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}}The Hierarchy Central Command is the operating authority for Hierarchy vessels and personnel. They have a sister base of operations located in the [[Gradin Belt]] and control a significant region of space in the area. The Hierarchy governmental body is composed of the Overlookers who directly control all operations. Operations in the area are largely focused on extending surveillance in the region; relaying information to the Central Command's Surveillance Complex; exact location unknown. Their ships are known to hunt in packs and carry out tactical assaults of varying degrees of strength and stealth.
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}}The Hierarchy Central Command is the operating authority for Hierarchy vessels and personnel, and govern a significant portion of space in the [[Gradin Belt]]. They operate with a highly complex and bureaucratic system of government, though the [[Federation]] does not know much about them, and interactions have been limited. The majority of their operations beyond their own space are secretive surveillance activities to assess any possible dangers, but they have been open to negotiation and cooperation in the past.
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First contact with the Hierarchy occurred with the USS ''Voyager'', when a Hierarchy ship attempted to assess them as a possible threat by discreetly accessing their data systems. While this nearly led to a confrontation due to corrupted data, the Overlooker responsible for this mistake assisted the crew of ''Voyager'' in correcting the mistake and averting violence. A similar cooperation occurred later that year, when ''Voyager'' protected a Hierarchy vessel pulled into an anomaly and worked with them and others trapped in the phenomenon of this 'Void' to escape.
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Since [[Starfleet]]'s return to the [[:Category:Delta Quadrant|Delta Quadrant]], interactions have been limited. Their ships and operations have been on several occasions discreetly studied by the Hierarchy, though they seem more interested in survival and self-preservation than aggression. It is, of course, impossible to know how much of their surveillance activities have gone undetected. Starfleet ships have been known to help Hierarchy vessels in need, and while they are suspicious of outsiders they do not appear notably xenophobic or resistant to aid.
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Reports have reached Starfleet of their pre-emptive strikes, such as the one attempted against the USS ''Voyager''. If they observe a ship and decide it is likely to be a threat, they are known to send a task force of several ships to carry out tactical assaults of varying degrees of strength and stealth.
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* The Hierarchy are a relatively isolationist power in the Gradin Belt and wary of outsiders, but they seem motivated by survival over xenophobia. If they think it is in their self-interest they will communicate, negotiate, and accept or exchange help. While they do not seem especially uncaring, their self-regard can make them pragmatic and it is rare for them to not act in their own interests.
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* Most of their activities out and about in the Gradin Belt are part of their sophisticated surveillance operations identifying possible threats. They are excellent at covert observation through means such as systems infiltration or use of hidden observation posts and probes. If found out, they tend to withdraw, but will only be aggressive if they view it as a necessary pre-emptive act.
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* While the Hierarchy are reasonably technologically advanced, suspicious of other species, and operate a vast network of clandestine surveillance across the Gradin Belt, remember that in ''VOY'' they were generally comic relief. They aren't idiots or goofballs, but they're not a sinister and xenophobic cabal. The tone of being slightly over-the-top in their need for surveillance and how far they'll go to covertly assess someone is an important part of depicting the Hierarchy, and is part of what separates them from more sinister and xenophobic regimes such as the [[Devore Imperium]].
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== External Information==
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Hierarchy_Central_Command Hierarchy Central Command (Governance)] at Memory Alpha
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Hierarchy_Central_Command Hierarchy Central Command (Governance)] at Memory Alpha
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Hierarchy Hierarchy (Governance/Species)] at Memory Alpha
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Hierarchy Hierarchy (Governance/Species)] at Memory Alpha
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Overlooker Overlookers (Species)] at Memory Alpha
 
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Overlooker Overlookers (Species)] at Memory Alpha
 
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Latest revision as of 10:50, 10 October 2022

This article is official Bravo Fleet canon.








Hierarchy Central Command
Basic Information
Major Species

Hierarchy and Overlookers

Homeworld(s)

Unknown

Political Information
Military Branches

Central Command

Template:Government

The Hierarchy Central Command is the operating authority for Hierarchy vessels and personnel, and govern a significant portion of space in the Gradin Belt. They operate with a highly complex and bureaucratic system of government, though the Federation does not know much about them, and interactions have been limited. The majority of their operations beyond their own space are secretive surveillance activities to assess any possible dangers, but they have been open to negotiation and cooperation in the past.

Encounters

First contact with the Hierarchy occurred with the USS Voyager, when a Hierarchy ship attempted to assess them as a possible threat by discreetly accessing their data systems. While this nearly led to a confrontation due to corrupted data, the Overlooker responsible for this mistake assisted the crew of Voyager in correcting the mistake and averting violence. A similar cooperation occurred later that year, when Voyager protected a Hierarchy vessel pulled into an anomaly and worked with them and others trapped in the phenomenon of this 'Void' to escape.

Since Starfleet's return to the Delta Quadrant, interactions have been limited. Their ships and operations have been on several occasions discreetly studied by the Hierarchy, though they seem more interested in survival and self-preservation than aggression. It is, of course, impossible to know how much of their surveillance activities have gone undetected. Starfleet ships have been known to help Hierarchy vessels in need, and while they are suspicious of outsiders they do not appear notably xenophobic or resistant to aid.

Reports have reached Starfleet of their pre-emptive strikes, such as the one attempted against the USS Voyager. If they observe a ship and decide it is likely to be a threat, they are known to send a task force of several ships to carry out tactical assaults of varying degrees of strength and stealth.

In Play

  • The Hierarchy are a relatively isolationist power in the Gradin Belt and wary of outsiders, but they seem motivated by survival over xenophobia. If they think it is in their self-interest they will communicate, negotiate, and accept or exchange help. While they do not seem especially uncaring, their self-regard can make them pragmatic and it is rare for them to not act in their own interests.
  • Most of their activities out and about in the Gradin Belt are part of their sophisticated surveillance operations identifying possible threats. They are excellent at covert observation through means such as systems infiltration or use of hidden observation posts and probes. If found out, they tend to withdraw, but will only be aggressive if they view it as a necessary pre-emptive act.
  • While the Hierarchy are reasonably technologically advanced, suspicious of other species, and operate a vast network of clandestine surveillance across the Gradin Belt, remember that in VOY they were generally comic relief. They aren't idiots or goofballs, but they're not a sinister and xenophobic cabal. The tone of being slightly over-the-top in their need for surveillance and how far they'll go to covertly assess someone is an important part of depicting the Hierarchy, and is part of what separates them from more sinister and xenophobic regimes such as the Devore Imperium.

External Information