Awards (UFP SF)

Awards for Valor

The highest award for valor in the Federation is the Star Fleet Gold Star (which is also the highest award for anything in the UFP). Though this is a military award, it can (rarely) be awarded to civilians. It is warded for multiple consecutive heroic actions at the risk of life above and beyond all expectations of duty. (Most are awarded posthumously.)

Individual Awards

Name	Description	Image	Link
Gold Star	multiple & consecutive heroic actions in combat at the risk of life, above and beyond all expectation of duty		[[File:UFP SF Gold Star.png|150px]] [[File:UFP SF Gold Star ribbon.png|center|100px]]
Silver Star	multiple heroic actions in combat at the risk of life, beyond requirements of duty		[[File:UFP SF Silver Star.png|150px]] [[File:UFP SF Silver Star ribbon.png|center|100px]]
Bronze Star	single heroic act (combat or non combat) at the risk of life		[[File:UFP SF Bronze Star.png|150px]] [[File:UFP SF Bronze Star ribbon.png|center|100px]]
Valor Commendation	for minor acts of valor		[[File:Valor Commendation.png|center|100px]]

Awards for Service

The highest award for valor in the Federation is the Star Fleet Gold Star (which is also the highest award for anything in the UFP). Though this is a military award, it can (rarely) be awarded to civilians. It is warded for multiple consecutive heroic actions at the risk of life above and beyond all expectations of duty. (Most are awarded posthumously.)

Individual Awards

Name	Description	Image	Link
Distinguished Service	specific acts or extended periods for going far beyond expectations		[[File:UFP SF Distinguished Service medal.png|150px]] [[File:UFP SF Distinguished Service ribbon.png|center|100px]]
Meritorious Service	single act or achievement		[[File:UFP SF Meritorious Service medal.png|150px]] [[File:UFP SF Meritorious Service ribbon.png|center|100px]]
Achievement Commendation	a single specific accomplishment	image	code
Service Commendation	twenty years of service (silver star for each additional decade)	image	code
Wounded Warrior	awarded to those wounded in action; first (crippling), second (major), and third (minor) class	image	code

Command Awards

Command Awards

Name	Description	Event	Image	Link
Command Star	Spectacular accomplishment under extremely difficult conditions	Extreme or difficult (with mission success)	image	code
Command Achievement	Achieved more than expected	Extreme, difficult, or challenging	image	code
Command Accomplishment	Accomplishment of a mission	Any (with mission success)	image	code

Campaign Ribbons

Campaign Ribbons (Individual & Command)

Device	Description	Image	Link
Star	Outstanding service with complete success, beyond all expectation	image	code
Cross	Superior service without losses nor causing excessive damage, to the highest level expected	image	code
Diamond	Meritorious service, for completion of the campaign	image	code
no device	General service, in support of the campaign (no combat nor direct actions)	image	code

Special Awards

Special Awards (Individual & Command)

Name	Description	Image	Link
First Contact Medal	Successful completion of a First Contact mission with a new race	image	code
Guardian of Life Medal	multiple & consecutive non-combat heroic actions to save multiple lives	image	code
Champion of Life Medal	multiple non-combat heroic actions to save multiple lives	image	code
Lifesaving Medal	non-combat heroic act to save a single life	image	code
Combat Action Ribbon	performance of duty under enemy fire (only awarded once)	image	code
Crossed swords (device)	applied to Combat Action Ribbon for hand-to-hand combat	image	code
Arrowhead (device)	applied to Combat Action Ribbon for assault on planets or fortifications	image	code
Prime Directive (device)	applied to any medal/ribbon when action taken to enforce and protect the Prime Directive	image	code

Additional Commendations

Commendations (Individual & Command)

Name	Description	Image	Link
Classified	never worn, but personally awarded and noted (only as "classified," with no explanation) in file	image	code
Diplomacy	For a notable diplomatic success	image	code
Discovery	For finding some specific and unique fact or item	image	code
Exploration	For conducting a survey of a new world	image	code
Research	For scientific or engineering accomplishments	image	code
Search & Rescue	Conducting a successful search and rescue for a missing person or object under unusually arduous conditions	image	code