Star Trek - The Project: Starfleet Academy
Created | Updated Mar 15, 2005
Part of Star Trek - The Project
Starfleet Academy was formed to train personnel prior to their joining a starship and being able to leave Earth on active service.
Starfleet itself predates the Federation and was formed with the initial aim of creating a warp 5 capable starship. That dream was realised with the Enterprise NX-01, which launched on -date-
In this academy, members of Star Trek - The Project and the public alike can learn about what it takes to become a Starfleet officer. There are many courses available and we are always recruiting new professors and lecturers to create and teach new courses.
Campus
Starfleet Academy is located next to Starfleet Headquarters in Golden Gate park in San Franscisco. Many of its buildings and grounds offer superb views of the city and the Golden Gate bridge. The campus comprises several locations:
- Central auditorium
- Several lecture halls
- Science labs
- The infamous Starfleet simulator
- Dining hall
- Cafe
- The famous gardens
- Student accomodation
- Administration block
- Shuttle dock
Schools
Starfleet Academy is comprised of several schools:
- Flight School
- Command School
- Engineering School
- School of Science
- Medical School
Courses
Current courses on offer:
- Warp field theory
- Practical warp drive mechanics
- Impulse drive maneouvers
- Navigation
- Stellar Cartography
- Tactics
- Communication and translation
- First Contact Proceedures
- The Prime Directive / General Order Number One
- Alien Customs
- Klingon Grammar: Nouns
- Klingon Grammar: Suffixes
- Romulan History:Flight To A New Planet
Resident Borg expert professor Not Panicking Yet has created a specialist Borg series of courses. These are mandatory reading for all cadets
- The Origins of the Borg
- The Borg Queen
- The Borg Children
- Locutus
- Hugh
- Seven of Nine
- Notable Borg
- Borg Species Designations
- Unimatrix Zero
- The Drones of Unimatrix Zero
- The Nekrit Colony Drones
There are also specialist courses:
- Temporal Mechnics
- Stellar Phenomenon
- Vulcan History Pre-Romulan Seperation
- Ships of the United Federation of Planets (UFP), Late 23rd Century Era
History of Starfleet Academy
Starfleet Academy dates back to mankind's first exploration of the universe and the famous NX project that started the foundations of the Federation1
Many famous luminaries have passed through the halls of Starfleet Academy over the years and several have returned to lecturing positions. After Captain Sulu was promoted, but before he took command of the USS Excelsior, he took a one year assignment as head of Starfleet Academy with Captain Kirk and Commander Chekov taking temporary teaching assignments in various subjects, including space combat.
Captain Kirk has the distinction of being the only cadet who beat the Kobayashi Maru simulation in the Starfleet simulator, a starship bridge simulator that can recreate any scenario or situation to test the cadets. The Kobayashi Maru scenario is an unbeatable situation that tests cadet's character.
During Kirk's time there teaching, he foiled a plan to take over Starfleet by assasinating key officials hatched by several cadets.
Staff
List of Professors:
Professorships are granted to those who have written at least five courses.
List of Lecturers:
Lecturer positions are given to people who have written at least one course.
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