Star Fleet Command
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- For the mirror universe counterpart, see Star Fleet Command (mirror).
Star Fleet Command, or Spacefleet Command, was the operating authority of Star Fleet, the exploratory, scientific, and military department of United Earth before being integrated into the United Federation of Planets in 2161. The organization's primary management center was located at Star Fleet Headquarters in San Francisco, Earth.
History
During the 22nd century and through the 23rd century, Star Fleet Command was under the jurisdiction of the UESPA, notably during Captain James T. Kirk's era.
Pre-Federation
In 2151, Enterprise captain Jonathan Archer met with Admiral Maxwell Forrest, Admiral Daniel Leonard, Commander Williams, and other Human and Vulcan officials at Star Fleet Command to decide how to proceed with delivering the wounded Klingon Klaang back to Qo'noS.
In 2152, Archer was forced to return to Star Fleet Command in order to decide how to proceed after Enterprise apparently destroyed the Paraagan II mining colony.
In March 2153, Forrest and Williams used Star Fleet Command to co-ordinate the response to the crisis caused by re-activated Borg drones.
Later that month, Enterprise was recalled after the Xindi attack on Earth, and Archer went to Star Fleet Command to discuss the attack, plan a response, and gain clearance to search for the Xindi superweapon.
After destroying the Xindi superweapon in February 2154, Archer was debriefed by Forrest, Soval, and Williams about his actions in the Delphic Expanse at Star Fleet Command.
During shore leave later that year, Archer visited Star Fleet Command again.
Star Fleet Command was also host to the conference Nathan Samuels conducted to form the Coalition of Planets. The xenophobic organization Terra Prime planned to destroy the complex with a blast from the hijacked verteron array on Mars. The leader of Terra Prime, John Frederick Paxton, managed to fire the array after Archer, Malcolm Reed, Travis Mayweather, and Phlox launched a raid. However, thanks to sabotage by Enterprise chief engineer Charles Tucker III, the blast was redirected into San Francisco Bay. After the crisis passed, the conference resumed.
- After the signing of the Federation Charter on May 8, 2161, Earth Star Fleet Command absorbed into the modern incarnation of Star Fleet Command that regulates the Federation Star Fleet.
Federation
Star Fleet Command is overseen by the Federation Council and run by a chief of staff, a position held by Admiral Jonathan Archer in the late-22nd century.
Besides the fleet, Star Fleet Command also oversees the various other branches of Star Fleet.
Because of the time delays involved in many subspace communications, Star Fleet Command also includes a network of administrative and support outposts known as starbases throughout the Federation. Star Fleet's starships operate out of these starbases under the supervision of various admirals, the senior officers of the fleet.
By 2364, Star Fleet Command had been infiltrated by neural parasite aliens, who had physically taken control of the bodies of several high-ranking Star Fleet officials, including Admiral Gregory Quinn, Admiral Aaron, and Admiral Savar. The parasitic mother creature resided in the body of Lt. Commander Dexter Remmick. The aliens were prevented from taking over Star Fleet Command by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William Riker of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D , who, by destroying the mother creature, killed all alien parasites on the planet.
In late 2373, Star Fleet Command made a decision that would change the Federation forever. They agreed with Benjamin Sisko that no more Dominion ships could be allowed into the Alpha Quadrant. The mining of the Bajoran wormhole became the catalyst of the Dominion War.
In 2374, Star Fleet Command approved of Sisko's radical plan to bring the Romulan Star Empire into the Dominion War.
The order to quarantine a ship or station comes from Star Fleet Command.
