Holodeck safety protocol

The holographic safety protocols were a safety subsystem of the holodeck computer and designed to protect the participants of a holoprogram.

Safety protocols were present to prevent serious injury of the people inside a simulation. This meant that weapons fired within the simulation would not be able to kill or that the computer could prevent dangerous situations when testing a new ship design.

Safety protocols could be overruled if the person in question had the correct access codes. It was also possible for a holoprogram to disable the safety protocols if it was programmed to do so. (VOY: "Worst Case Scenario") A malfunction in the ship's main computer could render the safety protocols inoperative. (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas")

In 2373, General Martok told Julian Bashir he had deactivated the safety protocols of a holosuite on Deep Space 9, leading to an injury, although he had in fact been injured by Worf. (DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")

It is the tradition of Star Trek script writers to "deactivate" the safeties when the holodeck malfunctions.

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