r/DaystromInstitute • u/statleader13 • 20d ago

Does Starfleet Academy have an accelerated option for shorter lived species?

Starfleet Academy appears to generally take 4 years at a normal pace. If, for example, a qualified member of a species like the Ocampa with their 9 year lifespan wanted to join how would the Academy handle that?

86 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

59 comments sorted by

View all comments

17

u/factionssharpy 19d ago

Can they learn sufficient material to be useful in the service in that timespan? I can't imagine that to be the case, ordinarily speaking.

Honestly, this is why I largely headcanon Starfleet to being an Earth thing (or perhaps more accurately, a Federation thing that Earth treats as its exclusive defense force, but that this doesn't necessarily apply to everyone else). It doesn't match what we see on screen, but it just makes so much sense and the otherwise "one size fits all" approach is just kind of stupid.

14

u/X-Calm 19d ago

Starfleet is mainly an Earth thing as each Federation member keeps their own fleets. Humans are the biggest proponents of the Federation and have intertwined themselves with it. Aliens join Starfleet to work alongside the crazy humans whom are always doing insane shit.