What is "starfleet"

Starfleet is a fictional organization in the television and film franchise Star Trek. Within this fictional universe, Starfleet is a service maintained by the United Federation of Planets ("the Federation") as the principal means for conducting deep-space exploration, research, defense, peacekeeping, and diplomacy. While the majority of Starfleet's members are human and it is headquartered on Earth, hundreds of other species are also represented, including the majority of the franchise's protagonists.

Starfleet or Star Fleet (implying a fleet of spacecraft operating in interstellar space) can refer to:

• Starfleet, the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force in the Star Trek franchise
  • Starfleet International, a Star Trek fan club
  • Star Fleet Battles, a Star Trek strategy board war game
• X-Bomber, a Japanese science fiction puppet show, the English-dubbed version of which is named Star Fleet
  • "Star Fleet", the theme tune to the English-dubbed version of X-Bomber, written and performed by Paul Bliss and covered by Brian May
• Star Fleet (game series), a series of computer games unrelated to the Star Trek franchise. Existed since the late 1970s
• The Imperial Navy (Star Wars) in Star Wars, which is at times referred to as the "Imperial Starfleet"
  • The Galactic Republic's Judicial Starfleet in Star Wars
• The Star Fleet, a fleet of tugboats in the British animation series TUGS
• Star Fleet Project, a one-off 1983 music project organized by Brian May of Queen, and its title track.
• Starfleet Wars, a space battle game by Superior Models, Inc. featuring five races: Terrans, Entomalians, Avarians, Aquarians, and Carnivorans