Starfleet

Starfleet is one of the few organizations run directly by the Confederation of Humanity in Lurking Dragon's Rejuve Universe rather than by one of the member worlds.

Exploration
The Exploration Command preform scientific expeditions included by not limited search for new worlds that can be colonized, as such they spend long periods in outer limits of explored space so people living on the older established world will rarely see The ships they use.

Patrol
The Patrol Command forms the core of Starfleet operations, keeping the member worlds safe from space born threats, and protecting interstellar trade.

Marine Special Forces
Drawing their members from Colonial Marine forces rather than from Starfleet Academies, the Marine Special Forces Command duties primarily lays in boarding actions and turning Colonial Marine forces as coherent force in times of multi-world emergency or even out right war. They don't typically operate there own interstellar ships.

Intelligence
Typically work out of Starbases but often attach to Ships assigned to Patrol or rarely Exploration and tasked with providing the Confederation with an accurate assessment of the state of neighboring would outside of Confederation of Humanity as well counter-espionage and counter-terrorism monitoring internally.

SCIS
SCIS personnel (sometimes just called Security) are train police investors who investigate violations of Code of Conduct, as well as how to operate Confederation Investigation on non Startfleet locations with care to know the limits of their jurisdictions.

Ship Classifications

 * Explorer
 * These large starships are designed to spend years away from any contact or support from other humans as they conduct scientific exploitation. The are minimally armed for their size an attempt not to look like a war vessel in first contact situation while not being total defenseless.


 * Battleship
 * These starships are the heavy weights of a battle, sparing but the minimal necessary to support it's crew on a patrol they devote it's as much of it moveable mass towards weapons and armors and shields as they engines will support.


 * Cruiser
 * Not much smaller than battleships however they are more designed around speed and troop or refugee trasport while being able to hold their own in a fight.


 * Corvette
 * The lightly armed small team vessel are more designed for system patrol though are capable of limited interstellar travel and aerospace roles.


 * Dropship
 * Design for aerospace transport of personnel and cargo where a space elevator is not available or rapid deployment is necessary. Not designed for traveling distances further than than a planet's outer satellites. Starfleet Dropship are typical also design to attack to space elevators for more economic returns to orbit after disaster relief deployment.


 * Shuttle
 * Design to shuttle personnel and cargo between space elevator stations, starbases and starships to large to dock, but except for emergency landing are not design for aerospace travel.

Non Starfleet ships

 * Liner
 * Civilian Starships design for passenger transport.


 * Hauler
 * Civilian Starships design for cargo trasport.


 * Carrier
 * A Military design not used by Starfleet. A interstellar capable mobile command center designed for transport and deployment of dropships and fighters but not direct combat itself.


 * Destroyer
 * A Military designed not used by Starfleet. A interstellar capable escort battleship, however can not operate interdependently of a nearby starbase or carrier.


 * Fighter
 * A Military designed not used by Starfleet. A small minimalistic combat vessel design for 1 or 2 crew, incapable of operating longer than sortie before is must return to a base or carrier.

Starfleet Code of Conduct
The Starfleet Code of Conduct is the set of laws the members of Starfleet must abide by and has jurisdiction even within a Member World's satellite system as this along with the Principles of Confederation are a required part of a Member World's Colonial Charter. This is one of few places other than a direct principle violation on the behave of the member world's state where Confederate Jurisdiction supersedes Colonial Jurisdiction.

Where Starfleet personnel are involved in a Colonial Jurisdiction crime either as victim or perpetrator, Starfleet has the right to investigate. If the perpetrator turns out to be non-startfleet personnel the must turn of the results of their investigation to local jurisdiction, in rare cases where the local laws conflict with the code they may then request extradition of the perpetrator, such as crime was interfering with Starfleet Personnel's provenance of their duties.

Starfleet is also have the duty to investigate allegations of Principles of Confederation violations.

Due to Confederation of Humanity's peaceful policies and large size they declaring war is extreme rare, they are much more likely to declare an area in an state of emergency and any personnel assigned to that area are treated as if under wartime service under the Code. This allows more rapid response to such emergencies as concerted pirate activity or a possible border skirmish.

Academies
Starfleet Academies—like Annapolis on Earth—are Tertiary schools designed to graduate Starfleet officers but also proved the other aspects you would expect from an tertiary education and their Engineering Degrees are as prodigious as any specialized technical school. Given their undergrads are predominantly minors combined with a goal of graduating officers who can maintain Starfleet's ethical standards even in the face of enemies that might seem to have no such standards, the Academics enforce a strict code of behaviour on its cadets—even its cadets. However due to their minor status Cadets while expected to join starfleet on graduation are not obligated to do so, as they can only consent to actually join once they are 21.

Military Schools
While not the sole provider of military schools, Starfleet also operates military primary and secondary schools for rejuves (Kindern military schools are typically private schools not directly affiliated with Starfleet) on most major Starfleet bases. The primary serve who are career military who feel the need for the structure even in the rejuve childhoods, as well as  rejuved in the line of duty who wish it. convicted under the Starfleet Code of Conduct typically attend these school rather than public school, to be around people who understand the nature of their crimes.

Non-Military Schools
Starfleet also operates non-military primary and secondary schools, which may be staffed by both Starfleet and civilian personnel, on its starbases and starships; these can be attended for free by the children of military personnel and for a nominal fee by those of civilians.

Both military and non-military Starfleet schools also maintain the authority to establish rejuve kindergartens as needed for any rejuves who are returned to the Confederation, as typically not enough non- rejuves are young enough for most schools to operate them. (The Penitatas system doesn't have its rejuves attend kindergarten.)

Ranks
Undergraduate Students at the Starfleet Academies hold the Rank of Midshipman by their year level, where as Graduate Students hold their commissioned ranks.

Students at military schools typical call their students "cadets" but mimic Midshipman class rankings.

Uniform
Starfleet officer Class B uniform is a Blue and Silver piped jumpsuit where as the Academy Uniform which most Military Schools imitated the Class B are Black and Grey piped jumpsuit Both of which include a series of qualification identification bars ordered in order of importance to their current posting.