Military parlance

You have a tendency to express ideas in military terms, Mister Khan. This is a social occasion.James T. Kirk

In the various military-style service organizations throughout the galaxy, and probably beyond, military parlance was the unique form of speech of the service people in the common agency or service organization.

Many nautical terms were forms of military parlance particular to naval traditions.

Absence Without Leave

Active military

ASAP

As you were

At ease

Attention-to-orders

Brace for impact

"Brace for impact" was an alert usually declared from the bridge of a starship, before it achieved an impact that the inertial dampers could not adequately compensate for. When this alert was sounded, usually through the order of the captain or first officer, all hands were to secure their stations and prepare for impact. This alert was also used when the inertial dampers could not sufficiently level out the ship and a possible collision with an interstellar object was imminent. This alert could also be used to warn a ship's crew of possible emergency landing procedures.

In September 2152, Captain Archer warned the crew to brace for impact seconds before the ship was hit by the neutronic wavefront. (ENT: "The Catwalk")

In 2153, when Enterprise NX-01 encountered a field of spatial anomalies in the Delphic Expanse, Captain Jonathan Archer warned the crew to brace for impact prior to the ship's being impacted by one of the anomalies. (ENT: "Proving Ground")

In 2368, Lieutenant junior grade Monroe ordered all decks of the USS Enterprise-D to brace for impact as a quantum filament moved towards the vessel, which had already sustained heavy damage from a previous hit. Killed in the impact, these were her last words. (TNG: "Disaster")

In 2369, Benjamin Sisko told Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir, and Kai Opaka to brace for impact before the USS Yangtzee Kiang crashed on the moon of the Ennis and the Nol-Ennis. (DS9: "Battle Lines")

In 2371, Commander William T. Riker warned the crew of the Enterprise-D to brace for impact when the secondary hull was breached and necessitated an emergency landing of the saucer section (primary hull) on the surface of the planet Veridian III. (Star Trek Generations)

That same year, Lieutenant Tuvok warned all hands of the USS Voyager to brace for impact just before the ship was swiped by the tail of a space-dwelling lifeform. (VOY: "Elogium")

In 2373, Commander Chakotay ordered all hands aboard Voyager to brace for impact as a subspace shock wave from a supernova approached the ship. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")

In 2374, Martok told the IKS Rotarran crew to brace for impact when it appeared a Jem'Hadar fighter was firing on them. In fact, Alexander Rozhenko had confused the reading with a battle simulation. (DS9: "Sons and Daughters")

That same year, during an early version of alternate timeline known as the Year of Hell, Captain Kathryn Janeway warned all hands on the USS Voyager to brace for impact prior to the ship's being hit by a spatial distortion from the Krenim weapon ship which altered history. Later, in that altered history, Janeway again ordered all hands to brace for impact prior to the ship's being hit by a distortion from the weapon ship, which this time had no effect due to the vessel's new temporal shielding. (VOY: "Year of Hell")

Captain Janeway warned the crew of the USS Voyager to brace for impact in 2375 when the ship was attempting to escape from the the Void through its vortex by riding the incoming shock wave from the vessel's aft. (VOY: "Night")

In an alternate timeline, Voyager was thrown out of a quantum slipstream corridor and headed to a nearby L-class planet to make an emergency landing. When Janeway realized they were coming in too hard, she ordered her crew to brace for impact. (VOY: "Timeless")

Captain Jean-Luc Picard warned the crew of the USS Enterprise-E to brace for impact when he ordered the ship to ram the Reman warbird Scimitar in 2379. (Star Trek Nemesis)

Brass

Cannon fodder

Confined to quarters

Being "confined to quarters" (sometimes phrased as "restricted to quarters") was a punishment that could be applied on Federation Starfleet starships and starbases. This form of discipline was generally used for more minor offenses, rather than those of a more serious nature that would require action such as being placed in the brig or a reduction in rank. On occasion, this punishment may be used as a long-term measure in special circumstances. The punishment usually, though not always, also involved being temporarily relieved of duty. In effect, this was the equivalent of having children be grounded.

On occasion, temporary confinement to quarters was also used as a security measure to protect non-essential starship crew from an imminent threat.

Less frequently, temporary confinement to quarters was also used for civilians who were captured after being caught in the act of committing an offense by a starship.

In 2152, Captain Jonathan Archer restricted both Commander Charles Tucker III and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed to quarters following an unauthorized exploration of the interior of the automated repair station, stating that he was beginning to agree with Reed's recent assessment that security on Enterprise NX-01 had become lax. It was uncertain how long this punishment lasted, however, as both were called to duty following the discovery of the apparently dead Ensign Travis Mayweather. (ENT: "Dead Stop")

In 2154, when Captain Jonathan Archer was suffering from reverse-imprinting on Xindi-Insectoid eggs, he confined both Sub-Commander T'Pol and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed to quarters and threatened the same punishment for Charles Tucker III after each spoke against his actions in protecting the eggs. (ENT: "Hatchery")

That same year, Commander Charles Tucker III ordered Commander Kelby confined to quarters after he displayed mildly insubordinate behavior toward him. When Kelby resisted, Tucker told him that it was either that or the brig. (ENT: "Bound")

In 2257, Captain Christopher Pike confined Ash Tyler to quarters when he had reason to believe he had sabotaged the USS Discovery. (DIS: "If Memory Serves")

After his hearing in 2266, Harcourt Fenton Mudd was confined to quarters. (TOS: "Mudd's Women")

After Charles Evans psychokinetically caused a crewmember named Sam to vanish in 2266, Captain James T. Kirk arranged for a pair of security officers to accompany Evans to his quarters and confine him there. Evans repeatedly rebelled against being restricted to quarters, though, so Kirk and Spock eventually tried a more severe method of confining him there, rigging a force field on the door to Evans' cabin. This attempt failed too, as Evans again managed to escape, and was soon thereafter taken away from the ship (against his wishes) by Thasians. (TOS: "Charlie X")

In 2267, Spock turned himself over to the custody of Doctor Leonard McCoy after admitting to having taken control over the USS Enterprise under false pretenses. McCoy asked if confinement to quarters would be enough. Spock agreed so and McCoy ordered security to confine him. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I")

In 2268, Captain Kirk confined Ensign Garrovick to quarters and relieved him of duties after he hesitated in firing upon a dikironium cloud creature. Doctor Leonard McCoy felt the punishment was too harsh, but Kirk noted that one man had been killed and another might die. Garrovick, however, left his quarters after a general call to battle stations and Kirk, realizing that Garrovick had simply made a mistake, and one that ultimately was not the cause of any deaths, chose to release him from his punishment and give him a chance to redeem himself. (TOS: "Obsession")

That same year, Captain Kirk confined several members of the crew of the Enterprise to quarters following a barroom brawl on Deep Space Station K-7, including Chief Engineering Officer Montgomery Scott. Although this was supposed to be a punishment, Scott was secretly delighted as he had resisted taking shore leave and being confined to quarters gave him a chance to catch up on his reading of technical journals. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")

In 2366, Doctor Paul Stubbs was told to return to his quarters immediately by Ensign Wesley Crusher during a red alert on the USS Enterprise-D, suggesting that this may have been standard for non-essential personnel during emergency situations on the vessel. Guinan later commented to Crusher that she had never been good at being confined to quarters, something that any of her husbands could attest to. (TNG: "Evolution")

In 2367, after the Cardassian Glinn Telle was discovered attempting to access information on Enterprise-D weapon systems, Gul Macet told him to go to his quarters, where he was to be confined for the remainder of their mission aboard the vessel. He later told Picard that Telle would be disciplined upon his return, but Picard replied that he considered the matter closed. Later, during the same mission, Picard confined Captain Benjamin Maxwell to quarters until he could be returned to Starfleet to face whatever punishment was deemed appropriate for his actions in attacking Cardassian vessels, in violation of the Federation-Cardassian Armistice of 2367. (TNG: "The Wounded")

That same year, Commander William T. Riker suggested confining Lieutenant Reginald Barclay to quarters as a preventative measure after a Cytherian probe stimulated his brain to give him superhuman intelligence and other skills. Lieutenant commander Geordi La Forge, however, did not see how they could lock someone for being too smart. Captain Picard agreed that Barclay should not be confined unless the did something overtly menacing, as he saw no reason to prevent him continuing his work, and his skills were also needed to repair the Argus Array. (TNG: "The Nth Degree")

In 2370, Lieutenant Commander Data threatened to have Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge confined to quarters for the duration of the mission to investigate the wreckage of the USS Raman if La Forge persisted in using an interface probe to search for his mother against the orders of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Realizing how important the issue was to La Forge, though, he chose to try to help keep him safe instead, stating that he couldn't have him confined to quarters for something he had not yet done. (TNG: "Interface")

That same year, Data was briefly confined to quarters as a protective measure after an apparent malfunction in his program caused him to begin attacking members of the Enterprise-D crew. As Worf confiscated his phaser, he asked him to assume temporary care of his cat, Spot. Data's captivity was soon ended when it was discovered that his actions were, in fact, not a malfunction but rather a subsconcious attempt to protect the crew from invasive interphasic organisms. He was then brought to the holodeck, where it was hoped a simulation of his dream program could prove useful in finding a way to defeat the organisms. (TNG: "Phantasms")

Later that same year, Commander Benjamin Sisko ordered all non-essential personnel on Deep Space 9 restricted to quarters and called for red alert after a series of attacks on the station that unknown to anyone at the time, including himself, were done by Constable Odo, under the influence of toxic gas. (DS9: "The Alternate")

In 2371, following an incident in which Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres broke Lieutenant Joe Carey's nose, Ensign Seska reported a rumor that all Maquis crewmembers on the USS Voyager were going to be restricted to quarters when not on duty, but Commander Chakotay told her this wasn't true. (VOY: "Parallax")

In 2372, Captain Benjamin Sisko confined Lieutenant Commander Worf to his quarters during those times he was not on duty on the USS Defiant following a brawl involving a number of Jem'Hadar. First Omet'iklan was not impressed with Sisko's choice of discipline, believing that he should have killed Worf, but Sisko felt that a dead man could not learn from his mistakes. (DS9: "To the Death")

That same year, Crewman Lon Suder was discovered to have murdered crewmate Frank Darwin on board Voyager. Though Suder's crime was of the most extreme nature, Voyager's unusual circumstances of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant caused Captain Kathryn Janeway to choose to keep Suder confined in his quarters under maximum security containment for the duration of their journey home. (VOY: "Meld") This punishment continued up until Suder's death later that year. (VOY: "Basics, Part II")

Also that same year, the captured Kazon Teirna was confined to quarters on a secured deck on Voyager following a series of attacks by Kazon vessels. (VOY: "Basics, Part I")

In 2373, Captain Benjamin Sisko confined Cadet Nog and his son to quarters after they accused Kai Winn Adami of burglary and kidnapping and Jake claimed that they had gotten a little drunk. In fact, the two were investigating the disappearance of Doctor Elias Giger, who was in possession of a Willie Mays baseball card that Jake wished to give to his father. (DS9: "In the Cards")

In 2374, a number of both the Cardassian and Jem'Hadar aboard the temporarily Dominion-occupied Deep Space 9/Terok Nor were confined to quarters pending disciplinary hearings following an incident involving a missing PADD that was actually caused by the Deep Space 9 resistance cell. (DS9: "Behind the Lines")

That same year, Gul Damar suggested to Gul Dukat that his daughter Tora Ziyal be temporarily confined to quarters, as he believed her to be part of the Deep Space 9 resistance, but Dukat resisted the suggestion. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")

Also that same year, a holographic simulation of Captain Sisko supposedly relieved the senior staff of Deep Space 9 of duty and confined them to quarters pending an investigation by Internal Affairs. This, however, was all a ruse created in a holosuite by Luther Sloan to test Doctor Julian Bashir and Bashir was, in fact, the only one who suffered any sort of confinement. (DS9: "Inquisition")

In 2375, Doctor Beverly Crusher confined a number of Son'a hostages to quarters after they refused an examination. (Star Trek: Insurrection)

In 2376, Captain Kathryn Janeway confined Captain Rudolph Ransom and the other surviving members of the USS Equinox to quarters on Voyager after learning of their killing of nucleogenic lifeforms as a source of warp power for the Equinox. Ransom pleaded for leniency, stating that they were only following his orders, but Janeway replied that this was their mistake. Almost all of them later escaped to the Equinox and attempted to flee Voyager. Later, after Janeway took extreme measures to get information regarding Ransom out of Crewman Noah Lessing, Commander Chakotay objected vociferously to her actions and she relieved him of duty and confined him to his quarters. Ultimately, the remaining Equinox crew that survived the incident were stripped of rank and made to serve on Voyager as crewmen. (VOY: "Equinox", "Equinox, Part II")

That same year, Janeway confined Ensigns Harry Kim and Tom Paris to quarters after they became drunk and participated in what they believed to be a Kinbori version of tennis and became involved in a brawl. She seemed mildly amused however, asking if they won they fight. (VOY: "Survival Instinct")

During a level 10 security alert on-board Voyager, non-essential personnel were confined to quarters for their safety. (VOY: "Repression")

Cover your Six

Dismissed

Double time

Down the throat

Drummed out

Duty

End of watch

Engage / Execute

Fire at will

Five-by-five

Friendly fire

Front line

Give the word

Ground zero

Gung ho

In action

Know the drill

Lights out

Mess call

On guard

On report

On the double

Parley

Permission to speak

Rank hath its privileges

Roger

Roll call

Running the gauntlet

Sir

Sir redirects here; for the title of a knight, please see Sir (title).

Sir was a term used by Starfleet and Bajoran officers to address officers of higher rank. Although the term was generally considered to be male-specific, it was also used when addressing female officers as well.

Protocol also allowed for its use between officers of identical rank, particularly where one held a higher overall position in a command structure. Upon his promotion to captain in 2285, Montgomery Scott addressed Captain Lawrence H. Styles as "sir" while serving as chief engineer under the latter's command aboard the starship USS Excelsior. Scott later addressed his fellow Captains Kirk and Spock as "sir" when serving with them aboard the Enterprise-A. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, there is at least one instance of a senior officer addressing a junior officer as "sir," when Admiral Kirk boards the refit Enterprise and requests "Permission to come aboard, sir" from the ensign sent to greet him at the airlock. This is consistent with military parlance but probably not required by protocol.

Chief Miles O'Brien called Doctor Julian Bashir "sir" because Bashir was his superior officer. Bashir did not like the term and asked O'Brien if he would call him simply Julian. (DS9: "The Storyteller") The doctor was not the first person to turn down O'Brien's use of the word – in 2367, after he referred to Sergey Rozhenko, Worf's adoptive father, as "sir" upon meeting him, Rozhenko lightheartedly asked his fellow chief petty officer not to use the term, as he had worked for a living. (TNG: "Family") O'Brien also called Commander Sisko "sir". (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")

Nog addressed Chief O'Brien as "sir" when O'Brien inspected the cargo, self-sealing stem bolts, for which Nog and Jake Sisko had recently traded. (DS9: "Progress") Later, when Nog was beginning his Starfleet Academy training, O'Brien wryly commented that after graduation, he would have to address Nog as "sir." (DS9: "Facets") A couple years later, during the preparations for the prisoner exchange between Keevan and Ishka, coordinated by Quark, Rom, Nog, Leck, and Gaila, Nog insisted on being called "sir" as he was preparing his "trainees". At one point, after Leck asked him a question, Nog simply responded, or rather added, "sir" when Leck finished speaking. Leck, misunderstanding Nog's intentions, replied, "No need to stand on formalities here – call me Leck." Nog responded, "No, I meant you should call me "sir."" Leck, retorted, "Don't be ridiculous." Nog again responded, "You mean "don't be ridiculous, sir."" At that point, Quark stepped in, and indicated, "let's not squabble. We're a team, Nog." Nog then corrected Quark, repeating, ""We're a team, sir."" When Quark, too, brushed off Nog's intent, Nog threw up his hands and said that he quit. (DS9: "The Magnificent Ferengi")

Captain Kathryn Janeway disliked being called "sir;" notwithstanding Starfleet protocol, she preferred to be addressed by her rank. She also accepted "ma'am," but only when the crew was "in a crunch." (VOY: "Caretaker")

While being interrogated by Rear Admiral Brand, Ensign Wesley Crusher addressed the female admiral as "sir".

After Deanna Troi had passed the Bridge Officer's Test and had been promoted to commander, she told Data, "From now on you can call me sir". (TNG: "Thine Own Self")

When Admiral Alynna Nechayev chastised Captain Jean-Luc Picard for failing to implement the invasive program against the Borg and ordered him to destroy them if presented with a similar opportunity, Picard stood and replied, "Yes, sir." (TNG: "I Borg") The skeleton crew of the USS Enterprise-D called Doctor Beverly Crusher "sir" when she was serving as their commanding officer while Picard and the rest of the senior officers were on the surface attempting to retrieve Data. (TNG: "Descent", "Descent, Part II")

"Sir" was also used from time to time when speaking to the masters of other vessels. Harry Kim addressed Supervisor Yost in this way. (VOY: "Gravity") Shipboard guests were also to be addressed as "sir" or "ma'am," irrespective of status, as shown by Jean-Luc Picard when welcoming Minister Campio aboard the Enterprise-D and by Tuvok when attending to Neelix in guest quarters on Voyager. (TNG: "Cost Of Living"; VOY: "Caretaker")

SOP

Stand to

Ten-hut

There's something I think you should see

With (all) due respect

With all due respect, or simply with all respect, was a phrase sometimes used before expressing disagreement with another individual's opinion. Depending on the on the way it was expressed, it could be used either sincerely or in a sarcastic manner intended to convey that the speaker actually did not respect the other individual at all.

TOS: "Shore Leave", "The Squire of Gothos"; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; TNG: "The Outrageous Okona", "The Icarus Factor", "Peak Performance", "Lower Decks"; DS9: "Paradise Lost"; VOY: "Alliances", "Unity", "Year of Hell"; Star Trek: First Contact; PIC: "Broken Pieces"

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