Les from Hull, as we all know, Standard Operating Procedures for the Royal Navy circa 1800 were adapted from those in use on the Starship USS Enterprise. These include:

From a ship with a crew of hundreds, only the Captain, Senior Specialist Officer, Doctor and Chief Engineer are considered competent to leave the ship to its own devices and go ashore;

Whoever is wearing a red shirt or uniform when forming part of a landing party, will surely come to grief;

etc.