- You may also be looking for the phrase "on report".
A report is a written or verbal account of a situation that has occurred. After the situation, reports are typically placed in a computer file or record for later reference. Special types of reports are referred to as logs.
Ship mission and assignment records were maintained by a records officer aboard the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "Court Martial")
Gul Evek had a lengthy report to write after the incident on Dorvan V. (TNG: "Journey's End")
Aamin Marritza (while posing as Gul Darhe'el) prided himself on not losing a single report when he was a file clerk at Gallitep. He called his own computer filing system a "masterpiece of meticulous exactitude." (DS9: "Duet")
After Gowron assumed direct control of the Klingon Defense Forces in late 2375, he told Martok he should be happy - he would no longer have to file reports. (DS9: "When It Rains...")
Types of reports
- After action report
- Arrival roster
- Autopsy report
- Battle report
- Casualty report
- Conn report
- Crew personnel report
- Criminal activity report
- Crime scene report
- Damage report
- Evaluation report
- Intelligence report
- Material subsistence report
- Medical report
- Navigational report
- Ops report
- Planetary survey report
- Progress report
- Starship Deploy Status
- Starship Mission Status
- Situation report
- Status report
- Surveillance report
- Tactical report
- Termination report
Types of files
- A file is also a term for how computer code is stored, such as for a Narrative parameters file.
Types of records
- Crew manifest
- Navigation record
- Police record