Earth Facilities (Canon)

[Timo]

The Federation is already distributed by its very nature, indeed inconveniently so. It may be absolutely crucial to concentrate certain functions, such as forcing all officer-hopefuls to share a dormitory, salute the same physical flag and confide in Boothby so that a loyal and unified Starfleet can be maintained.

As for defenses, citadel thinking may be better than distribution. After all, the enemy can always choose where to strike. If the Feds and the Klingons have the same fighting strength, and the Feds use it to defend multiple capitals, the Klingons have already won: they can triumph over every defense by applying 100% (okay, 95%) of their forces. Keeping every important office and personage under one and the same shield dome, and pouring all resources to maintaining that dome, is the only feasible way to defend. The alternative is to attack, and attack first, but that works poorly in peacetime, the termination of which is a choice in the hands of the enemy...

I like how the whole New Atlantis nonsense completely ignores the importance of the Gulf Stream. Northern Europe in the 24th century must be frozen...

Just as possibly, the Gulf Stream died a long ago, and New Atlantis is a partial remedy to that problem...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Shamrock Holmes]

Just as possibly, the Gulf Stream died a long ago, and New Atlantis is a partial remedy to that problem...

Timo Saloniemi

Not a bad idea, although to my mind it's a little hung up on the Anglocentric Atlantis=Atlantic (which is certainly logical) when it would make more sense to put it in the Pacific where there's a lot more spare space.

 

[Shawnster]

No, since the nations of Earth decided the cultural heritage of the USA will not dominate the globe or they were not signing any United Earth papers.

A number of other countries call their presidential transports such-and-such one. It's not just a US thing. See also Japan, Brazil, South Korea, India


Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets. One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force. Other well known official aircraft include the Russian presidential aircraft, the British Royal Air Force VIP aircraft, the French "Cotam 001" operated by the ETEC 65, the Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft, the German Konrad Adenauer, the Royal Australian Airforce VIP aircraft, the Japanese Air Force One, the South Korean Code One, Air India One, and the Brazilian Air Force One.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government

 

[Nyotarules]

it would make more sense for the Academy to have branch campuses on multiple major Federation worlds -- Vulcan, Andor, Tellar, Rigel, Betazed, Efros, Bolarus, Cait, Sauria, etc.

This makes sense. Why should offworlders travel all the way to Earth to study, besides the campus would not be big enough. The one in San Francisco should be one of many in the UFP. In TNG Wesley took his entrance exams on a far flung starbase

Wouldn't it make more sense for Starfleet to have a more de-centralized organizational scheme than that? We're talking about (in the 2250s) 7,000 ships across scores of Member States (over 150 by the TNG era). I don't think it makes much sense to run everything through one headquarters facilities on Earth. Day-to-day operations really ought to be run through different regional HQs

I agree as well, the impression that everything relating to Starfleet takes place in San Franciso is either poor world building or lazy writing (or both)

 

[Henoch]

This makes sense. Why should offworlders travel all the way to Earth to study, besides the campus would not be big enough. The one in San Francisco should be one of many in the UFP. In TNG Wesley took his entrance exams on a far flung starbase


I agree as well, the impression that everything relating to Starfleet takes place in San Franciso is either poor world building or lazy writing (or both)

Vulcans in SF: "Boy, it's cold here. I can't live here for 4 years."
Andorians in SF: "Boy, it's hot here. I can't live here for 4 years."
etc.
Earth Starfleet Academy is mostly for humans. Alien Starfleet Academies are for aliens. Same for Starship postings. It's the environment, not racism.