Security Clearance

[Kasta Riap 0]

Some of the terms and facts for playing an Intel Officer I have taken from the old FASA Star Trek RPG source book Star Fleet - Intelligence Manual.

 

 

Two days out and all went well. Not that much could have gone wrong. Except for several upgraded systems this was a tried and true starship design well tested in a number of roles. Also, in the big galactic picture of things they weren't out of their own backyard yet, kitchen maybe but not past the frig yet. Navigation at the moment was a simple dot to dot sequence of well managed astrogation traffic lanes. Kasta made use of it to observe the virtual course plots with their actual data and fine tune the system. Otherwise it was simple button pushing.

 

The button he was pushing at the moment though never felt simple. He sat at the computer terminal in his quarters pressing a sequence into the communications panel. With the final keystroke his screen lit up with the seal of Starfleet Intelligence. Tapping another sequence on the screen display caused a quick scan to sweep over him before the soft voice of the computer spoke, "SECLAR level 5 access granted."

 

Level 5 access, it sounded so grand. Intel was never such a thing though. He shared the same level of clearance as the Captain but that too meant little. Technically he could "read the Captain's mail" if he wanted. He could also step out of an airlock if he really wanted. He wasn't in the mood to do either, as both had about the same consequence. And there was that ever pesky "Captain's eyes only" stamp. A lowly level 1 command could come down the pipe that any deckhand would have clearance to read but with that seal upon it and the doors were shut, shields up, no dice.

 

It was all about "Need To Know". Most security officers and department heads shared a SECLAR level 3 rating. That however did not give them the need to nose in on each others business. Such actions had consequences, the first of which was their activity popping up on Kasta's alert report. If the access was unwarranted then it only got worse from there. So far almost all of the clearance requests were for crewmen and officer bios. Quite normal as the crew began to learn about each other.

 

Besides the accessing of bios, Lt.j.g. Riap's daily reports listed a couple of sector reports, the latest fleet movement reports along the Klingon boarder, a surveillance holo of a suspected Orion pirate, and a scattering of operative reports from ships in the area. About the same as yesterday. Probably the same as tomorrows. Kasta hadn't chosen this assignment to read fancy reports though. He was here to write then! Right in the thick of things, skimming the hostile boarders of Klingon and Romulan space, and venturing beyond. It was his job, the job of this whole ship and crew to go out there and look into the unknown and make a safe universe for the Federation of Planets. Now that, that sounded grand.

[Crash Calestorm 0]

Some of the terms and facts for playing an Intel Officer I have taken from the old FASA Star Trek RPG source book Star Fleet - Intelligence Manual.

 

Level 5 access, it sounded so grand. Intel was never such a thing though. He shared the same level of clearance as the Captain but that too meant little. Technically he could "read the Captain's mail" if he wanted. He could also step out of an airlock if he really wanted. He wasn't in the mood to do either, as both had about the same consequence.

 

Of Note: Airlock trip aside, I do believe Captain Calestorm can also be rather creative when it comes to disciplinary reprisals. Should her mail ever be accessed, mind you. ::winks::

[STSF_Scooter 0]

Of Note: Airlock trip aside, I do believe Captain Calestorm can also be rather creative when it comes to disciplinary reprisals. Should her mail ever be accessed, mind you. ::winks::

 

The Executive Officer, on the other hand, spent time with the Marines and prefers to be bluntly up front about anyone prying into her private life. Which may send you into T'Aral's care...or burial at sea. Your choice.