Federation Starfleet Installation Database - Starfleet Academy, San Francisco

	History:
	Training facility for Starfleet personnel (TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before") located at the Presidio of San Francisco on Earth. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Established in 2161, the academy is a four-year institution. The motto of Starfleet Academy is "Ex astris, scientia," meaning "From the stars, knowledge". TNG "The First Duty" Non-Federation citizens require a letter of reference from a command-level Starfleet officer before they can take the academy entrance exam. When Nog applied for admission the academy in 2371, Commander Benjamin Sisko wrote such a recommendation for him. DS9 "Heart of Stone" In 2368, Captain Picard was asked to deliver the commencement address for that year's graduates. The occasion was marred by the loss of a cadet in an accident shortly before commencement. TNG "The First Duty" Academy cadets from the Red Squad became unwitting accomplices of Admiral Leyton's attempted coup of the Earth government in 2372. DS9 "Homefront", DS9 "Paradise Lost" The academy campus grounds seen in (TNG "The First Duty") were a cobination of location filming at the Tillman Water Reclamation plant in Van Nuys and a matte painting by Illusion Arts, Inc. That building was also used (with a different matte painting) as part of Starfleet Command in (DS9 "Homefront). Star Trek Encyclopedia II Anaanda Ziff, Bruno Salvatore, Marla E. Finn and Walter J. Pierce was a graduate of this Academy annex. TNG "Eye of the Beholder"