U.S.S. Defiant Mission Objectives & Types

USS DEFIANT MISSION OBJECTIVES & TYPES 1.1 MISSION OBJECTIVES Pursuant to Starfleet Exploration Directives 911.3, Starfleet Defense Directives 114.9 & 154.7, Starfleet Borg Defense Initiative Directive 371.6 and Federation Security Council General Policy, the following objectives have been established for a Defiant-Class Starship: Ensure Federation security through rapid response to threat forces. Serve as the first-line of defense in military combat operations and lend support to larger Federation starships. Provide autonomous capability for full execution of Federation defense & search and rescue policy options in outlying territories and border areas. Take on the burden of border patrol and threat-response operations from other starship classes currently, and projected to be, in use. Provide a mobile platform for testing and implementation of mission-specific or new technology, specifically in the areas of covert and tactical operations. Serve as a platform capable of rapid deployment for special and covert operations deemed necessary by the Federation. 2.1 MISSION TYPES It should be of little surprise that the Defiant-class is a spaceframe designed primarily for tactical and defensive operations, and thus, its primary mission types are rather one-sided when compared to most other ships that serve in the Federation fleet.  While this may appear to be short-sided of the Defiant, recent evidence suggests that continued hostilities between the Federation and threat forces means that tactical mission types will never be in short supply. The following are the primary mission types for the Defiant-class vessel: Tactical and Defensive Operations:  Typical missions include protection of Federation assets in the form of colonies and space stations from anticipated threat forces. Patrol and Interdiction:  Typical missions include the patrol of established neutral zones, shipping lanes and recognized regions of dispute and/or conflict. Reconnaissance:  Typical missions include scouting of areas deemed worthy of note by Starfleet Intelligence. Emergency/Search and Rescue:  Typical missions include answering standard Federation emergency beacons, extraction of Federation or Non-Federation citizens in distress, retrieval of Federation or Non-Federation spacecraft in distress, small-scale planetary evacuation - medium or large scale planetary evacuation is not feasible. Secondary Scientific Investigations:  In some cases, a Defiant is found to be the most suitable platform from which to perform certain scientific applications.  They include experiments and research that requires increased shielding to observe certain phenomena, or a weapons platform from which to test new technologies. The listed mission types are by no means the only operations that the Defiant is capable of performing.  Starfleet continues to run projections on possible mission types.