Re: Starfleet: Military Or Not?
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:41 pm
And I never deined that just the history of TIMING!
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Escriba wrote:WarpGirl wrote:Prior to 2161, Starfleet was the primary space defense and exploration organization of United Earth in the early-to-mid-22nd century. The primary authority of Starfleet was referred to as either Starfleet Command or UESPA (United Earth Space Probe Agency) under the jurisdiction of the Command Council, and was located in the city of San Francisco, Earth. (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Terra Prime")
Doesn't it just describe it as a military organization? If your primary objective is "defense" that makes you military (since police doesn't have that exact objective.) If to achieve defense (of your planet, in this case) you can use weapons and fire force against your enemies, that makes you even more military.
WarpGirl wrote:Only this if we're defining a Military by a chain of command, uniforms, and baring arms... Then what the heack is a police force? Heck most fireman have all three requirements. That confuses me a little. There is a ranking system in both.
Aikiweezie wrote:I always thought of Starfleet as a future version of NASA. So just to further confuse things: The astronauts are all members of the military, right? And military structure is used on board the ships and space station, too, yes? But NASA isn't military. How does that work ?
Escriba wrote:Dinah wrote:If you honestly believe that Starfleet wasn't a military organization, then you also must believe that Humans at this time were too dumb to exist. Even small countries or prinicipalities have an army or navy or both. They know that if they want to continue to exist, they have to protect themselves.
Except, oficially, Costa Rica.
And there are some other countries that don't own an army. HERE.
WarpGirl wrote:OK I am getting so freaked out that I am actually sticking with Canon when the canon people are objecting. THIS IS WRONG! I should be denouncing canon at the top of my fingertips!!!! Have I entered an AU??? Really I'm scared.