Starfleet Command

**Starfleet Command**, sometimes referred to as **Starfleet Central**, was the operating authority of Starfleet. Its primary management center comprised a vast complex in San Francisco, Earth, known as Starfleet Headquarters. The organization reported to the President of the United Federation of Planets and the Federation Council, but was operated by the Joint Chiefs of Starfleet, with the Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet (CNC) serving as chair.

In tlhIngan Hol it was known as '***ejyo' ra'ghomquv***, meaning "Starfleet High Command."

## History

Starfleet Command was the operating authority of the United Earth Starfleet before the United Federation of Planets was founded in 2161. Starfleet, and thereby Starfleet Command, was absorbed into the new government as its exploratory and defensive arm.

## Organization

For its first century in the Federation, Starfleet Command was divided into three primary commands: Operations, Research and Exploration, and Interplanetary Affairs. In 2359, after the disastrous First Federation-Klingon War and the actions of Control, a fourth primary command was created with the organization of Starfleet Strategic Operations Command. After the Dominion War, an evaluation of Starfleet's performance led to a restructuring of the service. Some support commands were shuffled and Strategic Operations became Starfleet Tactical.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

**Project groups:** **Union Station** (*Geneva* • *Concorde* • *Presidio*) • **Century Cruiser** (*Springfield* • *New Orleans* • *Challenger* • *Niagara* • *Freedom II* • *Galaxy* • *Nebula* • *Cheyenne*) • **Multi-Mission explorers** (*Brigid* • *Esquiline* • *Palatine*) • **Deep Shadow** (*Eclipse* • *Phantom* • *Scryer*) • **Miracle Worker** (*Scott* • *Daystrom* • *Tucker* • *Gagarin*) • **Aeronaut** (*Mercury* • *Ajax* • *Icarus* • *Shran*)

**Other named classes:** *Aegian* • *Aerie* • *Akula* • *Atlas* • *California* • *Centaur* • *Challenger* • *Cheyenne* • *Constellation* • *Constitution III* • *Crossfield* • *Curry* • *Daedalus* • *Dauntless* • *Excelsior II* • *Freedom II* • *Gemini* • *Glenn* • *Guardian* • *Inquiry* • *Iwo Jima* • *Jupiter* • *Lexington* • *Niagara* • *Obena* • *Okinawa* • *Parliament* • *Perseus* • *Pioneer* • *Ranger* • *Sagan* • *Solanae* • *Springfield* • *Turing* • *Ulysses*

**Auxiliary craft:** *Aero* • Class C • Class F • *Danube* • *Flyer* • *Gondola* • *Kodai* • *Mollard* • *Peregrine* • *Selenic* • Type 4 • Type 5 • Type 6 (Type 6A • Type 6S) • Type 7 • Type 8 • Type 9 (Type 9A) • Type 10 • Type 11 • Type 14 • Type 17 • Type 19 • *Valkyrie* • *Venture* • *Waverider* • *Yellowstone*

### Sources consulted

* Starfleet Command article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Starfleet Command article at *Memory Beta*.
* Starfleet Command article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Definition of "ra'ghomquv" from the *Klingon Language Wiki.*