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| | Starfleet |
 | | Starfleet is the deep space exploratory, scientific, diplomatic, and defensive operating authority for the United Federation of Planets, and was chartered by the Federation in 2161 with the mission 'to boldly go where no-one has gone before'. |
 | | Starfleet Command stays in touch with its starships by means of a subspace radio communications network, but even with this faster-than-light medium of communication, interstellar space is so vast that it is not uncommon for ships on the frontier to be completely out of touch. |
 | | The Starfleet Academy, founded in 2161, and located at the Presidio of San Francisco on Earth, is the center for the four year training course which all Starfleet personnel has to undergo. |
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