Fourth Fleet Operations

Fourth Fleet Operations
Affiliation(s)	Starfleet Fourth Fleet
Headquarters	Starbase Bravo
Leadership	Rear Admiral Aubrey Seagraves
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Fourth Fleet Operations is responsible for the logistics and assignments of the Fourth Fleet's starships, starbases, and other assets, overseeing operational matters for the fleet's four Task Forces, the Expeditionary Group, the Forward Support Group, Fourth Fleet Headquarters (Starbase Bravo), and Fourth Fleet Training Command. This office carries out the directives of the fleet's most senior leadership and handles many of the day-to-day activities that keep the fleet staffed, supplied, and mission-ready.

Organization

Fourth Fleet Operations is headquartered with the rest of the fleet's senior leadership at Starbase Bravo. The Chief of Fleet Operations reports to the Commander and Deputy Commander, Fourth Fleet, with responsibility for operationalizing the orders of the Commander by ensuring that the appropriate vessels and stations are tasked to specific missions. The Operations Office is one of the largest offices within the fleet's leadership, rivaling Fleet Intelligence for the sheer volume of data being sent and received from Fourth Fleet assets across the galaxy.

Staff

• Chief of Fourth Fleet Operations: Rear Admiral Aubrey Seagraves
• Deputy Chief of Fourth Fleet Operations:
• Chief of Staff, Fourth Fleet Operations: Captain Marcus Bancroft

Task Forces

Main Article: Task Forces

The majority of the Fourth Fleet's starships are divided into four task forces, each of which has a specific mandate to oversee an aspect of the Fourth Fleet's operations throughout the galaxy. Fleet Operations handles both disseminating assignments to the appropriate task force to carry out the orders of the Fleet Admiral and ensuring that each Task Force is properly staffed and equipped.

Staff

• Commander, Task Force 17: Captain Zach Marshall-Bennett
  • Deputy Commander, Task Force 17: Commander Alexandra Sudari-Kravchik
    • Commander, Task Group 9: Captain Edmond Langston
    • Commander, Task Group 38
• Commander, Task Force 72: Rear Admiral Thomas Belvedere
  • Deputy Commander, Task Force 72: Captain Micah Mendoza
    • Commander, Task Group 21: Captain Jana Dixon
    • Commander, Task Group 47:
• Commander, Task Force 86: Captain Christopher Branson
  • Deputy Commander, Task Force 86: Captain Felrak Vordenna
    • Commander, Task Group 25:
    • Commander, Task Group 64: Lieutenant Commander T'Ka
• Commander, Task Force 93: Captain Azras Dex
  • Deputy Commander, Task Force 93: Commander Joryn Tarvos
    • Commander, Task Group 44: Lieutenant Henry Maxwell
    • Commander, Task Group 58:

Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group

Main Article: Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group

The Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group is the Fourth Fleet's designated elite multi-mission response force, with a collection of starships meant to be able to quickly and effectively handle the fleet's most delicate and time-sensitive missions, wherever they are in the galaxy. These ships are assigned to the Fourth Fleet but not to a particular task force, and undertake a wide variety of missions across the galaxy that don't necessarily fit neatly into the mandate of one of the fleet's other units. Ships in the expeditionary group take their orders individually from Fourth Fleet Command through the Chief of Fourth Fleet Operations, generally getting assignments that require some combination of discretion and special capabilities.

Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group

Main Article: Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group

The Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group consists of several starbases and space stations located throughout Federation space which are assigned to support the mission of the Fourth Fleet. These facilities allow the fleet to sustain operations with their ships spread far away from fleet headquarters and the headquarters of the four task forces, and Fleet Operations coordinates with these bases to ensure consistent supply lines.

Fourth Fleet Headquarters

Main Article: Starbase Bravo

Starbase Bravo is the designation of the facility classed as the headquarters of the Fourth Fleet: Starbase 4. As a large, modern Guardian-class orbiting Mellstoxx III, a Betazoid colony established soon after the people’s joining of the Federation, Starbase Bravo boasts the facilities to support the Fleet Command’s needs. There is a constant stream of junior officers and new captains coming to Starbase Bravo to be assigned by Fleet Operations to their eventual postings within the Fourth Fleet.

Staff

• Commanding Officer, Starbase Bravo:
• Executive Officer, Starbase Bravo:

Fourth Fleet Training Command

Main Article: Fourth Fleet Training Command

Fourth Fleet Training Command is responsible for the education and professional development of officers assigned to the Fourth Fleet. It has jurisdiction over the Mellstoxx III campus of Starfleet Academy, Cadet Squadron Bravo, and the Fourth Fleet Command School. Fleet Operations oversees Fleet Training Command to ensure that operational needs are being met through the training programs.

Staff

• Director of Fourth Fleet Training Command:
  • Deputy Director of Fourth Fleet Training Command:
    • Commandant, Starfleet Academy-Mellstoxx III:
      • Commander, Cadet Squadron Bravo:
    • Commandant, Fourth Fleet Command School:

Fourth Fleet Operations In-Play

• For the vast majority of your stories, you probably don't need to know the exact organizational structure of the fleet. The amount of times we've heard Task Forces referenced on screen in Star Trek is tiny. Still, you might occasionally want to know who your command character reports to! Your personal fiction ship will be in the task force that you're assigned to as a member, so that's pretty easy: the person giving your ship orders in-character is your TFCO or TFXO. For RPGs, that person is the Chief of Fleet Operations or Deputy Chief of Fleet Operations, which is also easy!
• We rarely saw Fleet Admirals in Star Trek, and that's because the commander of a major fleet is a very busy person! They have other more junior flag officers under them handing out the day-to-day orders necessary to execute their grand plans. That's what Fleet Operations is: a collection of flag officers and senior line officers that handle the paperwork and decision making to keep the fleet moving. Does the Enterprise or the Defiant handle this particular mission? Does this priority go to Task Force 72 or Task Force 38? Do we need to request more new officers from Starfleet Command? That kind of thing.
• If you're brand new to the fleet, you're assigned to Starbase Bravo, either as a Cadet under Fourth Fleet Training Command or as a potential starship captain, who'd probably interact more directly with Fleet Operations. The characters listed here are meant to serve as a guide of who you might want to write with/write about, and to get a sense of how this all fits together.