Star Trek: How Many Ships Are In Starfleet (In Every Era)

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Star Trek is famous for having one of the largest and most detailed fleets of spaceships of any science-fiction franchise but the number of ships in the Starfleet has changed with every era. The Star Trek brand has endured for over half of a century since the first series aired in 1966. The series was originally designed as a parable for the social issues of the time, such as nuclear proliferation, civil rights, and equality of the sexes. It has since grown into a broad and multi-faceted sci-fi universe, spanning thousands of light-years and centuries of stories. From Captains Kirk and Picard to Janeway and Archer, the world of Star Trek tracks the evolution of humans as they learn to live in a world in which they are far from alone. Excitingly, 2022 is poised as Star Trek's biggest year ever.

Since the Star Trek franchise covers 300 years of human space travel (and even an alternate timeline of blockbuster movies), the creative teams responsible for it have put painstaking work into making sure that the canon is cohesive across each era. As such, they have made social and technological change appear smooth and natural over time. Starfleet has grown with the series, from relatively modest beginnings in Star Trek: Enterprise to an enormous presence across the cosmos in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its contemporary stories.

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Pinning down the exact size of Starfleet in each era is unfortunately elusive. However, thanks to the efforts of an incredibly dedicated fan base, much information has been extrapolated from the figures that are known. Thanks to fan-operated online encyclopedias such as the Daystrom Institute Technical Library, it is possible to make