdoing during the cloaking device incident. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| * ], '']'' novel "Bloodthirst": A Star trek novel written entirely from the perspective of a Starfleet Security guard | |||
| * Klingon Covert Operations Manual, published 1987 | |||
| * Starfleet Dynamics, published 1991 | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * | |||
| ] | |||
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