Random Assignments

The intent of this table is to quickly generate a mission for a starship other than just patrolling. This applies to vessels that are not mission-specific (such as medical, research, tugs), but are capable of performing these roles in some respect.

• (30%) Exploration: the effort to discover new objects, cultures and phenomenon for the purpose of reporting their existences.
• (15%) Defense
  • Recon: open (but not necessarily overt) intent to discern location of another force's ships & assets
  • Espionage: covert attempt to discern the enemy's location, ships, assets, tactics, technology, etc, often in a manner that violates treaty or expectations
  • Patrolling
    • Border Patrols: sweep alongside a demilitarized zone or other treaty area to ensure the zone is not being breached
    • Installation Patrols: a form of reconnaissance and guarding of a set installation (such as a Starbase) to ensure the area around it is clear of threats
    • System Patrols: a form of reconnaissance and guarding of a system to ensure it is clear of threats (either as a preventative measure, such as an important system or within a system that events/intel indicate is threatened.
  • Wargames: multi-unit exercise to practice starship combat tactics
• Diplomacy (10%)
  • First (Awareness) Contact: first attempt to contact a space-faring culture (other than newly FTL-capable) detected by non-Starfleet means
  • First (FTL) Contact: first (formal) diplomatic contact with a culture that has just achieved FTL capability
  • Economic/Trade negotiations: a visit (either domestic or foreign) to discuss economic/trade agreements
  • Policy negotiations: a visit (usually foreign) to discuss treaty agreements (either new or updated)
  • Port visits: a friendly show-the-flag visit to a member (or allied) world
  • Arbitration: a visit to a (possibly neutral) location in order to arbitrate a disagreement
• Safety (5%)
  • Humanitarian Assistance: single- or multi-ship response to an attack or natural disaster, providing medical, engineering, survival and recovery support.
  • Search & Rescue: as it indicates, the attempt to locate and recover someone(s) missing, either in space or planetside
  • Salvage: the recovery of a previously missing/damaged/abandoned vessel
  • Navigation Lane Patrols: a patrol of an established (or common) navigation lane for the purpose of ensuring the safety or assistance of vessels traveling along it
  • Navigation Aids: establishing buoys and other equipment to establish a navigation lane
  • Navigation Maintenance: the repair or correction of devices (buoys, etc.) along an established navigation lane
• Law Enforcement (5%)
  • Search & Seizure: the targeted or random boarding of vessels within Federation space with the intent of disrupting smuggling of hostiles or illegal items
  • Anti-terrorism: an intel-driven mission to disrupt terrorism within a selected region or system
  • Customs: the effort to investigate vessels entering Federation space to ensure conformity with regulations regarding vessels, equipment and immigration
• Science (10%): if 'Support' is chosen, consider using the following sciences as a reason for the visit (also see: Wikipedia: Sciences portal)
  • Science Support: providing a platform for a guest science team
  • Natural Sciences:
    • Astronomy:
    • Biology:
    • Chemistry:
    • Planetary Sciences:
    • Physics:
  • Social Sciences:
    • Behavioral Sciences:
  • Applied Sciences:
    • Health Sciences:
      • Medicine:
• Engineering (10%): if 'Support' is chosen, consider using the following engineering branches as a reason for the visit (also see: Wikipedia: Engineering branches)
  • Engineering Support: providing a platform for a guest engineering team
    • Chemical:
    • Civil:
    • Systems:
• Colonization (5%)
  • Colonization Support
  • Terraforming
• Logistics (10%)
  • Transportation
  • Convoy Security
  • Outpost Support