STARFLEET ENGINEERING
Starfleet Engineering is one of the three major divisions of the Starfleet and oversees all engineering matters to include starship development, engineering training, and shipyard management. Starfleet Engineering is headquartered at the Zephram Cochrane Spaceflight Center (formerly the Starfleet Engineering Complex) in San Francisco, California.
Captain (later Commodore) W.M. Jefferies, the first Director of Starfleet Engineering
STARFLEET SHIPYARD
One of the two space dock complexes of the Starfleet Shipyard
In March 2146, after nearly two years of negotiations with the United Earth Space Probe Agency, the Earth Starfleet formally took control of the Earth Orbital Drydock, originally constructed in 2129 as the primary spaceship construction facility for UESPA. The first Starfleet personnel assigned to the shipyard had in turn underwent several months of training with UESPA prior to assuming control of the shipyard facility, which was renamed as the "Starfleet Shipyard".
The Starfleet Shipyard contains two space docks under the authority of a single Port Engineer. Dock officers oversee starship construction which is conducted on a rotating shift work schedule, in according with the Starfleet Engineering Manual (Chapter 5) concerning Shipyard Operations. The shipyard office and medical clinic are located in a management complex attached to Dockyard #1 of the shipyard, which also contains berthing facilities and a dining complex, known as "Spacedock Cafeteria".
The Shipyard Management Complex, attached to Shipyard Dock #1
STARFLEET ENGINEERING HISTORY
Starfleet Engineering was established in the summer of 2136 as an effort to begin the process of Starfleet constructing and operating its own spacecraft independent of the United Earth Space Probe Agency. Upon its creation, Starfleet Engineering held forty members and occupied an office on the first floor of UESPA headquarters in Houston on Earth. By the beginning of 2137, Starfleet Engineering had nearly tripled in size, divided into three branches overseeing warp propulsion research, starship design, as well as a general administrative office.
The first location of the Starfleet School of Engineering, located in two hangers of the Starfleet Engineering Complex
In the summer of 2137, Starfleet Engineering was relocated to Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. In 2140, the offices of Starfleet Engineering were relocated again to the new Starfleet Engineering Complex. By July 2141, Starfleet Engineering Directive #7 formally began the process to transfer control of the Earth Drydock from UESPA to Starfleet control by the beginning of 2142. This directive was modified five months later through Starfleet Operations Directive #52, which ordered the Starfleet takeover of the Earth Drydock to coordinate with the results of the NX Project. Following the breaking of the Warp 2 barrier in 2143, the following year Starfleet Command Order #5 ordered the expansion of Starfleet Engineering and the full assumption of shipyard operations at the Earth drydock by Starfleet.
On June 22, 2144, Starfleet Engineering formally opened the Starfleet School of Engineering which was originally located in two converted hangers of the Zephram Cochrane Spaceflight Center. The original School of Engineering staff consisted of twenty-two Starfleet engineer officer and enlisted instructors; at the time of its opening, the sole course offered was the Starfleet Electrician Course.