Your STARFLEET Career
Much like Star Trek’s fictional Starfleet, your STARFLEET International story doesn’t stop with you becoming part of a ship. In fact, that’s just the beginning! Aside from a built-in rank structure drawn right from show and movie history that will allow you to gain new enlisted or officer ranks based on service to your ship, community, or the fleet as a whole, there are plenty of groups within STARFLEET’s hallowed halls just waiting for you to come check them out.
COMMAND
Comprised of officers throughout the fleet and dedicated to the leadership and growth of STARFLEET as a whole, the command track at STARFLEET Academy puts special emphasis on how to run your own ship and how to effectively recruit and maintain a chapter of STARFLEET International, as well as various other leadership-related topics. If you’ve ever wanted to sit in the big chair, command is your home with us.
SCIENCES
Scientists from different disciplines from around STARFLEET band together to provide the member core with the latest information on science and technological development from their respective fields. The men and women of STARFLEET Sciences enhance us all through their continued, constant learning and sharing of scientific discovery. If you’ve ever wanted to share your wonder over the universe and all the things within, this is your career.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The tinkers, the doers, and the builders of STARFLEET International, the corps of engineers consist mainly of the crew dedicated to keeping STARFLEET ships running, whether that be by building and maintaining ‘FLEET websites, prop construction, uniform building, and in some cases, actually constructing sets for use at conventions. If you ever wanted to climb in a Jefferies Tube and reconfigure a replicator, the Corps of Engineers is looking for you!
OPERATIONS
Tasked with keeping a ship’s day to day efforts running and the crew on task, operations officers and crewmen within STARFLEET International are traditionally our event planners and pitchmen, people who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and wrangle fifteen other crew members and see the latest movies with them, or to set up a booth at a convention and recruit new STARFLEET members. If you like people and making things happen, check out operations today!
SECURITY & TACTICAL
While they are composed of people who wish to ensure peace is kept at STARFLEET events and at our tables during cons, security is not an actual physical security force. What they are is extra bodies at the table to keep things under control for ops, who may otherwise be overwhelmed with a number of people who want to talk with someone about SFI, or they may be people posted at doors of important meetings to ensure only STARFLEET personnel are admitted. Security is there to make sure things stay in check, and to report to actual physical security staff of an event if required. If you like helping maintain order, security may be the track for you!
MEDICAL
Dedicated healers and preventers of harm, the doctors, nurses, and researchers of STARFLEET Medical are on the job to ensure you survive yours. They are our community health and home safety group, and are oriented towards volunteer service. Medical is always in need of more hands, so if helping people keep up to date on these topics is your passion, Medical may be the place for you.
STARFLEET MARINE CORPS (SFMC)
For the more military-minded among us, the STARFLEET Marine Corps is waiting! A group fictionally based on the specialized ground combat force that grew out of the Military Assault Command Operations group, the SFMC is themed as the Federation’s ever-present defense against outside threats. With a specialized set of uniforms, a rank structure all their own, and a history of fun charity events, the SFMC is a sleek outfit always on the lookout for their next recruit. If a more military-like experience is something you’re after, the SFMC may be your STARFLEET career of choice.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS (SFSO)
When STARFLEET needs more than what Ship’s Security can handle, the Special Operations group answers the need. Based on the idea of a force trained to handle the most extreme situations that STARFLEET will encounter; from information retrieval from dangerous places to infiltrating a Borg vessel to disable it, the SFSO members (fictionally) perform the tasks that cannot be accomplished by standard ship’s personnel. If you’re after a more special forces or spy feel to your STARFLEET experience, SFSO might be a good fit for you!
DIPLOMATS
Sometimes, STARFLEET International needs to work with other organizations or fan groups to get the job done right. The Diplomatic Corps make up our first contact and organization crews for this sort of thing, be it for charity purposes, co-manning a panel at a convention, or sharing space on a convention floor. The diplomats specialize in contact and friendly negotiations, so if this is how you feel you could best serve the fleet, join the diplomatic corps today!
FEDERATION CITIZENS
Of course, there’s always the chance you might not want to join a department at all, but simply remain a regular citizen of the Federation. That’s okay too. You’re still more than welcome to join our crews on their adventures as a civilian among the crew, and you’ll be just as welcome at all our events and meetings!