10.9 Tactical Policies
Summarizes Starfleet's tactical policies in the Bajor Sector, including the broad range of defensive and limited offensive operations permitted to ensure Bajoran survival and wormhole security under the agreement with the Bajoran government, the contingency options if Bajor breaks from Federation protection, the authorized measures to defend Deep Space 9 against threat attacks, and the limited offensive operations such as covert disruption, target designation, intelligence insertions and extractions, and the calculation of authorized offensive operations per year.
Starfleet tactical policies, particularly in pursuit of Federation goals in the Bajor Sector, allow for a broad range of defensive operations and limited offensive missions in order to ensure the survival of the Bajoran people and the security of the wormhole. As long as the agreement with the Bajoran government stands, Federation interests in the sector will be preserved. Various options exist within the framework of the agreements and upward through the organization of the Federation that can be exercised, in the event Bajor breaks from Federation protection, to continue Starfleet operations in the sector if events demand, in order to maintain Federation security for the core star systems and allied worlds.
All possible measures to defend Deep Space 9 against threat force attacks are authorized under the present rules of engagement. These measures include heavily armed tactical security force movements within the station, force field containment, and border repulsion by any hardware systems available. Threat spacecraft incursions may be repulsed through available Starfleet and commandeered commercial vessels, and major invasion events will be countered by organized Starfleet and allied fleet formations.
The limited offensive operations include covert space vessel movements to cause the disruption of any activity deemed a danger to Starfleet, Deep Space 9, and Bajor, and ultimately the Federation. Threat assets of all types may be considered as targets for space, air, or ground assault. Additionally, intelligence operative insertions and extractions may be performed at any time, as well as eliminations of threat operatives whenever necessary. The total in-theater offensive operations per standard year authorized by the Federation Council nominally will be calculated as a factor of those tangible strategic impediments to the threat force that will drop that force to a less-than-equal balance that Starfleet for at least four months' time.