Code Red

Code Red, also known as condition red or Red Alert, was the highest alert signal status on Starfleet and High-Guard vessels.

Usage
One stage above a yellow alert, this status had weapons systems and shields brought to full power, essentially preparing the ship for combat. The Nietszchean equivalent of this status was defense condition one.

Code Red could also be ordered during various other emergency situations, such as a ship being boarded, radiation exposure, a security alert, massive systems failure, an imminent warp core breach, and an evacuation order among others. During a code red, lights were dimmed, alarms sound, and computer terminals showed constant red graphics.

A code red could either be activated manually by the commanding officer or the officer in charge, or automatically, as when a ship was attacked, or entered a dangerous area, etc. The raising of shields automatically triggered a red alert.

Sections of a starship could be placed on red alert while other sections remained at a lower alert status.