Starfleet Academy

**Starfleet Academy** is a four-year institution of higher learning, the primary training facility for Starfleet officers. Located at the San Francisco Presidio, it was flanked between two overwhelming vistas; the Starfleet Command, and the Point Bonita Lighthouse. It was approved and founded on December 13, 2161. Admission to the Academy was intensely competitive.

## History

In the 2140s, the academy started as training program for United Earth's Starfleet personnel.(*ENT* episode: "Storm Front, Part II")

Following the disappearance of the *Slayton* in 2159, Starfleet Admiral Somers proposed to establish the Academy to train all the future Starfleet officers. It was to ensure that they would not share the same fate as his son, the *Slayton*'s chief engineer, Jack Somers. (*SA* - *Starfleet Academy* comic: "Issue 3")

### 24th centuryedit | edit source

In 2368, the USS *Enterprise*-D's captain, Jean-Luc Picard, was asked to give a commencement speech for that year's graduating class. However, there was an incident with the Nova Squadron in which cadet Joshua Albert was killed when they attempted the Kolvoord Starburst. In 2372, Red Squad took part in Admiral James Leyton's attempted coup. (*TNG* episode: "The First Duty"; *DS9* episodes: "Homefront", "Paradise Lost")

The campus was destroyed by the Breen during the Dominion War. (*TNG* - *Strange New Worlds 9* short story: "Home Soil")

## Requirements

Traditionally, when a person who wished to join Starfleet reached adulthood, they submitted an application and underwent a series of tests. If accepted, they trained at an Academy facility, such as the primary one at the San Francisco Presidio on Earth. A usual course of study for officers is a four-year education, although accelerated programs and graduate training are available. Enlisted service requires a much shorter training course, sometimes at a satellite facility of the Academy or at another Starfleet installation. (*ST* reference: *The Star Trek Encyclopedia*, [*citation needed*])

The Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program was a course of testing for application to Starfleet Academy. (*DS9* episode: "Facets")

The Academy's motto is "*Ex Astris, Scientia*", or "From the Stars, Knowledge." (*TNG* novel: *The First Duty*)

The facilities include holodecks, located on Archer Hall. (*DS9* - *Strange New Worlds VI* short story: "Best Tools Available")

In the mid-22nd century, all cadets were required to study the worlds that had been destroyed by their dominant species through wars and environmental mismanagement. (*TOS* novel: *Prime Directive*)

In 2371, the entrance exam's final question was worth fifty points. (*DS9* novel: *The Long Night*)

## Required readingedit | edit source

* The Prime Directive
* Starfleet General Orders and Regulations

## Personneledit | edit source

### Senior personneledit | edit source

* Commandant of Starfleet Academy
* Superintendent of Starfleet Academy

*The nature of the division of responsibilities between the Commandant of Starfleet Academy and the Superintendent of Starfleet Academy has not been established. At the modern United States Naval Academy, the Superintendent is the officer in charge of the Academy and the Commandant oversees discipline and day-to-day operations involving midshipmen.*

### Instructorsedit | edit source

* Aaronson (2250s)
* Professor Adara (24th century)
* Professor James Atheling (23rd century)
* Professor Joen B’ton (24th century)
* Professor Leo Brownell (mid-23rd century)
* Chan (2250s)
* Pavel Chekov (2370s)
* Margaret C. Clark (2340s)
* Crown (mid-24th century)
* Howard Delapore (24th century)
* Doctor Janice Eardman (2360s)
* Erdman (2350s)
* Professor Eufinger (2260s)
* Doctor Forbus (2350s)
* Richard Galen (24th century)
* Professor John Gill (2250s)
* Graves (23rd century)
* Commander Graves (24th century)
* Lieutenant commander Walker Keel (2340s)
* Professor David Kincaid (mid-23rd century)
* Lieutenant James T. Kirk (2250s)
* Lynch (24th century)
* Mlikk} (24th century)
* Mayhar-Perth (2250s)
* Professor Naharodny (2360s)
* Miles O'Brien (2370s)
* Professor Pembleton (2350s-2370s)
* Professor Pritchard (2340s)
* Setheleyis th'Rasdeth (24th century)
* Katrine Schönhertz (2350s)
* Instructor Ku (2250s, Kelvin timeline)
* Captain Friedl Segfrunsdóttir (mid-23rd century)
* Commander Juan Sierra (2340s)
* Doctor Steinberg (2340s)
* Stell (24th century)
* Doctor Dorian Schweitzer (24th century)
* Tho (24th century)
* T'Pelak (2350s)
* Professor Richard Temore (23rd century)
* Professor Trumble (2250s, Kelvin timeline)
* Webb (24th century)
* Leslie Wong (2360s)
* Commander Zakarian (2360s)
* Commander Zarsh (2350s)
* Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott (2260s, Kelvin timeline)

## Groupsedit | edit source

* Dream Team
* Falcon Squadron
* Forester's bridge simulation group
* Nebula Squad
* Nova Squadron
* Omega Squad
* Red Squad
* Team Alpha
* Team Delta
* Zeta Squadron

## Annex Campuses/locationsedit | edit source

* San Francisco, Earth, Sol system
* Beta Aquilae II, Beta Aquilae star system
* Psi Upsilon III, Psi Upsilon star system
* Beta Ursae Minor II, Beta Ursae Minor star system
* College of Science, Academy planet