Starfleet Research and Exploration Command

### Headquarters

Office of Starfleet Research & Exploration, Fleet Operations Center, Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco, Earth

### Nickname

Starfleet R&E

**Starfleet Research and Exploration Command**, often shortened to **Starfleet R&E**, was an administrative section of Starfleet and the second largest primary command of Starfleet Command. The main role of the agency was to fulfill the Starfleet's mandate of exploration and discovery.

## Organization

The Office of Starfleet Research and Exploration, the agency's primary management center, was housed in the Fleet Operations Center at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco, Earth. Overseen by the Chief of Research and Exploration, a member of the Joint Chiefs, the command was divided into two subordinate commands: Starfleet Science and Starfleet Medical.

### Starfleet Science Command

Science Command was the agency responsible for governing scientific research and development within Starfleet. Personnel serving under the purview of the command were known as the Starfleet Scientific Corps (SSC). The agency also worked closely with the Federation Science Council.

### Starfleet Medical Command

Though technically an applied science, the vast responsibilities of the medical field necessitated the creation of a separate support command. Medical Command was overseen by the Starfleet Surgeon General with offices at the Starfleet Medical Complex on Earth. Personnel in the agency were known as the Starfleet Medical Corps (SMC) and the command itself was divided into four directorates: Office of Starfleet Medical, Health, Medical Forensics, and Medical Research.

## Uniforms

### 25th century

Personnel, subject to the Starfleet Uniform Code, wore the standard duty uniform with a departmental color of blue. Uniforms of medical personnel were light grey, instead of the standard dark grey. Exceptions were granted during special operations, in unique environments, and on special occasions, where personnel wore formal wear from their homeworlds or a Starfleet dress uniform.

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### 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