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The Science Complex occupies the majority of the central saucer portion of Deck Three. It is a massive complex divided into several lab "wings"- Planetary Sciences, Space Sciences, Life & Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. Each has its own Senior Staff Officer [usually a Lieutenant FG, or CPO] that reports to the Chief Science Officer. Under each Senior Staff Officers are Staff Officers that run the individual departments of their Wing. For example, Space Science has a Staff Officer who is in charge of each department: Stellar Cartography, Thermodynamics & Stellar Dynamics, Subspace Dynamics and Astrophysics. Below is a more in-depth look of each of the Science Wings.


 The Space Science Wing of the Science Complex is perhaps the largest of the four wings. Its primary job is to categorize, map, analyze and study the vastness of the Argolis Reach and its many phenomena.
  • Stellar Cartography/Astrometrics: Stellar Cartography, sometimes called Astrometrics, is responsible for mapping the general area of space from which the ship passes and studies. Incorporated into this mapping process is included relevant data on any stellar or spatial body discovered and catalogued by one of the other departments.
  • Astrophysics: Astrophysicists study the phenomenon found in space and is perhaps one of the most general of space science departments. It, however, tends to measure the forces of space (physics) and translates that into a viable and understandable mathematical form.
  • Stellar and Thermodynamics: This department concerns itself primary with the reactions, heat and energy that take place within space, especially within a star.
  • Subspace Dynamics: As the Federation begins to understand more and more about "Subspace", the pioneers in this departmentare the ones that fuel such discovery. Their entire purpose is to map and analyze the intricacies of the local subspace.
  • Quantum & Temporal Mechanics: Perhaps the smallest of the various Space Science Labs, the QTM is responsible for charting various temporal and quantum phenomena. By studying chronitons and dekyons, a QTM scientist can accurately gauge when or from what parallel an object or incursion is coming from. A small department within the QTM, the Historical Engineeering branch, studies history (and thus is tied to the Social Science Lab) and plots when and how an alteration to the timeline may have taken place and how it has affected the outcome of the present.

    Space Sciences maintains a categorical comparision database of Stellar Classes and Spatial Phenomena.


    		• Social Science is the department which concerns itself with the past, present and future development of the endless number of alien cultures that exist. In as great a detail as can be alotted, Social Scientists ask and answer the who, what, when, where, why and for what purpose of a society's evolution.
  • Xenoanthropology: Xenoanthropology is the study of the physical and cultural evolution of an alien species through study of their ancient remains, texts and stories.
  • Xenoarchaeology: Xenoarchaeology is closely tied to Xenoanthropology, but instead focuses on the constructs and "private lives" of many alien species. By pieceing together artifacts and ruins with myth and existing history, a Xenoarchaeologist hopes to reconstruct the past of an everyday member of a species, although major events are also studied.
  • Xenosociology: Xenosociology is, like many social sciences, tied with xenoanthropology. However, Xenosociology concerns itself with the study of an alien races culture, laws and mores. Partly a study of social pyschology, Xenosociology can help measure how a member of an alien species may commonly react to a given situation.
  • Linguistics: Linguistics is the study of the structure, grammar and usage of both spoken and written language.
  • History: A vast and really never-finished discipline, History is the study of recorded major events of any people, nation, world or power, no matter how far their race or group may extend into the stars. There are several different types of Historical study: Sociocultural and Military are two of the most common.
  • Political Science: Political Science is the study of the various forms of government. It analyzes the structure, efficiency and degree of bureaucracy.
  • Economics: Economics is the study of a nation's or power's economic structure, operation and outlook.

    		•  The Life and Physical Sciences Lab is a two-tiered room that compliments the various disciplines. Life Sciences is synonymous with the term "Xenology", meaning the study of Alien Life.
  • Xenobiology: Xenobiology is sort of a catch-all title for the study of alien alien life, be it organic, chemical, photonic or inorganic in origin. It is the job of these people to try and clasify the various forms of life.
  • Xenobotany: A much tighter discipline than Xenobiology, Xenobotanists categorize and study various alien forms of plant life.
  • Genetics: Genetics, generally, seems to be universal. It is the study of the building blocks of life and is found in almost all types of life. Only energy-based life seems to lack some form of genetic structure. Genticists come to understand these various building blocks and how they create a living entity.
  • Chemistry: The largest discipline of the life and physical sciences, Chemistry covers the whole gamut of sciences, from stellar chemistry to inorganic chemistry to biochemistry.

    		• Planetary Scientists study the various geological, climatological, meteorological and geographic phenomena that take place on various celestial bodies, specifically asteroids, planets and satellites.
  • Vulcanology: Vulcanology is the study of volcanic activity.
  • Seismology: A section of Tectonics, Seismology studies the various pressures and forces of worlds and the results of their releases.
  • Hydrology: The study of the actions and consequences of water.
  • Oceanography: The charting of the formations of the sea floor.
  • Physical Geology: The study of rocks, minerals, metals and the pressures and substances that form them.
  • Historical Geology: The study of ancient, usually extinct life through use of the geologic record.
  • Climatology: The study of the formation and equilibrium that exist in a planet's atmosphere and is modified by such things as distance from a star, aldebo, the hydrosphere, geologic activity and weather patterns.
  • Planetology: The study of and classification, of a planet at large, be it existing or still forming.

    Planetary Sciences maintains a categorical listing of the various planetary classes.