Changes: Alert signal

Revision as of 17:09, 14 December 2015

Alert signal excelsior — Signal status display on the USS *Excelsior*; from top to bottom: "red alert", "yellow alert", "normal", "stand by", "auxiliary"

Aboard Starfleet vessels and outposts, a series of color-coded, and also generally named, alert signals were issued, usually by the ship's computer or internal communications systems.

Colored alerts

Red alert (condition red) - critical situation - Marked by flashing red warning lights and audio alarms.
- Double red alert
Yellow alert (condition yellow) - elevated alert
Blue alert (condition blue) - environmental, docking/separation or landing alert
Gray mode

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+[[File:Alert signal excelsior.jpg|thumb|Signal status display on the {{USS|Excelsior}}; from top to bottom: "red alert", "yellow alert", "normal", "stand by", "auxiliary"]]
-Aboard [[Starfleet]] [[starship]]s and [[outpost]]s, a series of color coded, and also generally named, '''alert signals''' are issued, usually by the ship's [[computer]] or internal [[communications]] systems.
+Aboard [[Starfleet]] [[starship|vessel]]s and [[outpost]]s, a series of color-coded, and also generally named, '''alert signals''' were issued, usually by the ship's [[computer]] or internal [[communications]] systems.
+== Colored alerts ==
-* green alert ([[condition green]]): Normal status.
-* [[blue alert]] (condition blue): Environmental, docking/separation or landing alert
+* [[Red alert]] (condition red) - critical situation - Marked by flashing red warning lights and audio alarms.
-* [[yellow alert]] (condition yellow): Elevated alert.
+** [[Double red alert]]
-* [[red alert]] (condition red): Critical situation:
+* [[Yellow alert]] (condition yellow) - elevated alert
+* [[Blue alert]] (condition blue) - environmental, docking/separation or landing alert
-** [[general quarters]]
-** [[battlestations]]
+* [[Gray mode]]
-** [[double red alert]]
+== General alerts ==
-* [[intruder alert]]
+[[File:Galaxy alert status indicators.jpg|thumb|A {{class|Galaxy}} alert indicator in normal, [[yellow alert]], and [[red alert]] modes.]]
-* [[tactical alert]]
-* [[collision alert]]
+* [[Alert status four]]
-* [[decompression alert]]
+* [[Battle alert]]
+* [[Battle stations]]
-[[de:Alarmsignal]]
+* [[Military parlance#"Brace for impact"|"Brace for impact"]]
+* [[Evacuation alert]]
+* [[Fire alert]]
+* [[General quarters]]
+* [[Intruder alert]]
+* [[Perimeter alert]]
+* [[Proximity alert]]
+* [[Security alert]]
+* [[Standby alert]]
+* [[Tactical alert]]
+[[de:Alarm]]
 [[fr:Signal d'alerte]]
+[[Category:Alerts]]