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Starfleet is the primary space exploratory and defense service maintained by the United Federation of Planets. Starfleet's main responsibilities included gathering knowledge about the Milky Way galaxy, the advancement of Federation technology and the defense of the Federation and its citizens. The primary purpose of Starfleet from its infancy was to "…seek out new life and new civilizations," and "…go boldly where no man has gone before." (This quote is attributed to Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive on Earth.)

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