Grankite Order of Tactics
The Grankite Order of Tactics was a Starfleet commendation awarded to officers who demonstrated exceptional tactical acumen.

James T. Kirk received this award in the mid-23rd century, and later attained the class of excellence by 2259. () It was among Kirk's many commendations cited by the computer during his court martial in 2267. ()

Captain Jean-Luc Picard received this award, Class of Excellence, for his development of the Picard Maneuver on stardate 40218.3. This award was stored in Picard's section of the quantum archive at the Starfleet Archive Museum. ()

Simulated record 

In 2367, while exploring a cavern on Alpha Onias III, Commander William T. Riker was rendered unconscious by gases. While unconscious, neural scanners scanned Riker's brain. The scanners used elements of Riker's reality and constructed a holodeck simulation with those elements interspersed throughout, so that it felt real to him. What Riker wanted, the scanners made possible.

In one of these simulations, on stardate 46179, Commander Riker was awarded the Grankite Order of Tactics (Class of Excellence) for his role in the Zavolta Planetary Geosciences Survey Expedition. In 2383, this was mentioned in Riker's service record that was on display in his quarters on the Enterprise-D. (, okudagram)

Background information

A Grankite Order of Tactics, Class of Excellence, document was created for the Picard family album in ; however, the certificate was not seen in the film. That award was rewarded in "recognition of his development of the Picard Maneuver during the 'Battle of Maxia' while in command of the ."

In the final draft script of "Court Martial", the name of this award was rendered "Grankite order of tactics", though the revised final draft of the script changed this to "Grankite order of tactic", which is also how the name is pronounced (by computer voice) in the episode itself. However, both the service record from "Future Imperfect" and the Picard family album pluralize the final word in the name.

For the remastered episode of "Future Imperfect", the original text of Riker's service record was replaced.

See also
Order of Tactics

External link

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