Evasive Maneuvers are patterns of movements used by starship commanders to avoid weapons fire and other hostile actions. There are many predetermined maneuvers so that a commander can give a short command to enact sometimes complex movements.
List of evasive maneuvers[]
- Corkscrew
- Used in 2274 aboard the shuttlecraft Copernicus. (TOS eBook: The More Things Change)
- Used in 2276 by the USS Enterprise to evade Romulan cruisers. (TOS - Rihannsu novel: The Empty Chair)
- Used in 2278 by the ATS Shras. (TOS novel: Death Count)
- Used in 2280 to avoid a Kauld starship. (TOS - New Earth novel: The Flaming Arrow)
- Used in 2293 by ChR Shardarr and IKS BaHwil'. (TOS novel: Sarek)
- Corkscrew down starboard
- Used in 2278 by IKV Hakkarl. (TOS novel: Rules of Engagement)
- Crazy Ivan
- Suggested by Brad Boimler in 2380 aboard the USS Cerritos. (LD episode: "Veritas")
- Evasive maneuver sigma-delta-one
- Used by the USS Enterprise in 2254 while battling the Marrat brigand in defense of Starbase 13. (EV comic: "The Fires of Pharos")
- L-4
- In 2153, Jonathan Archer thought this "death-defying loop" maneuver was comparably dangerous to attempting a circus high-wire act without a net. (ENT novelization: The Expanse)
- Maneuver epsilon theta 3
- Used by the USS Enterprise-D in 2370 in a battle with a hybrid drone ship in the Bandor system. (TNG comic: "Strategy")
- Pattern beta 140
- VOY episode: "Ex Post Facto"
- Pattern delta
- TNG episodes: "Darmok", "Conundrum"; DS9 episodes: "Emissary", "What You Leave Behind"
- Pattern delta five
- DS9 episode: "The Search"
- Pattern gamma
- TNG episode: "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- Pattern gamma six
- DS9 episode: "The Way of the Warrior"
- Pattern omega
- DS9 episode: "Sacrifice of Angels"
- Pattern Pike 45
- EV comic: "The Fallen, Part Two"
- Pattern Sulu alpha
- LD episode: "Terminal Provocations"
- Pattern theta
- DS9 episode: "Tears of the Prophets"
- Sequence 010
- TNG episode: "The Mind's Eye"
- Picard alpha
- TNG comic: "The Dying of the Light"
- Picard epsilon
- TNG comic: "A Handful of Dust"
- Picard gamma
- TNG comic: "The Dying of the Light"
- Picard omicron
- TNG comic: "Ceremony of Innocence"
- Sulu-gamma
- DTI novel: Forgotten History
External Link[]
Evasive maneuvers article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.