Awarded by the Fourteenth Fleet Commander in character in the name of Starfleet Command. The Silver Palm may be awarded to any in character service member of Starfleet present and participating in a mission, during which they played a pivotal role, which established a successful first contact with any affiliation which has had no official prior contact with the United Federation of Planets before, or restores the damage done by a premature contact with an affiliation which had violated the Prime Directive.