Talk:Starfleet Academy

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Contents 1 No topic title (obsolete) 2 severe glitch/typo (obsolete) 3 No topic title (obsolete) 4 Earth Starfleet 5 translation please? 6 Planets? 7 Forums:Starfleet Academy: What Age?/What age do you enter star fleet academy? 8 Where to put practical jokes? 9 Pre 2161 Academy? 10 Admission Requirements

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Can anyone find an image of the symbol the article speaks of? -- Redge 14:26, 30 Jul 2004 (CEST)

[1] Ottens 14:56, 30 Jul 2004 (CEST)

Image:Sf_academy.jpg --84.131.36.49 21:54, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)

[edit] severe glitch/typo (obsolete)

Am I the only one seeing the grossly mis-rendered text in the bottom portion of this article? I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing it correctly, or if it's a legitimate problem. | THOR 19:06, 20 Nov 2004 (CET)

You are right, several paragraphs were overwritten with unprintable characters. I've reverted the edits made by Allstargeneral and used the last working version by Brian M -- Kobi 19:54, 20 Nov 2004 (CET)

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Would it be possible to add a link to the article for people searching for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy? I didn't just want to add the link myself in respect of the creator, but it might be a good idea...? Tgkshorney 4 Sep 2005

You could add a link either at the bottom or the top, saying "You might also be searching for the article titled Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" zsingaya 21:09, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Earth Starfleet

So, did Earth Starfleet have a different academy or whats the deal with that? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Noahmj (talk • contribs) . 21:08, July 6, 2005

[edit] translation please?

This article ought to translate the academy motto from whatever language it's in (I assume that's Latin) to english so people can understand it. Include both. --Nerd42 01:15, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)

It's Latin for "From the Stars, Knowledge" or Knowledge comes from the stars. It was the motto of the Apollo 13 mission.--Tim Thomason 01:48, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Planets?

It seems one can graduate from the Academy on Beta Ursae Minor II and perhaps Betazed, I'm not sure how the Troi info goes, on her article it talks about distance courses. I assume the Academy like any university can have branchs in other places. We should list them on this page. Are any others known? Jaf 16:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)Jaf

Some other locations for Starfleet Academy can be seen on the various personnel files seen in "Eye of the Beholder":

• Lois A. Eckridge (no page created yet) was born and graduated from Starfleet Academy on Beta Aquilae II.
• Daniel Kwan went to the Academy on Psi Upsilon III.
• Anaanda Ziff, Walter Pierce and Marla E. Finn all went to Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, Earth.
• Alfonse Pacelli went to the Starfleet Technical Services Academy on Mars and was also born on Mars (Sol IV) on his personnel file.

Here's Eckridge's personnel file:

Lois Eckridge's personnel file

--Jörg 17:33, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Jorg, have you screencapped Bruno Salvatore's personnel file from that same episode? i think his says San Fran also .. -- Captain M.K.B. 15:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep, here you go:

Salvatore Bruno

He also was at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco. --Jörg 15:44, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forums:Starfleet Academy: What Age?/What age do you enter star fleet academy?

• As a student, what age would you first enter Star Fleet Academy? (Assuming you passed the entrance exams first time). And then what age would you leave? Many thanks! --84.9.1.123 20:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• I've been looking around, and I'm not to sure but, what age does one need to at least be to take the exams/enter Starfleet Academy? User: Terran Officer (I had forgotten to sign in, and entered the U/N manually) --12:42, March 20, 2007

Wesley Crusher entered the Academy at the age of 19, but he failed the entrance exams at least once. He never completed it (that we saw). Nog was about 18 or 19 when he entered the Academy. Roughly 2 or 3 years later he was made an Ensign, but that was considered early. At least two factors contributed to this. A man power shortage in Starfleet at a time of war (O'Brien and Nog even joked that things must be going really bad for Starfleet to have made him an Ensign so fast), and that he was a really good candidate. I don't think we have ever actually seen someone go through the process in a normal way. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 20:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Generally, it's assumed that most characters are 18 when they enter Starfleet Academy. This is true for some main characters, such as Jean-Luc Picard (who failed to gain entry at 17) and William Riker. The youngest mentioned age is 15. That's when Chakotay entered the Academy, and Wesley Crusher tried out for the Academy (he failed, but would make it in when he was 18). The Academy is a four year institution, although there are instances (R.M. Merik and Nova Squadron) where characters had to serve more than four years, either through suspension or perhaps poor academics. I'm not sure if Nog's age was given in "Heart of Stone" or if that is just assumed (it shouldn't be). Nog went to the Academy in 2372 making him almost 19 if his age is correct, and he went to his sophomore field study on Deep Space 9 in 2373. With the outbreak of the War, I guess they just kept him around, and would later promote him to Ensign.--Tim Thomason 21:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, Kirk was 17 while in Starfleet (born 2233 per "Shore Leave"; "in Starfleet" in 2250 per "Where No Man Has Gone Before"), Spock might have been 19 when he joined (per various interpretations of his lines in "The Menagerie, Part I"), and Tuvok was as old as 25 when he joined Starfleet (per "Flashback"). Also, Elim Garak once asked Worf to sponsor his application to the Academy (he was practicing his lying skills), and who knows how old Garak is (probably over 40 by then).--Tim Thomason 22:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where to put practical jokes?

I'll admit that practical jokes may not fit under extra curricular activities but I think there should be a link to the practical joke page somewhere.  :)

This article reads like a table of contents so I thought I'd put all that info over there rather than here.

-Suck My Wake 07:28, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pre 2161 Academy?

Wasn't there a mention in Star Trek: Enterprise about some sort of a Starfleet Academy? There was an episode where someone picked up I think. Trip's degree or something from the place. --Terran Officer 03:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admission Requirements

I am probably not remembering anything canon, and sort of fits with something above, but had there ever been a required age (Among other things) mentioned for the Starfleet Academy admission? I think it was mentioned in the episode when Wesley Crusher took his entrance exams. --Terran Officer 03:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)