Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual
The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual is a reference book, ostensibly created as a compilation of material accidentally transmitted by the  during the events of , and detailing the technology of the 23rd century.

This work is noted as providing the basis for the Star Fleet Universe series of games.

Summary

All sections of the manual except the Introduction have "flysheets" that bear the Enterprise ship badge with various symbols in the centers.

Introduction
Foreword I 1973 memorandum to Franz Joseph from the US Director of Security Control regarding the computer data from USS Enterprise accidentally dumped at Omaha Air Force Base in 1969.
Foreword II Stardate 3150.10 (2267) memorandum regarding Star Fleet investigation of the sensitive data given to 20th century Humans. This is described as having been written by Sidre Ael Sardelas, Director of the United Federation Military Staff Committee.

General Section
Articles of Federation 
Declaration
Chapters 1 – 19 (containing 110 articles)
Statute – Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice – not printed
Statute Regulating Interplanetary Commerce – not printed
Romulan Treaty of Peace
Organian Treaty of Peace
United Federation of Planets Banner
United Federation of Planets Seal
United Nations Planet Earth, Sol system Flag
United Nations Planet Earth, Sol system Seal
Planetary Confederation of 40 Eridani Banner
Planetary Confederation of 40 Eridani Signat
United Planets of 61 Cygni Shield
United Planets of 61 Cygni Arms
Star Empire of Epsilon Indii Standard
Star Empire of Epsilon Indii Seal
Alpha Centauri Concordium of Planets Pennant
Alpha Centauri Concordium of Planets Arms
Official Type Style – Earth, Sol system – Star Fleet Specification
Official Type Style – Alpha Kentaurus – Star Fleet Specification
Uniform Color Code – Star Fleet Specification

Command Section
Star Fleet Armed Forces – Organization:
SFAF – Org – Simplified Chart
SFAF – Org – Mil. Staff Comm./Star Fleet Command
SFAF – Org – Fleet Operations/Base Operations
SFAF – Org – Logistics/Inspector General – not printed
SFAF – Org – Personnel/Judge Advocate General – not printed
SFAF – Org – Surgeon General/Sciences – not printed
SFAF – Org – Engineering/Comptroller General – not printed
SFAF – Org – Technology/Communications – not printed
SFAF – Org – Nav. Gen/Planetary Rel./Galaxy Exp – not printed
SFAF – Org – Tactician/Cosmologist/Alienologist – not printed
The Star Fleet Academy – Organization
Fleet Headquarters:
SFHQ – External Arrangement
SFHQ – Typical Cross-Section
SFHQ – Typical Section Thru Dock
SFHQ – Typical Long. Section
SFHQ – Ground Plan – Bays 1 & 2
SFHQ – Ground Plan – Bays 3 & 4
SFHQ – Ground Plan – Bays 5 & 6
Uniform Recognition:
Insignia and Rank – Star Fleet Armed Forces
Duty Uniform – Male – All SFAF
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic Pattern
Duty Uniform – Female – Officers SFAF
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic and Panty Pattern
Duty Uniform – Female – Ensigns SFAF
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic and Panty Pattern
Duty Uniform – Male – Medical SFAF
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic and Panty Pattern
Duty Uniform – Academy Cadet – Male – not printed
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic Pattern – not printed
Duty Uniform – Academy Cadet – Female – not printed
N/C (Non-Computerized) Tunic and Panty Pattern – not printed
Ship Recognition:
Fleet Ship Classifications – SFAF – Class I Starships
Class I Heavy Cruiser – MK-IX
Authorized Construction
Class I Destroyer – MK-VIII
Authorized Construction
Class I Scout – MK-VII
Authorized Construction
Class I Transport/Tug – MK-VI
Authorized Construction
Class I Transport Containers – MK-V and MK-III
Class I Transport Containers – MK-II and MK-I
Class I Transport Containers – MK-IV Starliner
Class I Transport Containers – MK-IV Deck Plans
Class I Dreadnought – MK-X
Authorized Construction
Shuttlecraft – 7 person – MK-12B – External Arrangement
Shuttlecraft – 7 person – MK-12B – Internal Arrangement – only partially printed
Typical Single Stateroom – Primary Hull – Class I SS
Typical Double Stateroom – Primary Hull – Class I SS
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Class I SS – Deck Plan
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Class I SS – Elevations
Command Module – Main Bridge – Plan & Profile
Command Module – Main Bridge – Elevations
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Helmsman's Station
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Navigator's Station
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Command Con
Main Bridge – Primary Hull – Astrogator
Security Section – Primary Hull – Class I SS (This actually depicts the main brig.)
Defense & Weapons Station – Main Bridge – not printed
Controls Console – not printed
Hand Phaser – Type I – General Arrangement
Hand Phaser – Type II – General Arrangement
Hand Phaser – Type II – Details
Offensive/Defensive Ray Gun – General Arrangement (This is actually the hand beacon used unsuccessfully in .)
NOT depicted is the Phaser rifle that James T. Kirk used in  against Gary Mitchell. (The rifle was, unfortunately, never shown, much less employed, in any other TOS episode.)

Sciences Section
Main Bridge Station:
Command Intelligence – Main Bridge Station-Class I Starships
Controls Console (Bridge Science Station)

Sciences Tricorder - Type I:
Sciences Tricorder – External Arrangement
Sciences Tricorder – Arrangement - Unit Open
Sciences Tricorder – Internal Arrangement (This is depicted as a 20th Century substitute; the actual is declared CLASSIFIED under the Prime Directive.)
Sciences Tricorder – Case Details
Scientific Data:
Galactic Coordinate System – Great Spiral Milky Way Galaxy M-O
S.I.N.S. Database Datum – In Galactic Coordinate System 
Course Tracking Element Schematic Diagram – Class I Starships
Velocity/Time Relationship – Interstellar Space/Warp Technology
Standard Orbits – Class I Starships
Star Charts:
Milky Way Galaxy
Known Galactic Region
United Federation of Planets - Principal Stellar Systems

Medical Section:
Deck 7 – Plan – Primary Hull – Class I Starships (This depicts the Sickbay.)
Medical tricorder – Standard Field Equipment Item – Type I
Medical tricorder – Open Arrangement
Medical tricorder – Internal Arrangement (The internal circuitry is marked CLASSIFIED, being subject to the Prime Directive.)
Medical tricorder – Details
Heartbeat Reader – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard
Spray Applicator – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard
Medical Scanner – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard (This is the "Feinberger" McCoy often carried; see the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual.)
Anabolic Protoplaser – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard – Minor Injury Version
Anabolic Protoplaser – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard – Massive Injury Version
Surgical Scalpels – Star Fleet College of Medicine Standard

The two "technical orders" for the anabolic protoplasers are actually printed in REVERSE order; the large version, according to the table of contents, should have been printed first. Orientation of the page headings suggests that the page was bound on the wrong edge.

Support Services Section
Communications:
Communications – Main Bridge Station – Class I Starships
Communications Control Console – Main Bridge Station – Class I Starships
Communicator – Standard Field Equipment Item
Communicator – Circuitry Diagram – Type I (This is described as being "20th Century Terran Early Development.")
Ear Receiver – For Non-Public Reception
Universal translator – U.F.P Standard
The circuitry diagrams of the Main Bridge Ear Receiver, MK05 and the hand-held model of the Universal translator are not printed.

Engineering:
Main Bridge Station – Class I Starships
Engineering Control Console – Main Bridge Station – Class I Starships
Engineering Section – Primary Hull – Class I Starships
Impulse Power Unit – Class I Starships – External Arrangement
Main propulsion – Class I Starships – External Arrangement
Transporter – Standard 6 Person – Primary Hull – Class I Starships
Transporter – Emergency – Primary Hull – Class I Starships
Transporter – Cargo – Primary Hull – Class I Starships
Hangar Deck – MK-IX Model Only – Class I Starships
Hangar Deck – Principal Elevation – MK-IX Model Only – not printed
The internal arrangements of the impulse and main warp engines are marked CLASSIFIED, as their technology is considered subject to the Prime Directive. Also, a later, on-line only, version of the manual shows a simplified version of the controls console for the transporter; this is not printed in the hard-copy versions.

Leisure:
Vulcan Lyrette – Orchestral Model Musical Instrument
TriDimensional Chess – Regulation Tournament Board
Tridimensional Chess – Regulation Tournament Playing Pieces (This also includes some rules for playing the game using the board and pieces whose designs are provided.)

Miscellaneous Section
Appendix A

Background information
None of the book editions feature a page numbering.

Production use
While this book is now considered apocryphal due to its non-canon contents (for example, the phrase "Support Services Section" is not known ever to have been used in any episodes or motion pictures), it has been used as a source and reference for four Star Trek motion pictures, and at least two episodes. Where featured, these references at least are considered canon by Memory Alpha.

 Four starships from the book were mentioned by classification, name, and registry in :
 Scout USS Revere NCC-595
 Scout USS Columbia NCC-621
 Dreadnought USS Entente NCC-2120
 Cruiser USS Merrimac NCC-1715

 Starship designs from the book were used as bridge displays in  and :
  Scout
  Dreadnought
  Transport/Tug
  Destroyer

 One starship from the book is listed on a display screen in :
 Heavy cruiser USS Kongo NCC-1710

 One starship from the book is shown on a bridge display in  and :
  starship NCC-1700

After its last use by Michael Okuda as a production source for the Operation Retrieve mission charts, produced for , Joseph's material appeared again after 28 years in 's , where the specifications for the "Class I Heavy Cruiser – MK-IX" were copied onto the display graphic of the USS Enterprise, elevating the apocryphal specifications to canon.

Reprints 
The Technical Manual was first published as a vinyl-jacketed hardcover in 1975. The actual book, removable from the vinyl jacket, was labeled "Star Fleet Technical Manual" on a solid red cover, printed in a fashion to look like a real technical manual or textbook, with no mention of Star Trek at all. Later printings have all been paperbacks with updated covers, all mentioning Star Trek prominently:

 1986 – a "Star Trek 20 years 1966–1986" logo was added to the top left of the cover
 1996 – an all-new cover with a "Star Trek 30 years" logo in the same corner
 2006 – "Star Trek" portion of title enlarged, with the "40 Years" logo on the middle right and "Starfleet" written as one word rather than two

Titan Books also published their own version of the book in the UK in 1991, coinciding with the 25th anniversary.

Cover gallery

References
40 Eridani A; destroyer; dreadnought; ; ; heavy cruiser; ; NCC-500; NCC-585; NCC-3801; NCC-4000; ; ; scout; ; warp factor scale

See also
 Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual
 Star Fleet Battles
 Star Trek Blueprints
 Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
 Star Fleet Uniform Recognition Manual
 Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual
 Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual
 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual
 The Worlds of the Federation

External links

"Forgotten Starships" at TrekPlace.com – a February 15, 2003 article discussing the canon material from this book

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