Starfleet

**Starfleet** is the deep space exploratory and defense service maintained by the United Federation of Planets. Its principal functions included the advancement of Federation knowledge about the galaxy and its inhabitants, the advancement of Federation science and technology, the defense of the Federation, and the facilitation of Federation diplomacy.

As per its mandate of deep space exploration, its personnel are frequently brought into contact with cultures and sentient species whose existences were unknown to the Federation. Starfleet officers therefore acted as official representatives of the Federation in these cases. Starfleet vessels were also frequently used to ferry ambassadors on diplomatic missions.

## History

*See main article: **Starfleet history**.*
The Federation Starfleet was chartered in the year 2161 with the founding of the Federation. A charter was written and an institution for the training of the Federation Starfleet officer corps, Starfleet Academy, was established. The Federation Starfleet was created from the space and science programs and militaries of the Federation's founding Member States, including the United Earth Starfleet (founded only about twenty to thirty years earlier), the Andorian Imperial Guard, and the Vulcan, Tellarite and Alpha Centauri military forces. Starfleet Headquarters, the primary hub of Starfleet Command, was built near the Presidio in San Francisco on Earth, as the United Earth Starfleet Command complex had been, as was the Academy.

## Senior officers

The senior-most officer of Starfleet was the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet (C-in-C), who served as a military advisor to the Federation President and Council, and had operational authority over the whole of the Federation Starfleet.

Beneath the C-in-C was the Chief Of Staff and then Several Admiral's assigned to specific Departments of Starfleet.

The Federation Starfleet Liaison to the Office of the President was responsible for communicating and coordinating with the President of the United Federation of Planets, reporting to the President regarding the activities of Starfleet and the orders of the C-in-C, and relaying the President's orders back to Starfleet.

## Organization

Direct commanding authority over Starfleet was a power of the Federation President. In addition, the Federation Council, the Federation's legislature, often directly influenced the service's operations and even issued orders on occasion. The day-to-day operations of the service were managed by Starfleet Command, under a commander in chief.

### Commander in chief

The commander in chief oversaw the operations of the entire service, and reported directly to the Federation president.

Current CnC-Fleet Admiral Donald Kent

### Starfleet Command

This was the service's operational authority. Senior positions included the chief of staff and the chief of Starfleet Operations.

### Sector commands

These oversaw operations of the service within sectors of Federation space. There were at least 23 sector commands. Sector commanders reported to Starfleet Command, and commanding officers of service vessels operating within these sectors reported to them.

## Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Academy was a facility maintained by the service for the training of its officers. Prospective officers received extensive training at this facility, for a period of four years. Undergraduates attending the facility were called midshipmen in the 23rd century and cadets in the 24th century. Successful graduates were commissioned as Federation Starfleet officers.

### Training facilities

Apart from Starfleet Academy, the service also maintained several training facilities for both officers and enlisted personnel. These included a number of Academy annexes, located in different systems. Known annexes were Starfleet Academy (Beta Aquilae II), Starfleet Academy (Beta Ursae Minor II), and Starfleet Academy (Psi Upsilon III). The service also maintained at least one testing facility to evaluate prospective Starfleet Academy undergraduates for admission into the academy. This facility was located on the planet Relva VII.

Starfleet Academy also had a training program for enlisted personnel. In addition, at least one other such facility was located on Mars, known as the Starfleet Technical Services Academy.

## Bases and installations

Aside from its headquarters, located on Earth, the Federation's capital world, Starfleet also maintained installations throughout Federation territory.

### Starbases

were facilities set aside for resupply of the service's vessels and the relaxation of vessel crews, were maintained in all sectors of Federation space. In addition, the service also maintained facilities beyond Federation territory. The most well-known of these is Deep Space 9, in the Alpha Quadrant.

### Shipyards

The service also maintained a number of shipyards at which it constructed its vessels and designed and tested new vessels and vessel types. Among the most famous of these shipyards were:

* The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, located in orbit around Mars
* The San Francisco Fleet Yards, located in orbit around Earth
* The Beta Antares Ship Yards, located in the Antares sector

## Equipment

Weapons- Type 1 Phaser, Type 2 Phaser, Type 3 Phaser

Starfleet Communicators and Computers-Communicator, Tricorders,

Medical-Starfleet Medical Tools

## Vessels

The single most important asset that Starfleet possessed, apart from its personnel, was its vast number of vessels.

## Starfleet Fleet List

* 1st Fleet
* 2nd Fleet
* 3rd Fleet
* 4th Fleet
* 5th Fleet
* 6th Fleet
* 7th Fleet
* 8th Fleet
* 9th Fleet
* 10th Fleet
* 11th Fleet
* 12th Fleet
* 13th Fleet
* 14th Fleet
* 15th Fleet
* 16th Fleet
* 17th Fleet
* 18th Fleet
* 19th Fleet
* 20th Fleet
* 21st Fleet
* 22nd Fleet
* 23rd Fleet
* 24th Fleet
* 25th Fleet
* 26th Fleet
* 27th Fleet
* 28th Fleet
* 29th Fleet
* 30th Fleet
* 31st Fleet
* 32nd Fleet

## Branches and agencies

There were a number of branches and agencies that assisted Starfleet Command in the running of the service.

* Judge Advocate General
* Office of the Inspector General
* Spaceframe Development
* Starfleet Administration
* Starfleet Advanced Technologies
* Starfleet Bureau of Information
* Starfleet Cartography
* Starfleet Corps of Engineers
* Starfleet Criminal Investigative Service
* Starfleet Diplomatic Corps
* Exploratory Division
* Starfleet Intelligence
	+ Section 31
* Starfleet Materiel Supply Command
* Starfleet Medical
	+ Starfleet Medical Academy

* Starfleet Marine Corps

* Starfleet Mission Operations
* Starfleet Operational Support Services
* Starfleet Operations
	+ Administrative Operations
* Starfleet Orbital Operations
* Starfleet Research
* Starfleet Shipyards Operations
* Starfleet Science
* Starfleet Security
* Starfleet Starfighter Corps
* Stellar Imaging Division
* Starfleet Tactical

## Species with representatives in Starfleet

Starfleet has always been a multiracial organization, composed of species from various worlds. Even though Starfleet was an organization representing United Earth and later on the United Federation of Planets, it was not a requirement for Starfleet personnel to be Human, or later on, from a member species of the Federation. Non-Federation citizens could join Starfleet, but in order to do so, a command-level officer had to submit a letter of recommendation on behalf of the individuals in question.

As an example, in 2369, there were seventeen representatives from non-Federation planets serving on the USS *Enterprise*-D. At times, Starfleet even allowed members from species that were its enemies to work as crew members, including the Klingon Worf during the Federation-Klingon War of the 2370s, Simon Tarses, who was part Romulan, and Seven of Nine, a liberated Borg drone.

The following races have had members of their species working for Starfleet:

* Alnschloss K'Bentayr's species
* Andorians
* Arcturians
* Argosians
* Arkenites
* Bajorans
* Barzans
* Benzites
* Betazoids
* Betelgeusians
* Bolians
* Boslics
* Brunali
* Caitians
* Deltans
* Denobulans
* Edosians
* Efrosians
* Elaysians
* Ferengi
* Haliians
* Humans
* Kelpiens
* Klingons
* K'normians
* Megazoids
* Napeans
* Nara's species
* Orions
* Osnullus
* Pardshay's species
* Peliar Zel natives
* Rhaandarites
* Romulan/Human hybrid, Simon Tarses
* Saurians
* Soong-type android, Data
* Tellarites
* Tiburonians
* Trill
* Tyrellians
* Vilix'pran's species
* Vulcans
* Worene's species
* Zakdorn
* Zaldans
* Zaranites

In addition, the Arkarians provided baryon sweeps for Starfleet starships, and Bynars provided their technical services in upgrading the computers of Starfleet ships. Starfleet also employed sentient artificial photonic lifeforms as holographic emergency personnel, such as the Emergency Medical Holographic programs. The El-Aurian Guinan provided her services as bartender on the *Enterprise*-D and the Talaxian Neelix, the Ocampa Kes, the liberated Borg Seven of Nine, and the Brunali former Borg drone Icheb worked as members of the crew of the USS *Voyager* during the voyage through the Delta Quadrant.