Awards (UFP SF)

Additional ribbons and medals are available in this zip file.

Awards for Valor

Valor

great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle

Individual Awards

Name	Description	Image	Link
Award of Valor 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|75px|Starfleet Gold Star Medal]] [[File:UFP SF Gold Star ribbon.png|center|100px|Starfleet Gold Star ribbon]]
Award of Valor Silver Star	multiple heroic actions in combat at the risk of life, beyond requirements of duty		[[File:UFP SF Silver Star.png|75px|Starfleet Silver Star Medal]] [[File:UFP SF Silver Star ribbon.png|center|100px|Starfleet Silver Star ribbon]]
Award of Valor Bronze Star	single heroic act (combat or non combat) at the risk of life		[[File:UFP SF Bronze Star.png|75px|Starfleet Bronze Star Medal]] [[File:UFP SF Bronze Star ribbon.png|center|100px|Starfleet Bronze Star ribbon]]
Valor Commendation	for minor acts of valor		[[File:Valor Commendation.png|center|100px|Valor Commendation ribbon]]

Awards for Service

Individual Awards

Name	Description	Image	Link
Distinguished Service	specific acts or extended periods for going far beyond expectations	Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service ribbon	[[File:UFP SF Distinguished Service medal.png|75px|Distinguished Service Medal]] [[File:UFP SF Distinguished Service ribbon.png|center|100px|Distinguished Service ribbon]]
Meritorious Service	single act or achievement	Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service ribbon	[[File:UFP SF Meritorious Service medal.png|75px|Meritorious Service Medal]] [[File:UFP SF Meritorious Service ribbon.png|center|100px|Meritorious Service ribbon]]
Achievement Commendation	a single specific accomplishment	Achievement Commendation ribbon	[[File:Achievement Commendation ribbon.png|center|100px|Achievement Commendation ribbon]]
Service Commendation	twenty years of service (silver star for each additional decade)	Service Commendation ribbon	[[File:Service Commendation ribbon.png|center|100px|Service Commendation ribbon]]
Purple Service	Awarded to any person wounded in combat action while serving Star Fleet. It is also awarded posthumously to the next of kin of personnel killed in action or who died of wounds received in action. The ribbons are scaled based on severity of injury: first (death or crippling), second (major), or third (minor) degree	Purple Service medal Purple Service 1st Degree ribbon Purple Service 2nd Degree ribbon Purple Service 3rd Degree ribbon	[[File:Wounded Service.png|75px|Purple Service medal]] [[File:Wounded Service 1st.png|center|100px|Purple Service 1st Degree ribbon]] [[File:Wounded Service 2nd.png|center|100px|Purple Service 2nd Degree ribbon]] [[File:Wounded Service 3rd.png|center|100px|Purple Service 3rd Degree ribbon]]

Unit Awards

Unit Awards

Name	Description	Event	Image	Link
Unit Star	Spectacular accomplishment under extremely difficult conditions	Extreme or difficult (with mission success)		[[File:Unit Star.png|center|100px|Unit Star award]]
Unit Achievement	Achieved more than expected	Extreme, difficult, or challenging		[[File:Unit Achievement.png|center|100px|Unit Achievement award]]
Unit Accomplishment	Accomplishment of a mission	Any (with mission success)		[[File:Unit Accomplishment.png|center|100px|Unit Accomplishmentaward]]

Campaign Ribbons

Campaign Ribbons (Individual & Command)

Device	Description	Image	Link
Combat Service	performance of duty under enemy fire (only awarded once)		[[File:Combat Service ribbon.png|center|100px|Combat Service ribbon]]
Crossed swords (device)	applied to Combat Service Ribbon for hand-to-hand combat		n/a
Arrowhead (device)	applied to Combat Service Ribbon for assault on planets or fortifications		n/a
Arrowhead	Outstanding service with complete success, beyond all expectation device colors have no significance; best fit with assigned ribbon		n/a
Starburst	Superior service without losses nor causing excessive damage, to the highest level expected		n/a
Star	Meritorious service, for completion of the campaign		n/a
no device	General service, in support of the campaign (no combat nor direct actions)	n/a	n/a

Special Awards

Special Awards (Individual & Command)

Name	Description	Image	Link
First Contact Medal	Successful completion of a First Contact mission with a new race		[[File:First Contact medal.png|75pxFirst Contact Medal]] [[File:First Contact ribbon.png|center|100px|First Contact ribbon]]
Guardian of Life Medal	multiple & consecutive non-combat heroic actions to save multiple lives		[[File:Guardian of Life medal.png|center|75px|Guardian of Life Medal]] [[File:Guardian of Life ribbon.png|center|100px|Guardian of Life ribbon]]
Champion of Life Medal	multiple non-combat heroic actions to save multiple lives		[[File:Champion of Life medal.png|center|75px|Champion of Life Medal]] [[File:Champion of Life ribbon.png|center|100px|Champion of Life ribbon]]
Lifesaving Medal	non-combat heroic act to save a single life		[[File:Lifesaving medal.png|center|75px|Lifesaving Medal]] [[File:Lifesaving ribbon.png|center|100px|Lifesaving ribbon]]
Prime Directive (device)	applied to any medal/ribbon when action taken to enforce and protect the Prime Directive		n/a

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		[[File:Classified ribbon.png|center|100px|Classified ribbon]]
Diplomacy	For a notable diplomatic success		[[File:Diplomacy ribbon.png|center|100px|Diplomacy ribbon]]
Discovery	For finding some specific and unique fact or item		[[File:Discovery ribbon.png|center|100px|Discovery ribbon]]
Exploration	For conducting a survey of a new world		[[File:Exploration ribbon.png|center|100px|Exploration ribbon]]
Research	For scientific or engineering accomplishments		[[File:Research ribbon.png|center|100px|Research ribbon]]
Search & Rescue	Conducting a successful search and rescue for a missing person or object under unusually arduous conditions		[[File:Search & Rescue ribbon.png|center|100px|Search & Rescue ribbon]]

Concepts

• Unit Commendation: levels up to Presidential
• Expeditionary: "...have actually landed on foreign territory and engaged in operations against armed opposition, or operated under circumstances which, after full consideration, shall be deemed to merit special recognition and for which service no campaign medal has been awarded"
• Combat action: unit & personal
• Deployment: unit & personal
• Unit awards:
  • Spatial Warfare Excellence
  • Engineering Excellence
  • Command & Control Excellence
  • Health & Wellness Excellence
  • Logistics Management Excellence
  • Safety Excellence

External Links

• Lotus Fleet: "Awards"
• Star Trek - A Call To Duty: "Medals"
• UF Starfleet LCARS: "Ribbons Order of Precedence"