a different Federation existed before the creation of the United Federation of Planets. Star Trek writer Gene L. Coon is credited with creating the Federation, and helping to establish Starfleet ...

One of the recurring elements in Star Trek is the illicit blue colored drink, the Romulan ale. The drink was banned by the Federation, yet somehow the Starfleet officers managed to sneak it in.

Star Trek's United Federation of Planets, which is also referred to simply as the Federation, may be intended to represent the good guys, but even sci-fi's most progressive utopia has a few ...

The United Federation of Planets may hold itself up as a futuristic utopia but it also has a dark underbelly. Covert intelligence organization Section 31 carries out the missions Starfleet ...

Some view its the covert, autonomous organization's existence as contradictory to Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a utopian future, where the United Federation of Planets is guided by a sense of ...