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'''Starfleet Intelligence''' was a division of the [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]], tasked with gathering and analyzing information concerning neighboring powers in the [[galaxy]]. The information it receives was then passed on to [[Starfleet Command]] or the [[Federation Council]], which acts upon the information and analyzes.
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'''Starfleet Intelligence''' was a branch of [[Starfleet]] responsible for gathering and analyzing information concerning neighboring powers in the [[galaxy]], and for carrying out covert investigations regarding possible threats to [[Earth]] and, later, the [[Federation]].
   
==22nd century==
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==Organization==
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Starfleet Intelligence employed agents for their field operations who were authorized to perform undercover investigations. Starfleet Intelligence agents (or "SI agents") reported to division heads who oversaw their agents' missions. The head of the organization was known as the [[Chief of Starfleet Intelligence]]. ({{ENT|Terra Prime}}; {{TNG|The Pegasus}})
In [[2154]], Starfleet Intelligence was able to find out that the [[Klingon]]s had a genetic research facility on [[Qu'Vat colony]]. ({{ENT|Divergence}})
 
   
==23rd century==
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==History==
 
===22nd century===
In [[2268]], Starfleet Intelligence reported that [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan]]s were now using [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] [[D7 class|starship designs]]. They also enlisted [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] to steal a prototype for an advanced Romulan [[cloaking device]]. ({{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}})
 
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[[File:Gannet Brooks.jpg|thumb|Gannet Brooks, a Starfleet Intelligence agent in 2155]]
 
In [[2154]], Starfleet Intelligence was in possession of knowledge that the [[Klingon]]s were maintaining a genetic research facility on [[Qu'Vat colony]]. This information proved valuable to the crew of the {{EnterpriseNX}} when attempting to rescue [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]], who had been abducted by the Klingons. ({{ENT|Divergence}})
   
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In [[2155]], SI agent [[Gannet Brooks]], posing as a [[reporter]], reconnected with [[Travis Mayweather]], with whom she had previously been engaged in a relationship, in an attempt to gather intelligence on the xenophobic terrorist group [[Terra Prime]]. When [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]] discovered that Gannet had reprogrammed her [[universal translator]] to secretly eavesdrop on the conversations of the [[Coalition of Planets]] delegates, the crew of ''Enterprise'' began to suspect that she herself was a [[spy]] for Terra Prime and placed her in the [[brig]]. Gannet later confided in Mayweather that she worked for Starfleet Intelligence, telling him that she could not reveal her identity lest the actual Terra Prime operative find out. Mayweather, however, did not believe her until it was revealed that [[Ensign]] [[Masaro]] was the real spy. ({{ENT|Demons|Terra Prime}})
==Late-24th century==
 
In [[2369]], Starfleet Intelligence believed that the [[Cardassian Union]] was developing a new form of [[metagenic weapon]] that could be used to wipe out all life on a [[planet]], but leave the infrastructure intact, ripe for occupation. ({{TNG|Chain of Command, Part I}})
 
   
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===23rd century===
In [[2370]], Starfleet Intelligence provided the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} with information concerning [[Arctus Baran]]'s [[Theta class starship|raider]], which was conducting attacks against numerous archaeological sites in the Federation. ({{TNG|Gambit, Part I}})
 
 
In [[2268]], Starfleet Intelligence reported that the [[Romulan military]] was using the [[Klingon]] [[D7 class]] [[battle cruiser]] design for the construction of their own [[starship]]s. ({{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}})
   
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===24th century===
[[Rear Admiral]] [[Erik Pressman]] served with Starfleet Intelligence. He was involved in a cover-up concerning the secret development of a Federation-designed [[interphase cloaking device]], in violation of the [[Treaty of Algeron]]. This cover-up went back twelve years to the destruction of the {{USS|Pegasus}} in [[2358]]. Starfleet Intelligence ordered documents concerning the investigation into the ''Pegasus'''s destruction sealed. It was not realized until 2370 that the ''Pegasus'' was serving as a testbed for the [[prototype]] cloaking device. Admiral Pressman strongly implied that there were several important people in the Intelligence organization who were involved in the cloaking device project, including the [[Chief of Starfleet Intelligence]] herself. ({{TNG|The Pegasus}})
 
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[[File:Erik Pressman.jpg|thumb|left|Admiral Pressman]]
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In [[2358]], Starfleet Intelligence classified and covered up an investigation into a mutiny on the {{USS|Pegasus}}, in order to conceal evidence of the testing of [[phasing cloaking device|an illegal phasing cloaking device]] secretly developed by [[Starfleet Security]]. Twelve years later, Starfleet Intelligence, which had an operative in the [[Romulan High Command]], learned that the [[Romulan]]s were attempting to salvage the ''Pegasus.'' [[Erik Pressman]], who was [[captain]] of the ''Pegasus'' at the time of the experiment, and who had subsequently been promoted to [[admiral|rear admiral]] and been attached to Starfleet Intelligence, boarded the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and mounted a mission to recover the ''Pegasus'' and the [[cloaking device]] before the Romulans. The ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[first officer]], [[William T. Riker]], who served under Pressman as an [[ensign]] on the ''Pegasus,'' eventually decided to inform Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] of the development of the cloaking device, which was in direct violation of the [[Treaty of Algeron]] which banned the use of such technology aboard [[Federation]] starships. Admiral Pressman was subsequently taken into custody, and Captain Picard surmised that the revelations of the conspiracy would lead to [[court martial|courts-martial]] of Pressman and several others in Starfleet Intelligence who were involved in the cover-up. ({{TNG|The Pegasus}}; {{ENT|These Are the Voyages...}})
   
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In [[2369]], Starfleet Intelligence came to believe that the [[Cardassian]]s were developing a [[metagenic weapon]] on [[Celtris III]]. This spurred Starfleet to send Captain Picard, Doctor [[Beverly Crusher]], and [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] on a covert mission to locate and destroy the weapon, but it was later revealed that the Cardassians had set a trap for the explicit purpose of capturing Captain Picard. ({{TNG|Chain of Command, Part I}})
In the same year Starfleet Intelligence picked up alarming reports from the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. Because of this report, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Nakamura]] initiated a fleet-wide [[yellow alert]] and informed Captain Picard through a [[priority one message]]. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
 
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In [[2370]], Starfleet Intelligence provided the ''Enterprise'' with information concerning [[Arctus Baran]]'s [[Theta class starship|''Theta''-class raider]], which was conducting attacks against numerous archaeological sites in the Federation. ({{TNG|Gambit, Part I}})
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That same year, in an [[alternate timeline]], Starfleet Intelligence learned of a massive deployment of Romulan vessels along the [[Romulan Neutral Zone|Neutral Zone]], in response to a [[temporal anomaly]] discovered in the [[Devron system]]. In response, Admiral [[Nakamura]] ordered a fleet-wide [[yellow alert]], and assigned the ''Enterprise'' and several other ships to respond to the Romulan deployment. The timeline in which these events occurred was later negated, and the events in question "unhappened," when Captain Picard managed to prevent the formation of the anomaly from occurring. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
   
 
Late in 2370, [[Benjamin Sisko]] had Starfleet Intelligence bring in suspected [[Maquis]] members for questioning to find out who could have been the recipient of a delivery of [[photon torpedo]] warheads stolen from [[Deep Space 9]]. ({{DS9|Tribunal}})
 
Late in 2370, [[Benjamin Sisko]] had Starfleet Intelligence bring in suspected [[Maquis]] members for questioning to find out who could have been the recipient of a delivery of [[photon torpedo]] warheads stolen from [[Deep Space 9]]. ({{DS9|Tribunal}})
   
In [[2371]], Starfleet Intelligence prepared forged transit documents so that the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}} could travel to [[Cardassia]] to rescue [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]. ({{DS9|Second Skin}})
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In [[2371]], Starfleet Intelligence prepared forged transit documents so that the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} could travel to [[Cardassia]] to rescue [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]. ({{DS9|Second Skin}})
   
In [[2372]], Intelligence believed that the Maquis were planning to hijack a shipment of [[industrial replicator]]s that were bound for the war-ravaged Cardassian Union. It turned out that this information was accurate, but Intelligence failed to discover that there was a traitor working aboard Deep Space 9 – [[Michael Eddington]]. Eddington managed to make away with the entire shipment. ({{DS9|For the Cause}})
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In [[2372]], Intelligence believed that the Maquis were planning to hijack a shipment of [[industrial replicator]]s that were bound for the war-ravaged Cardassian Union. It turned out that this information was accurate, but Intelligence failed to discover that there was a traitor working aboard Deep Space 9 – [[Michael Eddington]]. Eddington managed to make away with the entire shipment. ({{DS9|For the Cause}})
   
 
In early [[2373]], Intelligence discovered that [[Gowron]] had relocated [[Klingon Defense Force|Klingon military]] headquarters to [[Ty'Gokor]]. ({{DS9|Apocalypse Rising}})
 
In early [[2373]], Intelligence discovered that [[Gowron]] had relocated [[Klingon Defense Force|Klingon military]] headquarters to [[Ty'Gokor]]. ({{DS9|Apocalypse Rising}})
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Another time later, [[Odo]] had Captain Sisko arrange a conference with Starfleet Intelligence via [[subspace]]. ({{DS9|A Simple Investigation}}) A short time later, Sisko told Kira that Intelligence would be extremely pleased about the information on Cardassian politics when she performed the [[shri-tal]] with [[Tekeny Ghemor]]. ({{DS9|Ties of Blood and Water}})
 
Another time later, [[Odo]] had Captain Sisko arrange a conference with Starfleet Intelligence via [[subspace]]. ({{DS9|A Simple Investigation}}) A short time later, Sisko told Kira that Intelligence would be extremely pleased about the information on Cardassian politics when she performed the [[shri-tal]] with [[Tekeny Ghemor]]. ({{DS9|Ties of Blood and Water}})
   
[[File:Miles_O'Brien_undercover.jpg|thumb|[[Miles O'Brien]] with his contact from Starfleet Intelligence during a covert mission on [[Farius Prime]] in [[2374]].]]
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[[File:Miles_O'Brien_undercover.jpg|thumb|Miles O'Brien with his contact from Starfleet Intelligence during a covert mission on Farius Prime in 2374]]
Later that year, Sisko contacted Starfleet Intelligence to get confirmation that the [[Romulan]]s had signed a [[non-aggression pact]] with the [[Dominion]]. ({{DS9|Call to Arms}})
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Later that year, Sisko contacted Starfleet Intelligence to get confirmation that the Romulans had signed a [[non-aggression pact]] with the [[Dominion]]. ({{DS9|Call to Arms}})
   
In [[2375]], [[Chakotay]] and [[Tuvok]] entered a restricted area of [[Terrasphere 8]], [[Species 8472]]'s recreation of [[San Francisco]]. Ensign [[David Gentry (Species 8472)|Gentry]] stopped and told them that all unauthorized personnel in the area had to be debriefed by Starfleet Intelligence under the orders of Admiral [[Bullock (Species 8472)|Bullock]]. Later, Bullock claimed that the reason why their Federation database contained no mention of Species 8472 was classified by Starfleet Intelligence. ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
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In [[2375]], [[Chakotay]] and [[Tuvok]] entered a restricted area of [[Terrasphere 8]], [[Species 8472]]'s recreation of [[San Francisco]]. Ensign [[David Gentry|Gentry]] stopped and told them that all unauthorized personnel in the area had to be debriefed by Starfleet Intelligence under the orders of Admiral [[Bullock]]. Later, Bullock claimed that the reason why their Federation database contained no mention of Species 8472 was classified by Starfleet Intelligence. ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
   
''In an [[alternate timeline]], Intelligence discovered a [[Borg]] [[temporal transmitter]] in the wreckage of a [[Borg cube]] in the [[Beta Quadrant]] sometime between 2375 and [[2390]]. ({{VOY|Timeless}})''
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''In an [[alternate timeline]], Intelligence discovered a [[Borg]] [[temporal transmitter]] in the wreckage of a [[Borg cube]] in the [[Beta Quadrant]] sometime between 2375 and [[2390]].'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})
   
 
===Dominion War===
 
===Dominion War===
During the [[Dominion War]], Starfleet Intelligence was more powerful than ever, and played an important role in gathering information about the [[Dominion]]'s operations and infrastructure. One of its biggest coups was the location of a Dominion [[sensor array]] in early [[2374]], which the Dominion had been using to observe allied operations across five [[sector]]s of space. ({{DS9|Behind the Lines}})
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During the [[Dominion War]], Starfleet Intelligence was more important than ever, playing a crucial role in gathering information about the [[Dominion]]'s operations and infrastructure. One of its biggest coups was the location of a Dominion [[sensor array]] in early [[2374]], which the Dominion had been using to observe allied operations across five [[sector]]s of space. ({{DS9|Behind the Lines}})
   
During the breaking of the war, Starfleet Intelligence had a number of prominent agents. The [[chairman]] of the [[Romulan]] [[Tal Shiar]] [[Koval]] transferred valuable military intelligence and [[Glinn]] [[Lasaran]] from the [[Cardassian Union]] also served as an important agent. ({{DS9|Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges}}) ({{DS9|Change of Heart}})
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During the breaking of the war, Starfleet Intelligence had a number of prominent agents. The [[chairman]] of the Romulan [[Tal Shiar]] [[Koval]] transferred valuable military intelligence and [[Glinn]] [[Lasaran]] from the [[Cardassian Union]] also served as an important agent. ({{DS9|Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges|Change of Heart}})
   
One branch of Starfleet Intelligence was the [[Department of Internal Affairs]], which was charged with keeping track of ''Starfleet'' operations to ensure that no security leaks occurred. In 2374, [[Luther Sloan]] posed as an agent of Internal Affairs while he was testing [[Julian Bashir]] in a fake [[holodeck]] scenario. ({{DS9|Inquisition}})
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One branch of Starfleet Intelligence was the [[Department of Internal Affairs]], which was charged with keeping track of Starfleet operations to ensure that no security leaks occurred. In 2374, [[Luther Sloan]] posed as an agent of Internal Affairs while he was testing [[Julian Bashir]] in a fake [[holodeck]] scenario. ({{DS9|Inquisition}})
   
 
Also in 2374, Vice Admiral [[Fujisaki]] served as the [[Deputy Chief]] of Starfleet Intelligence, but died of "[[food poisoning]]" according to Sloan. ({{DS9|Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges}})
 
Also in 2374, Vice Admiral [[Fujisaki]] served as the [[Deputy Chief]] of Starfleet Intelligence, but died of "[[food poisoning]]" according to Sloan. ({{DS9|Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges}})
   
An undercover operation using [[Miles O'Brien]] infiltrating the [[Orion Syndicate]] discovered it was colluding with the Dominion to arrange an assassination of a Klingon ambassador to damage the Federation-Klingon alliance. Starfleet Intelligence subsequently warned the Klingons and the attack was repulsed. ({{DS9|Honor Among Thieves}})
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An undercover operation using Miles O'Brien infiltrating the [[Orion Syndicate]] on Farius Prime discovered it was colluding with the Dominion to arrange an assassination of a Klingon ambassador to damage the Federation-Klingon alliance. [[Chadwick]] of Starfleet Intelligence subsequently warned the Klingons and the attack was repulsed. ({{DS9|Honor Among Thieves}})
   
One of Intelligence's greatest failures during the war was the neglect of the Dominion's buildup in the [[Kalandra sector]], from which the enemy launched a fleet to invade [[Betazed]]. The Dominion managed to capture the entire planet in under ten hours, because of the lack of warning. It would be one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. ({{DS9|In the Pale Moonlight}})
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One of Intelligence's greatest failures during the war was the neglect of the Dominion's buildup in the [[Kalandra sector]], from which the enemy launched a fleet to invade [[Betazed]]. The Dominion managed to capture the entire planet in under ten hours, because of the lack of warning. It was one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. ({{DS9|In the Pale Moonlight}})
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===Later events===
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In [[2379]] Captain Picard or his staff requested information on [[Shinzon]], newly the [[Praetor]] of the [[Romulan Star Empire]], from Starfleet Intelligence. The agency was only able to provide him with partial data of Shinzon's military service record. ({{film|10}})
   
 
==Positions==
 
==Positions==
 
* Chief
 
* Chief
* Deputy Chief
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* Deputy chief
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* Division head
 
* [[Intelligence officer]]
 
* [[Intelligence officer]]
   
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Section 31]]
 
*[[Section 31]]
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*[[Starfleet Security]]
   
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{{Intelligence agencies of Earth}}
 
{{Branches of Starfleet}}
 
{{Branches of Starfleet}}
   
 
==Appendices==
 
==Appendices==
===Background===
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===Background information===
[[Ronald D. Moore]] commented that "''There was a time when you couldn't even mention Starfleet Intelligence on the show – and I kept sneaking it into scripts – and finally people sort of stopped caring.''" (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'')
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[[Ronald D. Moore]] commented, "''There was a time when you couldn't even '''''mention''''' Starfleet Intelligence on the show – and I kept sneaking it into scripts – and finally people sort of stopped caring.''" (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'')
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{{bginfo|This prohibition might have stemmed from the repeated insistence of [[Gene Roddenberry]], "''Our people are explorers and scientists – THEY DON'T GO SNEAKING AROUND!!!''" Not everyone agreed, but this edict did lead to the Second Treaty Of Algeron with the Romulans, of which {{e|The Pegasus}} made the first known mention, constituting an agreement on the UFP's part not to develop cloaking technology.}}
   
 
===Apocrypha===
 
===Apocrypha===
According to several novels, including ''[[The Lost Era]]'' series of novels, [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] was recruited for Starfleet Intelligence shortly after the events of {{film|6}}, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral and serving as head of Intelligence.
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According to several novels, including ''[[The Lost Era]]'' series of novels, [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] was recruited for Starfleet Intelligence shortly after the events of {{film|6}}, eventually rising to the rank of admiral and serving as head of Intelligence.
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===External link===
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* {{NCwiki|Starfleet Intelligence}}
   
[[Category:Agencies]]
 
   
 
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[[de:Geheimdienst der Sternenflotte]]
 
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Revision as of 13:29, 26 March 2015

AT: "xx" Starfleet Intelligence was a branch of Starfleet responsible for gathering and analyzing information concerning neighboring powers in the galaxy, and for carrying out covert investigations regarding possible threats to Earth and, later, the Federation.

Organization

Starfleet Intelligence employed agents for their field operations who were authorized to perform undercover investigations. Starfleet Intelligence agents (or "SI agents") reported to division heads who oversaw their agents' missions. The head of the organization was known as the Chief of Starfleet Intelligence. (ENT: "Terra Prime"; TNG: "The Pegasus")

History

22nd century

File:Gannet Brooks.jpg

Gannet Brooks, a Starfleet Intelligence agent in 2155

In 2154, Starfleet Intelligence was in possession of knowledge that the Klingons were maintaining a genetic research facility on Qu'Vat colony. This information proved valuable to the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 when attempting to rescue Doctor Phlox, who had been abducted by the Klingons. (ENT: "Divergence")

In 2155, SI agent Gannet Brooks, posing as a reporter, reconnected with Travis Mayweather, with whom she had previously been engaged in a relationship, in an attempt to gather intelligence on the xenophobic terrorist group Terra Prime. When Lieutenant Reed discovered that Gannet had reprogrammed her universal translator to secretly eavesdrop on the conversations of the Coalition of Planets delegates, the crew of Enterprise began to suspect that she herself was a spy for Terra Prime and placed her in the brig. Gannet later confided in Mayweather that she worked for Starfleet Intelligence, telling him that she could not reveal her identity lest the actual Terra Prime operative find out. Mayweather, however, did not believe her until it was revealed that Ensign Masaro was the real spy. (ENT: "Demons", "Terra Prime")

23rd century

In 2268, Starfleet Intelligence reported that the Romulan military was using the Klingon D7 class battle cruiser design for the construction of their own starships. (TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")

24th century

Erik Pressman

Admiral Pressman

In 2358, Starfleet Intelligence classified and covered up an investigation into a mutiny on the USS Pegasus, in order to conceal evidence of the testing of an illegal phasing cloaking device secretly developed by Starfleet Security. Twelve years later, Starfleet Intelligence, which had an operative in the Romulan High Command, learned that the Romulans were attempting to salvage the Pegasus. Erik Pressman, who was captain of the Pegasus at the time of the experiment, and who had subsequently been promoted to rear admiral and been attached to Starfleet Intelligence, boarded the USS Enterprise-D and mounted a mission to recover the Pegasus and the cloaking device before the Romulans. The Enterprise's first officer, William T. Riker, who served under Pressman as an ensign on the Pegasus, eventually decided to inform Captain Picard of the development of the cloaking device, which was in direct violation of the Treaty of Algeron which banned the use of such technology aboard Federation starships. Admiral Pressman was subsequently taken into custody, and Captain Picard surmised that the revelations of the conspiracy would lead to courts-martial of Pressman and several others in Starfleet Intelligence who were involved in the cover-up. (TNG: "The Pegasus"; ENT: "These Are the Voyages...")

In 2369, Starfleet Intelligence came to believe that the Cardassians were developing a metagenic weapon on Celtris III. This spurred Starfleet to send Captain Picard, Doctor Beverly Crusher, and Lieutenant Worf on a covert mission to locate and destroy the weapon, but it was later revealed that the Cardassians had set a trap for the explicit purpose of capturing Captain Picard. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")

In 2370, Starfleet Intelligence provided the Enterprise with information concerning Arctus Baran's Theta-class raider, which was conducting attacks against numerous archaeological sites in the Federation. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I")

That same year, in an alternate timeline, Starfleet Intelligence learned of a massive deployment of Romulan vessels along the Neutral Zone, in response to a temporal anomaly discovered in the Devron system. In response, Admiral Nakamura ordered a fleet-wide yellow alert, and assigned the Enterprise and several other ships to respond to the Romulan deployment. The timeline in which these events occurred was later negated, and the events in question "unhappened," when Captain Picard managed to prevent the formation of the anomaly from occurring. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

Late in 2370, Benjamin Sisko had Starfleet Intelligence bring in suspected Maquis members for questioning to find out who could have been the recipient of a delivery of photon torpedo warheads stolen from Deep Space 9. (DS9: "Tribunal")

In 2371, Starfleet Intelligence prepared forged transit documents so that the USS Defiant could travel to Cardassia to rescue Major Kira Nerys. (DS9: "Second Skin")

In 2372, Intelligence believed that the Maquis were planning to hijack a shipment of industrial replicators that were bound for the war-ravaged Cardassian Union. It turned out that this information was accurate, but Intelligence failed to discover that there was a traitor working aboard Deep Space 9 – Michael Eddington. Eddington managed to make away with the entire shipment. (DS9: "For the Cause")

In early 2373, Intelligence discovered that Gowron had relocated Klingon military headquarters to Ty'Gokor. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")

Some time later that year, Starfleet Intelligence made some progress in breaking Maquis communication codes. (DS9: "For the Uniform")

Another time later, Odo had Captain Sisko arrange a conference with Starfleet Intelligence via subspace. (DS9: "A Simple Investigation") A short time later, Sisko told Kira that Intelligence would be extremely pleased about the information on Cardassian politics when she performed the shri-tal with Tekeny Ghemor. (DS9: "Ties of Blood and Water")

Miles O'Brien undercover

Miles O'Brien with his contact from Starfleet Intelligence during a covert mission on Farius Prime in 2374

Later that year, Sisko contacted Starfleet Intelligence to get confirmation that the Romulans had signed a non-aggression pact with the Dominion. (DS9: "Call to Arms")

In 2375, Chakotay and Tuvok entered a restricted area of Terrasphere 8, Species 8472's recreation of San Francisco. Ensign Gentry stopped and told them that all unauthorized personnel in the area had to be debriefed by Starfleet Intelligence under the orders of Admiral Bullock. Later, Bullock claimed that the reason why their Federation database contained no mention of Species 8472 was classified by Starfleet Intelligence. (VOY: "In the Flesh")

In an alternate timeline, Intelligence discovered a Borg temporal transmitter in the wreckage of a Borg cube in the Beta Quadrant sometime between 2375 and 2390. (VOY: "Timeless")

Dominion War

During the Dominion War, Starfleet Intelligence was more important than ever, playing a crucial role in gathering information about the Dominion's operations and infrastructure. One of its biggest coups was the location of a Dominion sensor array in early 2374, which the Dominion had been using to observe allied operations across five sectors of space. (DS9: "Behind the Lines")

During the breaking of the war, Starfleet Intelligence had a number of prominent agents. The chairman of the Romulan Tal Shiar Koval transferred valuable military intelligence and Glinn Lasaran from the Cardassian Union also served as an important agent. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", "Change of Heart")

One branch of Starfleet Intelligence was the Department of Internal Affairs, which was charged with keeping track of Starfleet operations to ensure that no security leaks occurred. In 2374, Luther Sloan posed as an agent of Internal Affairs while he was testing Julian Bashir in a fake holodeck scenario. (DS9: "Inquisition")

Also in 2374, Vice Admiral Fujisaki served as the Deputy Chief of Starfleet Intelligence, but died of "food poisoning" according to Sloan. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")

An undercover operation using Miles O'Brien infiltrating the Orion Syndicate on Farius Prime discovered it was colluding with the Dominion to arrange an assassination of a Klingon ambassador to damage the Federation-Klingon alliance. Chadwick of Starfleet Intelligence subsequently warned the Klingons and the attack was repulsed. (DS9: "Honor Among Thieves")

One of Intelligence's greatest failures during the war was the neglect of the Dominion's buildup in the Kalandra sector, from which the enemy launched a fleet to invade Betazed. The Dominion managed to capture the entire planet in under ten hours, because of the lack of warning. It was one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")

Later events

In 2379 Captain Picard or his staff requested information on Shinzon, newly the Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire, from Starfleet Intelligence. The agency was only able to provide him with partial data of Shinzon's military service record. (Star Trek Nemesis)

Positions

Officers

  • Rear Admiral Erik Pressman
  • Vice Admiral Fujisaki

See also

Template:Branches of Starfleet

Appendices

Background information

Ronald D. Moore commented, "There was a time when you couldn't even mention Starfleet Intelligence on the show – and I kept sneaking it into scripts – and finally people sort of stopped caring." (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)

This prohibition might have stemmed from the repeated insistence of Gene Roddenberry, "Our people are explorers and scientists – THEY DON'T GO SNEAKING AROUND!!!" Not everyone agreed, but this edict did lead to the Second Treaty Of Algeron with the Romulans, of which "The Pegasus" made the first known mention, constituting an agreement on the UFP's part not to develop cloaking technology.

Apocrypha

According to several novels, including The Lost Era series of novels, Uhura was recruited for Starfleet Intelligence shortly after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, eventually rising to the rank of admiral and serving as head of Intelligence.

External link

  • Template:NCwiki