Stuff like Space Command, Space Central, Star Service
Space Command was clearly
not simply some obsolete substitute term for Starfleet in "Court Martial" (TOS):
STONE: It's in the transcript, and computer transcripts don't lie. I'm telling you, Captain, either you accept a permanent ground assignment, or the whole disciplinary weight of Starfleet Command is going to light right on your neck.
[...]
STONE: This court is now in session. I have appointed as members of this court Space Command Representative Lindstrom, Starship Captains Krasnovsky and Chandra. Captain Kirk, I direct your attention to the fact that you have a right to ask for substitute officers if you feel that any of these named harbour any prejudiced attitudes to your case.
[...]
COMPUTER: Spock, serial number S179-276SP. Service rank, Lieutenant Commander. Position, First Officer, Science Officer. Current assignment, U.S.S. Enterprise. Commendations, Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor. Awards of valor. Twice decorated by Starfleet Command.
[...]
COMPUTER: Service rank, Lieutenant Commander. Position, Ship's Surgeon. Current assignment, U.S.S. Enterprise. Commendations, Legion of Honor. Awards of valor. Decorated by Starfleet surgeons.
[...]
COMPUTER: Awards of valor, Medal of Honor, Silver Palm with Cluster, Starfleet citation for Conspicuous Gallantry, Karagite Order of Heroism...
Whatever Lindstrom—who does indeed wear a Starfleet dress uniform—represents beyond
or within Starfleet, it's some specific thing being distinguished from Starfleet in general and Starfleet Command in particular.
Space Central is referred to in "Miri" (TOS) as a prospective source of civilian support personnel for her planet, with no direct indication it's supposed to refer to Kirk's organization:
RAND: They were just children. Simply to leave them there with a medical team...
KIRK: Just children, three hundred years old and more. I've already contacted Space Central. They'll send teachers, advisers...
MCCOY: ...and truant officers, I presume.
KIRK: They'll be all right.
Then there's a
Vulcan Space Central in "Amok Time" (TOS) that seems to be a local authority, and again clearly distinguished from Starfleet itself:
UHURA: Captain, something's coming in on the Starfleet channel. Priority and urgent, Sir.
KIRK: Put it on audio over here, Lieutenant.
UHURA: Message complete, Sir. Switching over.
STARFLEET: To Captain, U.S.S. Enterprise, from Starfleet, Sector Nine. Inauguration ceremonies, Altair VI, have been advanced seven Solar days. You are ordered to alter your flight plan to accommodate, by order of Komack, Admiral, Starfleet Command. Acknowledge.
[...]
KIRK: Lieutenant, get me Admiral Komack at Starfleet Command, Sector Nine. Pipe it down to McCoy's office.
UHURA: Starfleet Command. Yes, Sir.
[...]
KOMACK: You will proceed to Altair VI as ordered. You have your orders. Starfleet out.
MCCOY: Well, that's that.
KIRK: No, it's not. I know the Altair situation. We would be one of three starships. Very impressive, very diplomatic, but it's simply not that vital.
MCCOY: You can't go off to Vulcan against Starfleet orders...
[...]
KIRK: Open the channel, Lieutenant. Vulcan Space Central, this is the U.S.S. Enterprise requesting permission to assume standard orbit.
VULCAN: U.S.S. Enterprise from Vulcan Space Central. Permission granted. And from all of Vulcan, welcome. Is Commander Spock with you?
The single use of "Star Service"—or more likely merely "star service"—is in "Conscience Of The King" (TOS):
KIRK: Stop. Is that star service Lieutenant Kevin Riley?
This doesn't seem that odd, considering the frequent usage of "the service" as a general euphemism for Starfleet throughout the
entire series, from "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS) to "Spectre Of The Gun" (TOS), and including the above episodes in addition to others.
We
could take "the space service" in which Stiles' ancestor from "Balance Of Terror" (TOS) served during the Romulan War(s) the same way, although that might just as easily refer to something entirely
other than Starfleet, like the MACOs, as well. Perhaps even a proper Space Service of the United Earth Military that followed once they'd
fully made the transition to that from being a planet-based operation, for all we know, or a force of remotely-operated flying atomic bombs to combat the Romulans' own drone hordes! It's all wide open.
As for UESPA, the first time that gets brought up is in "Charlie X" in reference to the
Antares, a vessel that by precious authorial intent was never
originally intended to be in the same service as the
Enterprise to begin with, but a parallel one. And she's specified by multiple designations in the dialogue, seemingly indicating she is a multi-role craft. She's called "a cargo vessel," "a transport ship,"
and a "science probe vessel," and it is this last which prompts Kirk to report her mysterious loss to UESPA Headquarters. Of course, by later references it could still be that UESPA is the civilian authority that has historically overseen
all of Earth's spacegoing activities
including Starfleet's (at least
originally) but there is a sufficiently wide berth for any number of differing interpretations.
So where exactly is the conflict and contradiction in any of this? I'm not seeing it.
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