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.
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- 001-300 Exploration: the effort to discover new objects, cultures and phenomenon for the purpose of reporting their existences.
- Defense
- 301-310 Recon: open (but not necessarily overt) intent to discern location of another force's ships & assets
- 311-320 Espionage: covert attempt to discern the enemy's location, ships, assets, tactics, technology, etc, often in a manner that violates treaty or expectations
- Patrolling
- 321-330 Border Patrols: sweep alongside a demilitarized zone or other treaty area to ensure the zone is not being breached
- 331-360 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
- 361-400 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.
- 401-450 Wargames: multi-unit exercise to practice starship combat tactics
- Diplomacy
- 451-465 First (Awareness) Contact: first attempt to contact a space-faring culture (other than newly FTL-capable) detected by non-Starfleet means
- 466-480 First (FTL) Contact: first (formal) diplomatic contact with a culture that has just achieved FTL capability
- 481-495 Economic/Trade negotiations: a visit (either domestic or foreign) to discuss economic/trade agreements
- 496-510 Policy negotiations: a visit (usually foreign) to discuss treaty agreements (either new or updated)
- 511-535 Port visits: a friendly show-the-flag visit to a member (or allied) world
- 536-550 Arbitration: a visit to a (possibly neutral) location in order to arbitrate a disagreement
- Safety
- 551-563 Humanitarian Assistance: single- or multi-ship response to an attack or natural disaster, providing medical, engineering, survival and recovery support.
- 564-576 Search & Rescue: as it indicates, the attempt to locate and recover someone(s) missing, either in space or planetside
- 577-588 Salvage: the recovery of a previously missing/damaged/abandoned vessel
- 589-594 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
- 595-597 Navigation Aids: establishing buoys and other equipment to establish a navigation lane
- 598-600 Navigation Maintenance: the repair or correction of devices (buoys, etc.) along an established navigation lane
- Law Enforcement (3%)
- 601-610 Search & Seizure: the targeted or random boarding of vessels within Federation space with the intent of disrupting smuggling of hostiles or illegal items
- 611-620 Anti-terrorism: an intel-driven mission to disrupt terrorism within a selected region or system
- 621-630 Customs: the effort to investigate vessels entering Federation space to ensure conformity with regulations regarding vessels, equipment and immigration
- Science: if 'Support' is chosen, consider using the following sciences as a reason for the visit (also see: Wikipedia: Sciences portal)
- Science Support (4%): providing a platform for a guest science team
- Natural Sciences (2.8%):
- Astronomy:
- Biology:
- Chemistry:
- Planetary Sciences:
- Physics:
- Social Sciences (0.35%):
- Behavioral Sciences:
- Applied Sciences (0.35%):
- Health Sciences (0.7%):
- Medicine (2.8%):
- Health Sciences (0.7%):
- 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 (4%): providing a platform for a guest engineering team
- Chemical (1.5%):
- Civil (2%):
- Systems (3.5%):
- Engineering Support (4%): providing a platform for a guest engineering team
- Colonization (5%)
- Colonization Support
- Terraforming
- Logistics (10%)
- Transportation
- Convoy Security
- Outpost Support