Starfleet Tactical

Starfleet Tactical #179: How big is Starfleet? An Initial Look [06 Dec 2025@9pm EDT]

Let's start with a Disclaimer: I am not going to tell you how big Starfleet is, for two reasons.  First, It's a BIG question.  Second, the evidence is so inconsistent I am not sure I can reach a conclusion.

But what I *can* do is go through all of the factors that make it a big question, talk a little bit about the inconsistencies, compare and contrast it with the Real World(tm), and outline a methodology as to what you would need to know to answer the question.

So, I'm going to do that.


STARFLEET TACTICAL is the YouTube show where we talk about the intersection of naval history and science fiction, with some gaming occasionally thrown in for flavor. Primary host Chris Weuve is a naval analyst and wargame designer, whose superpower is that he can talk about Real World(tm) navies and science fiction navies at the same time.

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CHRISTOPHER WEUVE
Christopher Weuve is a professional naval analyst and wargame designer. He is a co-founder of the Connections Online wargame conference, held every April.  Outside the day job, Chris is a co-founder of BuNine (David Weber's Honorverse analytic visualization team), and has also consulted with Chuck Gannon, Walter Hunt, Alec Peters, Tom Harlan, John Lumpkin, and others.  His work has been featured by Baen Books, the US Naval War College Review, Foreign Policy, and the Discovery Channel. Since May 2020 he's been the co-host (with Pat Doyle, who joins in when he can) of "Starfleet Tactical" on the Ares Studio channel on YouTube. His hobbies are naval history, science fiction, and not speaking for his employer.


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