Security Office
Security Offices aboard a station or ship are normally not limited to a single office space, but are rather part of a security complex incorporating many resources to ensure the safety of ship and crew. Size of this "complex" is dependent on the class of ship, naturally, while station-based and planetside facilities are usually quite large. At its core is at least one office used by Security to monitor basic crew safety (whether on-board or on an away team), control access to certain areas or systems, observe passengers and persons-of-interest, and serve as a base of operations. Added to this is the ships' Armory and Brig (or detention cells aboard a station), each of which is manned and secured at all times. All are designed to allow Security to control movement to and from these areas. Hatches in these areas are also made of reinforced duranuim, and are backed up by containment fields.
Due to operational security needs, Security is equipped with its own Computer Core which operates in stand-alone mode to ensure protected information storage. This core can be readily linked to a ship/station's main computer, but only through a heavily shielded and encrypted data exchange. Access to the Security computer is severely restricted. Likewise, all power and utility trunking are secured against tampering.
As space allows, Security is endowed with more work areas, such as:
- A personal office for the Chief of Security
- A fully-equipped forensic lab
- Offices for Security Investigations Officers and Criminal Profilers to carry out their duties
- An Interrogation Room
- Additional access to sensors to detect possible threats outside the ship/station
- Workspaces to support Judge Advocate General hearings and procedures