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Starfleet Command

In the fictional world of Star Trek, Starfleet Command is the headquarters of Starfleet, the directorate of exploration and defense for the United Federation of Planets. It is located in San Francisco, (currently within the United States of America), Earth. Download high resolution version (723x723, 128 KB)Starfleet Command This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Download high resolution version (723x723, 128 KB)Starfleet Command This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the United Federation of Planets is a federation of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies, based in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants of the Milky Way galaxy. ... This article is about the city in California. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...


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Starfleet Command is the operating authority for the interstellar scientific, exploratory, and defensive agency of the United Federation of Planets. The primary control hub was located in San Francisco on Earth, but other command facilities were located in various starbases throughout Federation space. Starfleet Command stayed in touch with its starships by means of a subspace radio communications network, but even with this faster-than-light medium, interstellar space is so vast that it was not uncommon for ships onm the frontier to be out of touch. As a result, starship captains were frequently granted broad descretionary powers to interpret Federation policy in the absence of immediate instructions from Starfleet Command. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the United Federation of Planets is a federation of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies, based in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants of the Milky Way galaxy. ...


The term Starfleet Command was first used the in the episode "Court Martial" (TOS). Starfleet Command's fleet-operations center in San Francisco was seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Paramount Pictures, 1986; see also 1986 in film) is the fourth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...


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Starfleet predates the founding of the Federation by several decades, and was responsible for launching the first Human Warp 5-capable starship, the Enterprise NX-01.
Starfleet has been shown to handle diplomatic, scientific, and military missions, although their main mandate seems to be one of peaceful exploration.
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