OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS
APPOINTMENT OF FLEET ADMIRAL COSTELLO
Rear Admiral Costello, please repeat after me:
I, COSTELLO, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United Federation of Planets against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same as well as the fleet; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the Office on which I am about to enter.