===Starfleet===
Starfleet is the Federation’s main military force. It is composed of the eponymous Starfleet as well as the Starfleet Marine Corps. According to the Starfleet Charter, the organization’s primary purpose is the peaceful exploration of space: some 65% of all Starfleet ships are classified as science vessels, while the remaining 35% all have some scientific instrumentation onboard. Regardless, Starfleet is the largest void navy in the Fenspace Convention, and the Federation ranks second in overall military spending in Fenspace, behind the Galactic Republic.Among factions with functional governments. Counting armies-without-a-country factions like the Roughriders the Federation ranks sixth.
Starfleet is administered by the Board of Admiralty, which is composed of the senior ranking officers of the fleets as well as the commanders of non-fleet divisions like the Marines or the Corps of Engineers. The Board answers directly to the Federation Council, which has final veto on Admiralty appointments and decisions.
Starfleet is organized into 5 separate fleet task groups, each with a specific operational sphere and home base. The First Fleet is based out of Starbase 1, Mars orbit and is tasked with defense and coastal patrol duties in the Mars system out to the nearer Main Belt asteroids. Fifth Fleet is the first Starfleet task group to be based outside of the solar system: the fleet operates from Deep Space Four orbiting Chiron, and is tasked with supporting the colonization and surveys of the Alpha Centauri trisystem.
The Starfleet Marine CorpsSometimes referred to as MACOs by the small number of Enterprise fans. are best known as the “Redshirts” for their distinctive crimson duty tunics, as well as their source material’s penchant for dying in droves. The Redshirts took the implied insult and turned it into a badge of pride, serving with distinction during the Boskone War and in countless small-unit police actions since.
The Federation was a signatory to the 2014 Space Arms Limitation Treaty (PEPPER) and the 2020 PEPPER II treaty. Fleet units are rotated through Great Justice service on a biannual basis: most of Starfleet’s operational combat craft either have served or are serving with Great Justice at any given time.
====Constitution-class controversy====
Since the founding of the Federation, the iconic form of the USS Enterprise has been missing from the fleet. Early efforts to build an appropriate Enterprise fell short of the mark due to lack of resources, or simply proved too quirky to be functional. Starfleet purchased OV-201 USS Enterprise in 2014 just to have a functional Enterprise; the shuttle Enterprise went on to a successful career as a science vessel. Despite this, in 2020 the Federation Council in a rare moment of directly butting into the affairs of Starfleet ordered the Admiralty to draw up plans and begin requisitioning the necessary materials, lab time, etc. to build a functional Constitution class starship (expected to be either NCC-1700 USS Constitution or NCC-1701 USS Enterprise) with a launch date of no later than September 8th, 2030.Ideally, the Council hoped Starfleet would get their act together and have an Enterprise ready to launch on September 8th, 2026, the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: TOS. This may have been overly optimistic.
As of 2022 the Admiralty hasn’t decided which Constitution class vessel will be implemented by the Council’s 2030 deadline. The original Matt Jefferies design is the favorite of the Corps of Engineers,Mostly thanks to the exhaustive Franz Joseph deckplans, which give the engineers a base to develop from. with a strong minority favoring the Andrew Probert redesign and smaller groups agitating for the Ryan Church reboot design or just skipping the Constitution class altogether and going for the Excelsior or even the Galaxy class.Enterprise, who will core transfer to NCC-1701 once one’s built, has remained neutral through this somewhat ridiculous debate.
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Starfleet is the Federation’s main military force. It is composed of the eponymous Starfleet as well as the Starfleet Marine Corps. According to the Starfleet Charter, the organization’s primary purpose is the peaceful exploration of space: some 65% of all Starfleet ships are classified as science vessels, while the remaining 35% all have some scientific instrumentation onboard. Regardless, Starfleet is the largest void navy in the Fenspace Convention, and the Federation ranks second in overall military spending in Fenspace, behind the Galactic Republic.Among factions with functional governments. Counting armies-without-a-country factions like the Roughriders the Federation ranks sixth.
Starfleet is administered by the Board of Admiralty, which is composed of the senior ranking officers of the fleets as well as the commanders of non-fleet divisions like the Marines or the Corps of Engineers. The Board answers directly to the Federation Council, which has final veto on Admiralty appointments and decisions.
Starfleet is organized into 5 separate fleet task groups, each with a specific operational sphere and home base. The First Fleet is based out of Starbase 1, Mars orbit and is tasked with defense and coastal patrol duties in the Mars system out to the nearer Main Belt asteroids. Fifth Fleet is the first Starfleet task group to be based outside of the solar system: the fleet operates from Deep Space Four orbiting Chiron, and is tasked with supporting the colonization and surveys of the Alpha Centauri trisystem.
The Starfleet Marine CorpsSometimes referred to as MACOs by the small number of Enterprise fans. are best known as the “Redshirts” for their distinctive crimson duty tunics, as well as their source material’s penchant for dying in droves. The Redshirts took the implied insult and turned it into a badge of pride, serving with distinction during the Boskone War and in countless small-unit police actions since.
The Federation was a signatory to the 2014 Space Arms Limitation Treaty (PEPPER) and the 2020 PEPPER II treaty. Fleet units are rotated through Great Justice service on a biannual basis: most of Starfleet’s operational combat craft either have served or are serving with Great Justice at any given time.
====Constitution-class controversy====
Since the founding of the Federation, the iconic form of the USS Enterprise has been missing from the fleet. Early efforts to build an appropriate Enterprise fell short of the mark due to lack of resources, or simply proved too quirky to be functional. Starfleet purchased OV-201 USS Enterprise in 2014 just to have a functional Enterprise; the shuttle Enterprise went on to a successful career as a science vessel. Despite this, in 2020 the Federation Council in a rare moment of directly butting into the affairs of Starfleet ordered the Admiralty to draw up plans and begin requisitioning the necessary materials, lab time, etc. to build a functional Constitution class starship (expected to be either NCC-1700 USS Constitution or NCC-1701 USS Enterprise) with a launch date of no later than September 8th, 2030.Ideally, the Council hoped Starfleet would get their act together and have an Enterprise ready to launch on September 8th, 2026, the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: TOS. This may have been overly optimistic.
As of 2022 the Admiralty hasn’t decided which Constitution class vessel will be implemented by the Council’s 2030 deadline. The original Matt Jefferies design is the favorite of the Corps of Engineers,Mostly thanks to the exhaustive Franz Joseph deckplans, which give the engineers a base to develop from. with a strong minority favoring the Andrew Probert redesign and smaller groups agitating for the Ryan Church reboot design or just skipping the Constitution class altogether and going for the Excelsior or even the Galaxy class.Enterprise, who will core transfer to NCC-1701 once one’s built, has remained neutral through this somewhat ridiculous debate.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"