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Starfleet is a fictional organization in the television and film franchise ''Star Trek''. Within this fictional universe it is a deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping, and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets ("the Federation"). It is the principal means by which the Federation conducts its exploration, defense, diplomacy, and research. While the majority of its members are human and it is headquartered on Earth, Starfleet is composed of hundreds of species (which includes the majority of the franchise's protagonists). ==History== During production of early episodes of the original series, several details of the makeup of the ''Star Trek'' universe had yet to be worked out, including the operating authority for the USS ''Enterprise''. The terms ''Star Service'' ("The Conscience of the King"), ''Spacefleet Command'' ("The Squire of Gothos"), ''United Earth Space Probe Agency'' ("Charlie X" and "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"), and ''Space Central'' ("Miri") were all used to refer to the ''Enterprise'' References to UESPA were inserted into episodes from later series. For example, the ''Friendship One'' probe (launched, on the fictional timeline, in 2067) is marked with the letters UESPA-1 in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "Friendship One". Other background props included additional UESPA references, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard's family album in ''Star Trek Generations''. During the production of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', some larger Starfleet insignia designs included the name "United Earth Space Probe Agency". Many ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episodes refer to Starfleet having already been in full operation in 2119, when it funded research begun by Cochrane and Henry Archer leading to the first successful flight of Warp 3 vessels in the 2140s. This research is said to have evolved into the NX Program leading to Starfleet launching its first Warp 5-capable starship, ''Enterprise'' (NX-01), in 2151, followed by ''Columbia'' (NX-02) in 2155, as well as other vessels. However, the Starfleet that is in existence before the Federation is a different organization (the 'Earth Starfleet') than the Federation Starfleet; the Earth Starfleet is a purely scientific and exploratory organization, without any of the military functions that the Federation Starfleet provides - all military operations aboard Earth Starfleet vessels are handled by the MACO (Military Assault Command Operations) organization. Starfleet has a Prime Directive of non-interference with developing worlds or their internal politics. This is said not to be a Human construct, but stemmed from policies originally implemented by the Vulcans, who used the attainment of warp speed as a barometer for making first contact with a civilization. The Prime Directive and Starfleet's first contact policies are at the center of several episodes in each ''Star Trek'' series and the film ''Star Trek: First Contact''. Starfleet Headquarters is shown to be located on Earth, northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Fort Baker area. Starfleet Academy is located in the same general area. Additionally, various episodes show Starfleet operating a series of starbases throughout Federation territory, either built as planet-side facilities or as orbital docking stations (notably the titular installation in the ''Deep Space Nine'' series). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starfleet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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