San Francisco
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The City of San Francisco is the capital city of United Earth. (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru.) A city in the state of California, United States of America, San Francisco is the location of Starfleet Headquarters (TOS movie: The Motion Picture), Starfleet Academy (TNG episode: "The First Duty"), and the Starfleet War Memorial (ENT novel: Last Full Measure), as well as the offices of the President of United Earth (ST novel: Starfleet: Year One) and the United Earth Prime Minister (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru). In the mid-22nd Century, it was the location of the Coalition of Planets Security Council. (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru). It receives more shuttle traffic than any other city in the Sol system. The city's most notable landmark is the Golden Gate Bridge. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation.)
[edit] History
Throughout the centuries, San Francisco has been one of the most important cities on Earth. When Woodstock was held in the state of New York in the late 1960s, the city was considered the West Coast chapter of this historic event (DS9 episode: "Past Tense, Part II".) Following World War II, the nations of the Earth gathered in San Francisco to create the United Nations Charter, establishing the United Nations in the hopes of avoiding another major war. When first contact was made in 2063, the Confederacy of Vulcan soon established a compound in San Francisco. (ENT episode: "Broken Bow", ENT episode: "Terra Prime".)
In 2062, Oldtown San Francisco was struck by an emormous earthquake, and it took 20 years for the city to be restored. (TOS novel: The Lost Years, TOS novel: A Flag Full of Stars}}.) Another catastrophic earthquake struck in 2109, but under the leadership of Mayor Romanova, recovery was much swifter. Throughout metropolitan areas such as Berkeley and Oakland, seismic regulators were put into place. By the 23rd and 24th Centuries, fault line activity is still monitored, but dampened. (TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace, TNG episode: "Time's Arrow, part one")
As Humanity started to rebuild and reclaim the Earth, it began to look to the stars again. San Francisco became the capital city of United Earth, with the offices of the UE President and Prime Minister located there, following planetary unification in 2130. (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru.) It also became the location of United Earth Starfleet Headquarters. (ENT episode: "Broken Bow".) When the Federation Starfleet was founded in 2161, San Francisco continued to serve as the home of the new, amalgamated space force. (TOS movie: The Motion Picture.)
In 2155, San Francisco hosted representatives from Earth, Vulcan, Andor, Denobula, Rigel V, and Coridan III, as the planets began to work together toward the formation of a Coalition of Planets. (ENT episode: "Demons".) Later that year, it became the headquarters of the Coalition Security Council. (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru.) In 2161, this Coalition finally gave way to the foundation of the United Federation of Planets and the signing of its charter in San Francisco's Candlestick Auditorium. (ENT novel: Last Full Measure.)
In 2156, the Starfleet War Memorial was completed in San Francisco to honor the lives lost in the Xindi Attack on Earth three years earlier. However, many more names have been added to that list, including lives lost in the Earth-Romulan War and all subsequent conflicts in which the Federation found itself embroiled. (ENT novel: Last Full Measure.)
In 2245 construction was completed on the USS Enterprise, Constitution class, at the San Francisco Ship Yards. (TAS episode: "The Counter-Clock Incident", TOS movie: Star Trek (2009))
40 years later, in 2285, San Francisco became the key target for the Cetacean Probe that was attempting to communicate with the extinct species of humpback whale. The Probe nearly destroyed the Earth, but thankfully, Admiral James T. Kirk, was able to travel back to 1986 and rescue two whales from 20th century San Francisco. (TOS movie: 4.)
In 2375, San Francisco found itself on the front-line of the Dominion War, when a Breen attack force penetrated the Sol system's defenses and launched a devastating attack on the Presidio, where the key Starfleet facilities were located. Thankfully, further attacks on Earth were prevented by a Starfleet task force led by the USS Enterprise-E. Despite this, severe damage was caused to Starfleet Headquarters and the Golden Gate Bridge. (DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil", TNG short story: "Eleven Hours Out"). Restoration crews quickly restored the city to its former glory. (SCE eBook: "Aftermath").
[edit] Geography
- DeLaGuardia Tower
- Federation Hall
- Romanova Building
- Transamerica Pyramid
- World War III Memorial
- Candlestick Park
- Golden Gate:
- The Presidio:
- Sausalito:
- Oakland
- San Jose
- Berkley
- Monterrey,California
[edit] External Links
- San Francisco article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- San Francisco article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
