Federation Starfleet Installation Database - Starfleet Command, San Francisco

	History:
	Operating authority for the interstellar scientific, exploratory, and defensive agency of the United Federation of Planets. TOS "Court Martial" The primary contrul hub was located in San Francisco on Earth, but other command facilities were located in various starbases throughout Federation space. Starfleet Command stayed in touch with its starships by means of a subspace radio communications network, but even with this faster-than-light medium, instellar space is so vast that it was not uncommon for ships on the frontier to be out of touch, As a result, starship captains were frequently granted broad discretionary powers to interpret Federation policy in the absence of immediate instructions from Starfleet Command. The term Starfleet Command was first used in the episode TOS "Court Martial". Starfleet Command's fleet-operations center in San Francisco was seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Star Trek Encyclopedia II