The Security Center
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Security personnel need a place to gather for meetings, file reports, and take prisoners to be processed. The security center is an often overlooked place on a starship and is not to be confused with the brig of which it is part. However, old traditions die hard. While most devoted security personnel will use the term security center,"the brig" will never be removed from the general lexicon. This has to do with the fact that old starships, in need of space, did not have a security center. There was simply a room with a secured door that was used to contain prisoners. As the Federation has grown and, Starfleet with it, the need for more centralized and accessible facilities became greater. The Bonanveture houses the latest concept of the security center complete with a small office for the chief security officer, a meeting room, and a general area with work stations where personnel can fill out their daily reports. For reasons of additional security the armory is not located in this facility. There are, however, secured stations where on duty personnel can discharge and secure their weapons while within the security center.
The Brig
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The Bonaventure has a state of the art prisoner containment system located off the central security center. Before the containment cells were located directly from the center which allowed prisoners to watch the security personnel converse and interact. This highly secured section houses containment cells with a secured watch balcony where watch officers can maintain a full, unobstructed view of the prisoner's below. Each cell is constructed of high tensile strength duranium plating with a forcefield containment system complete with redundant power supplies. The forcefields can also be manipulated to block a prisoners view of other prisoners. All cells are sound proofed to prevent communications between prisoners.
Armory
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The main armory is located on the same deck as the security center and can only be accessed by officers with a specialized security code. The armory is also accessible by the senior staff in the advent of emergencies. In addition to the armory there are secured stations containing Type II phasers than can be accessed by the ship's other duty personnel. These stations are accessible only to department and assistant department heads.