Tactical analysis
A tactical analysis was an assessment report of the combat-related strengths, weaknesses, and overall capabilities of an opposing entity. Starship captains could order a short tactical analysis report of an enemy vessel to help make a quick determination of the available options in a critical situation.

Starfleet Command had a Tactical Analysis Division. (, okudagram)

In 2154, Captain Jonathan Archer requested Lieutenant Malcolm Reed run a tactical analysis of a Xindi-Insectoid starship that they had discovered. ()

In 2366, Commander William T. Riker ordered Lieutenant Worf to perform a tactical analysis of a Zalkonian warship that was threatening the . Worf ascertained that the ship had a formidable armament, comparable to their own  starship. Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge also commented that the ship was as fast and probably just as maneuverable. ()

That same year, Commander Shelby took over Borg tactical analysis for Starfleet. ()

Two years later, Commander Riker again asked Lieutenant Worf to perform a tactical analysis, this time of a Ktarian vessel that was involved in a plot to capture the Enterprise near the Phoenix Cluster. Worf determined the ship's weapons capability was substantially inferior to that of the Galaxy-class starship and as such was no threat. ()

Later that same year, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ordered Lieutenant Commander Data to perform a tactical analysis of a Lysian destroyer and later of Lysian sentry pods when the Enterprise traveled through Lysian space. ()

After Commander Chakotay was captured by the Vori species in 2374, Lieutenant Tuvok carried out a tactical analysis of the threat posed to a rescue mission, warning that any away team sent would sustain heavy casualties. ()

In 2379, Captain Picard again ordered a tactical analysis, this time of the Reman warbird Scimitar, from Lieutenant Commander Worf, when the  was in orbit of the planet Romulus. ()

See also
Combat salvo analysis
Threat assessment
Vessel analysis
Analyses