Starfleet

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Starfleet insignia in Star Trek: Picard.

Starfleet is an organization that features in Star Trek.

History

Origin

Starfleet

Commodore Maxwell Forrest came to oversee the NX Project in its initial stages in the early 2140s, fielded several test vehicles with prototype versions of the warp five engine. These prototypes were piloted by Commanders Jonathan Archer, A.G. Robinson, Gardner, and Duvall. Captain Jefferies was an engineer on the NX Program, and Lieutenant Charles Tucker III worked on his team. (ENT: First Flight)

In 2151, Starfleet was attempting to prepare for an exploration initiative by its first Warp 5 capable ship the NX-01 Enterprise that was to be captained by Jonathan Archer. This was despite the Vulcans attempts at halting the launch as they felt humanity was not ready for interstellar exploration. In this time, a Klingon courier by the name of Klaang crashed on Earth after being pursued by Suliban assassins. He was injured by a human farmer leading to a disastrous first contact situation with mankind. However, Captain Archer decided to use the event as a launch platform for the Enterprise by delivering Klaang back to his homeworld of Qo'noS that as the capital of the Klingon Empire. With the support of Admiral Forrest, the Starfleet ship launched on its maiden voyage where it was ultimately successful in its mission with their exploration initiative continued from that point onwards. (ENT: Broken Bow)

The incident at P'Jem caused the Vulcan High Command to halt joint operations with Starfleet for a time. (ENT: Shadows of P'Jem)

Federation

In 2366, contact was lost with the New Providence colony with Starfleet suspecting a possible Borg sighting. This saw the U.S.S. Enterprise investigating the planet where they confirmed a Borg presence. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)

In 2369, Starfleet Intelligence came to believe that the Cardassians were developing a metagenic weapon on Celtris III. This spurred Starfleet to send Captain Picard, Doctor Beverly Crusher, and Lieutenant Worf on a covert mission to locate and destroy the weapon, but it was later revealed that the Cardassians had set a trap for the explicit purpose of capturing Captain Picard. (TNG: Chain Of Command, Part I)

The Hobus star supernova came to threaten other systems within the Romulan empire thus creating a massive crisis for their people. This led to the Star Empire requesting the aid of the Federation to help evacuate their worlds from the path of destruction of the cataclysm. Leading these efforts was Captain Picard who was to lead the fleet of evacuation ships that were being assembled at Mars. However, tragedy struck when a group of rogue synthetics struck at Mars and razed the entire planet along with destroyed the fleet of ships. The incident caused Starfleet to pull out of its efforts in helping the Romulans and led to the Federation instituting a ban on synthetics. (PIC: Remembrance)

Future

After the Burn, every starship capable of warp and possessing dilithium simultaneously exploded in an event that caused the death of millions. This caused the slowly and systematic collapse of space travel along with the Federation with the cause of the event being unknown. Fearing a possible attack, it was decided to move Starfleet Headquarters away from Earth as it made the planet a potential target to enemies with this having occurred around a century ago. Thus, the planet no longer came to host Starfleet and in time formed its own government separate from the fallen Federation with the United Earth Defense Force developing as its military defensive arm. Despite this being the case, a Starfleet Admiral named Tala sent a secure coded Starfleet beacon that asked for any vessel to rendezvous at Earth though the loss of interstellar travel meant that no ship was able to make the journey. (DIS: People of Earth)

Overview

Organization

The first duty of every Starfleet officer was said to be to the truth whether it was scientific, historical or personal. This was said to be the guiding principle of Starfleet which was based on this belief. (TNG: The First Duty)

Non-Federation citizens could join Starfleet but in order to do so they needed to submit a letter of recommendation from a officer of command-level made on their behalf. (DS9: Heart of Stone)

The day-to-day operations of the service were managed by Starfleet Command that was led by the commander in chief. (Movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Divisions within Starfleet included:

• Starfleet Administration :
• Starfleet Operations :
• Starfleet Research :
• Starfleet Medical :
• Starfleet Tactical :
• Starfleet Security :
• Starfleet Intelligence : Internal Affairs was a division within this branch tasked with investigating possible security threats within Starfleet and ensuring that Starfleet officers acted in accordance with Federation laws. (DS9: Inquisition)
• Judge Advocate General :

A top-secret branch within Starfleet known as Section 31 was known to use any means necessary to respond to extreme threats to the Federation. (DS9: Inquisition)

Ranks within the organization included:

• Fleet Admiral :
• Commodore :
• Captain :
• Commander :
• Lieutenant Commander :
• Lieutenant :
• Ensign :

Starfleet's chief in command was a position held by the senior fleet admiral, who took orders only from the President of the United Federation of Planets. (Movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Meanwhile, the Federation President was considered to be the commander-in-chief of all Federation forces. (DS9: Homefront)

The enlisted ranks above that of crewman were not commissioned officer ranks. To distinguish them from commissioned officer ranks, the term 'non-commissioned officer' was used. It was also common to refer to any enlisted Starfleet member in the generic title of Crewman, while also substituting the terms Specialist and Technician when mentioning the said crewman in a log entry. (TOS: Space Seed) All enlisted personnel were subordinate to commissioned officers in the chain of command, however senior enlisted personnel were occasionally assigned junior officers as specialists and technicians. (TNG: Clues)

Annually, there was a gathering of Starfleet admirals alongside other officers with these attending the Admirals' Banquet where they discussed various topics of interest. (TNG: Phantasms)

Another facility was located on Mars with this being the Starfleet Technical Services Academy. (TNG: Eye of the Beholder)

The Starfleet Archive Museum contained a quantum archive that was used as a private storage system for Starfleet officers. It was managed by a holographic directory known as Index who could manifest at any moment and aided people at the facility. (PIC: Remembrance)

Technology

Federation fleet.

In the mid-22nd century, Starfleet personnel used portable transceiver devices called communicators with the early versions of these being designed to be hand-held devices with a hardware control interface and a flip-up antennae grid/activator. By the mid-24th century, this transitioned to the use of the metallic uniform insignia combadges worn on the left breast, activated by touch or voice.

Transporters were transportation device that converted objects or persons to energy that was sent to the destination whereupon it was reconstituted the objects/persons back into matter.

During the mid-23rd century, Starfleet came to use a type of automated worker drone called the DOT-7. By the 32nd century, the drone model was still used with these proceeding to the DOT-23 series. (DIS: There Is A Tide...)

They came to develop the Emergency Medical Hologram which was made by holo-engineers as a temporary replacement for a ship's doctor or even an aid in times of need. (VOY: Projections)

Known classes of ships included:

• Constitution-class : initially commissioned circa 2245, this type of Federation starship was one of the most well-known in its era. The class was later refitted which featured an increase in crew compliment to approximately 520 persons from its predecessor. Also new to this refitted class were a virtual upgrade of all key systems. A new bridge module was installed and main engineering received an upgrade, along with the replacement of the warp nacelles.
• Reliant-class :
• Excelsior-class :
• Galaxy-class : among the largest Starfleet vessel of its time with it holding 42 decks.
• Intrepid-class :
• Defiant-class :
• Sovereign-class : As of 2373, this class of Federation starship was the most advanced type of vessel in the fleet. Sovereign-class ships were 24 decks thick and almost 700 meters in length. The Sovereign-class introduced the quantum torpedo as the Federation's latest advancement in tactical weapons. Its streamlined design, use of ventral shielding, and overall presence was arguably reasons why this class was chosen to be the Federation's flagship.
• Luna-class :

By the late 24th century, Starfleet had developed a stance in opposition of the use of warships. Despite this, several ostensible warships were developed and brought into service by Starfleet during the 2360s and 2370s in response to the Borg and Dominion threats. (DS9: The Search, Part I)

Personnel

• Maxwell Forrest :
• Daniel Leonard :
• Jonathan Archer :
• Robert April :
• Christopher Pike :
• Michael Burnham :
• James T. Kirk :
• Spock :
• La'an Noonien-Singh :
• Jean-Luc Picard :
• Benjamin Sisko :
• Katherine Janeway :
• J.P. Hanson : a male human who was an admiral in the 24th century and friend to Picard where he was involved in the efforts to combat the Borg. Admiral Hanson assembled a fleet to confront the Borg Cube at Wolf 359 where he was killed in the battle. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)
• Shelby : a female human who had the rank of commander in the 2360s where she joined Starfleet Tactical's efforts at responding to the Borg. She was assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise in combating the Borg Cube that had invaded the Federation. (TNG: The Best of Borg Worlds)
• Alynna Nechayev : a blonde haired female who had the rank of admiral in the 24th century. (TNG: Chain of Command)
• Saru :
• Data :
• Tuvok :
• Kirsten Clancy :

Notes

• Starfleet was created by Gene Roddenberry where it featured in the setting of the Star Trek universe.

Alternate Versions

In other media

Video games

• In Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the video game with the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager. To survive in the Delta Quadrant, the crew established an elite fighting unit called the Hazard Team.
• In Star Trek: Elite Force II, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the video game sequel. Upon the U.S.S. Voyager's return, Starfleet formally adopted the use of Hazard Teams as part of a ship's complement.
• In Star Trek: Armada, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the strategy video game.
• In Star Trek: Armada II, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the sequel of the strategy video game.
• In Star Trek: Away Team, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the video game. A prototype ship called the U.S.S. Incursion that was used by Starfleet Intelligence on covert assignments where it used a special holographic disguise system.
• In Star Trek Online, Starfleet appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.

Novels

Appearances

• Star Trek: The Original Series:
• Star Trek: The Next Generation:
• Star Trek: Deep Space 9:
• Star Trek: Voyager:
• Star Trek: Enterprise:
• Star Trek: Discovery:
• Star Trek: Picard:
• Star Trek: Lower Decks:

External Links

• Memory Alpha Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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