| rdfs:comment | - The first floor of the Palais features the Federation Council Chambers of the Federation Council, wherein the legislature meets for both full and sub-council sessions. The council chambers are rectangular; towards the south wall is the podium, typically used by the Federation President, or by another Councillor, when presiding over a Council session. The podium is emblazoned with the Great Seal of the United Federation of Planets, and the Federation flag hangs on a pole behind it. On the south wall is a view screen used for a variety of purposes, most commonly for tabulating votes during a session. The east and west walls feature matching rows of twenty seats each, with four rows on each side. (When the number of Councillors exceeds the number of seats, two new rows of twenty seats each ar
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| abstract | - The first floor of the Palais features the Federation Council Chambers of the Federation Council, wherein the legislature meets for both full and sub-council sessions. The council chambers are rectangular; towards the south wall is the podium, typically used by the Federation President, or by another Councillor, when presiding over a Council session. The podium is emblazoned with the Great Seal of the United Federation of Planets, and the Federation flag hangs on a pole behind it. On the south wall is a view screen used for a variety of purposes, most commonly for tabulating votes during a session. The east and west walls feature matching rows of twenty seats each, with four rows on each side. (When the number of Councillors exceeds the number of seats, two new rows of twenty seats each are installed on either side.) The center of the room is the area in which those acknowledged by the podium are allowed to address the Council or sub-council -- the speaker's floor. The northern side of the chambers features the gallery, an area of seating where spectators may observe full sessions of the Council; the galley is closed during classified sessions. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation) The second floor features the offices of the Palais de la Concorde Press Liaison and staff, and includes the holographic briefing room in which the liaison remotely addresses press from throughout the Federation. Floor Two also features a secondary transporter bay. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation) The third floor features the offices of the Palais legal counsel. The fourth through eleventh floors feature the offices of the Federation Councillors and their staffs. Floor Twelve is taken up entirely by the Roth Dining Room and its support facilities. The Roth Dining Room is used at many state dinners, such as the one held in 2380 to welcome the first Trinni/ek delegation to the Federation. Floors Thirteen through Fifteen feature the President's staff, with Thirteen featuring the offices of the speechwriting department. The Presidential Chief of Staff's office is on Fourteen, as are the offices of the Cabinet members. Deputy Chiefs of Staff and their staffs are housed in the interior of Fourteen, while the Chief and Cabinet have offices along the exterior walls. Fifteen features the Presidential Office, as well as the Ra-ghoratreii Room and Wescott Room, a small transporter room, and a waiting room for the president's secretary. (Under the Amitra and Jaresh-Inyo Administrations, the Ra-ghoratreii room was used as the presidential office before Min Zife moved back into the primary office room on Fifteen.) The Presidential Office is heavily shielded, as are the Council Chambers, to prevent breaches in security such as abductions. The Palais also features three basement levels, all heavily shielded. The basement levels, especially the Palais de la Concorde Monet Room, are where the president, the presidential staff, and the members of the Federation Security Council and other authorized Federation Councillors and personnel meet to discuss issues of Federation defense and security and to organize Starfleet operations. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)
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