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A Guide to Trek, from the RPGs: 3. The Academy

Everyone in Starfleet - with perhaps a few special exceptions - has graduated from Starfleet Academy. So, what do we know about it?

( Part 4: Starfleet Academy )

A Guide to Trek, from the RPGs

I've been a Star Trek nerd from way back, and although I've never really been into TOS-era Trek before ST XI, I've been playing RPGs and email sims set in the Trekverse for many years.

( part 0: the backstory! )

So, given that I have a lot of this stuff lying around my house, I thought I'd summarise some of the details likely to be particularly useful for fic writers. Of course, many of these books are set during the TNG-DS9 era, and of course Star Trek XI is a reboot anyway, but it may prove helpful.

Relatedly, I also highly recommend Memory Alpha, which is kinda Wikipedia-for-the-Trekverse. Highly recommended as a fact-checking/canon-checking resource.

So, the posts in this series are compiled from: the Star Trek RPG sourcebooks I own (published variously by Last Unicorn Games and Decipher), various wikis such as Memory Alpha and its expanded universe sister site, Memory Beta, and any other sources I have to hand (like the Technical Manuals, Encyclopaedias, and so on).

All posts in this series will be tagged with the canon:star trek tag, to aid in finding 'em.

( part 1: this way to the first instalment: our solar system )

Whew! Okay. Hope people find that useful; I shall continue summarising as I pore through my stacks of books. I need more desk space.