Head of Starfleet Command
Fleet Admiral K. Janeway
Starfleet Command is the operating authority for the interstellar scientific, exploratory, and defensive agency of the United Federation of Planets, Starfleet. The primary control hub is located in San Francisco on Earth, but other command facilities are located in various starbases throughout Federation space. Starfleet Command stays in touch with its starships by means of a subspace communications network, but even with this faster-than-light medium, interstellar space is so vast that it is not uncommon for ships on the frontier to be out of touch. As a result, starship captains are frequently granted broad discretionary powers to interpret Federation policy in the absence of immediate instructions from Starfleet Command.