Talk:Starfleet

Starfleet Command

The Star Trek Encyclopedia describes "Starfleet Command" as the:

operating authority for the interstellar scientific, exploratory, and defensive agency of the United Federation of Planets

That is to say, I believe that "Starfleet Command" is the canonical name of the organization, rather than just "Starfleet". The article at Starfleet Command suggests that it is only the command group of the organization, but I don't think that is what the show intended. func(talk) 03:36, 17 September 2004 (UTC)

Starfleet Command is the command and control authority of Starfleet. Other branches of Starfleet include Starfleet Medical, Starfleet Engineering, Starfleet Tactical, and Starfleet Sciences. The organization, as a whole, is referred to as "Starfleet". I can see the point, though, but if you study what it said in the shows, movies, and expanded literature, the entire group has always been called simply "Starfleet". Husnock 17 Sep 04

As a convenience, yes, in the same way that we refer to the Navy, rather than to the United States Navy. (Um... didn't mean to be non-inclusive of non-U.S. citizens, there.) The characters also often refer to the Federation, as in "this is the Federation starship Enterprise", but its formal name is the United Federation of Planets. In truth, I don't consider it all that big a deal, but Michael Okuda and other official continuity people at Star Trek are pretty clear on the matter. func(talk) 05:34, 17 September 2004 (UTC)

What the...?! Do you mean to tell me that Wikipedia has no article on Michael Okuda?!?!?! Darn... and I was hoping to get some sleep tonight. func(talk) 05:36, 17 September 2004 (UTC)

I'm afraid I have to disagree (wish other people would get involoved with this one). The Trek Encyclopedia you mention actually has separate entries for Starfleet (page 468 of the revised encyclopedia) and for Starfleet Command (page 467). Starfleet is listed as "deep space exploratory, scientific, diplomatic and defensive agency of the United Federation of Planets". Starfleet Command is listed as "operating authority for the interstellar agency" etc. It is pretty clear that Starfleet Command are the bosses of Starfleet. Also, in the live action shows the characters often speak about "reporting to Starfleet Command" or "contact Starfleet Command" or "we've recieved orders from Starfleet Command". Never once has Picard or Kirk ever made a statement such as "This is the Enterprise of Starfleet Command". Its always simply Starfleet. To summarize, I would not make the changes you are discussing. They would almost certianly be reverted Husnock 17 Sep 2004

Oh, heck!!! ;-) I'm a victim of poor sorting of the Encyclopedia! I looked up Starfleet, and found Startfleet Command, which, as you point out, occurs on an earlier page. I can also see that I mis-read the sentence that I posted above: "and defensive agency". You know, in my world, an entry on Startfleet should be located before Starfleet Command, like it would if they were files in a computer window.

Ah, Ha!!!! And I see the problem... there is a period (full stop) after the entry for Starfleet. Their database automatically would have sorted "Starfleet." after everything that was "Starfleet ...".

P.S. With regards to They would almost certianly be reverted, you're being overly defensive. I started a conversation on the talk page. I didn't make any changes, and wouldn't have without consensus.

func(talk) 13:07, 17 September 2004 (UTC)

Nooooo problem. Didnt mean to imply, either, that you would be summarily reverted. I've just observed a large number of people are watching this page and make changes immediately if someone adds or delete something that is disputed. Its not uncommon to put something in and have it gone five minutes later because people disagreed. Not that I would have done that. Anyway... Husnock 17 Sep 04

Incidentally, I thought that all Husnock were wiped out, everywhere. ;-) func(talk) 16:04, 17 September 2004 (UTC)

More Common RPG

On the page about Starfleet, there is talk of the alt.startrek.rpg There are other major Star Trek RPs available. They were based from the old WBS and was a real time chat RP system. They are currently used in the new WBS, Warp1, and other chat areas. How would we go about adding this? Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkpetrich (talk) 07:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)