Star Trek Service Record Simulator
TURN 67: April 2141
A HISTORY OF STARFLEET
Starfleet was formally created on September 24th 2135 by direction of the United Earth Space Probe Agency under legislation approved by the United Earth Congress.​
​​THE UESPA STARFLEET​
​Starfleet was originally created as an office of the United Earth Space Probe Agency and during the first two years of its existence operated from the UESPA headquarters in Houston on Earth (during this period the organization was often referred to as the "UESPA Starfleet").
In August 2135, the UESPA Administrator appointed Doctor. Thomas W. Nelson, the head of the UESPA Operations Division, to serve as the first Director of Starfleet Operations. The following month, Dr. Nelson published Starfleet Operations Order #1 which formally established the Earth Starfleet and created the original organizational structure for the Office of Starfleet Operations.​
By October 2135, the initial office of Starfleet Operations had been formed with eighteen UESPA personnel filling the first Starfleet positions. Starfleet Operations Order #2 then created the three primary Starfleet divisions of Command, Engineering, and Science.
The earliest structure of Starfleet in December 2135
​The following month, a new position, known as the Deputy Director of Administration, was established in order to formally begin publishing Starfleet regulations as part of the continued expansion of the organization.
Captain Thomas Nelson,
Director of Starfleet Operations
By the spring of 2136, Starfleet held a membership of approximately two hundred personnel. To this point, all Starfleet officers had been commissioned from eligible UESPA personnel. In March 2136, the Director of Starfleet Operations authorized Starfleet commissions to Earth Cargo Service personnel with appropriate regulations for lateral transfer.
In May 2136, the Earth Starfleet was approaching a membership of five hundred personnel, with a target of one thousand members by the end of the year. The Earth Congress then passed a highly significant piece of legislation, allowing Starfleet to appoint flag officers in order to further expand the organization.
On June 3rd 2136, the UESPA Administrator authorized the appointment of Captain Nelson as Starfleet's first flag officer. Dr. Nelson was promoted to Commodore on June 5th, 2136 and immediately reorganized the Office of Starfleet Operations under his new title as Chief of Starfleet Operations. That same month, Starfleet began the process of establishing an independent headquarters in San Francisco.
​In the summ​er of 2137, all Starfleet offices relocated to San Francisco upon the formal opening of Starfleet Headquarters. Although a small liaison office remained at UESPA headquarters in Houston, it was from this point that Starfleet came to be regarded as a nominally independent organization.
THE EARTH STARFLEET
In October 2137, as part of the planetary fiscal year allocations, the Earth Congress authorized a large increase of resources to Starfleet and formally approved the promotion of Commodore Nelson, the Chief of Operations to the rank of Rear Admiral.
By the start of 2138, Starfleet has existed for nearly three years but was essentially a "fleet with no ships". The Earth Congress then issued an appropriation for UESPA to coordinate the construction of six space frigates, which was in turn transmitted to Starfleet.
