Star Fleet Arena (SFA), originally started as BattleForce CompuServe (BFC), the group that originally developed the Play-by-E-Mail Star Fleet Battles © (PBEM SFB) Rules now in use on the official ADB PBEM Website. Due to the explosive growth of PBEM SFB on the Internet brought about by the original HR Tournaments, BFC decided to form a new organization based on the Internet, which BFC would then be a branch of. (Given the decidedly larger following on the Internet as compared to CompuServe.)

The first Director of Star Fleet Area was Mike Mulka. Mike resigned in 2000. The reigns were then taken by Paul Franz, who is the current Director of Star Fleet Arena.