Chief Diplomatic Officer
The Chief Diplomatic Officer of each vessel/base must be familiar with a variety of areas: history, politics, economics, military, and understand how they affect potential threats. A wide range of operations can occur in response to these areas and threats. These operations occur within three general states of being: peacetime competition, conflict, and war.
He or she must be equally flexible and demonstrate initiative, agility, depth, synchronization, and improvisation to provide the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer with responsive legal services, legal documents, researching diplomatic archives, diplomatic advise on the current status of an alien species both aligned and non-aligned to the Federation, attending and aiding in the preparation for official diplomatic functions prescribed by protocol.
If appliciable he or she must also report to the assigned Federation Ambassador for that particular foreign government. The Chief Diplomatic Officer is not the official diplomatic representative of the United Federation of Planets. However they may appointed or assigned that task either by the Departmant of Diplomatic Affairs, Federation Council President, or the Federation Council.
Above all else the Chief Diplomatic Officer must remember to uphold General Order 1 - The Prime Directive. The Prime Directive is the fundamental pinnacle of Federation ideals. Interference within the natural delvopment of a culture is not only dangerous to that culture, but also equally dangerous to the Federation. Observing the Prime Directive, as well safe guarding a culture from outside intervention is the Chief Diplomatic Officer highest responsibility.
The Chief Diplomatic Officer is in charge of the Diplomatic Corps Detachment. He or she oversees the operation of it, as well as makes sure everything in that department is carried out according to Starfleet regulations.