United Federation of Planets (25th century)

United Federation of Planets

Starfleet officers, the exporatory and defense arm of the Federation

Status:

Playable Faction

Notable Species:

Human, Vulcan, Trill

Location:

Beta Quadrant

Capital World:

Earth

Political System:

Representative Republic

Foreign Policy:

Peaceful Exploration

Leader:

President Aennik Okeg

Alliance Relations:

Member

A Galaxy class starship

The United Federation of Planets (25th century) is one of playable factions in Star Trek Online. Founded in 2161, it is the governing body of an alliance of more than 150 planetary governments, spread out over 8,000 light years and thousands of worlds (including founding worlds Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar Prime), each working in cooperation to uphold their principles of justice, equality, and rights, as well as expand and share their knowledge and resources for the purpose of space exploration and peaceful cooperation with other races.

The Federation's military, defensive, and exploratory branch is named Starfleet, of which each Federation player will automatically be an officer. Note that "Starfleet" is not the Federation, it is only the military branch to a civil government, similar to the United States of America's naval branch.

Player Characters

Upon starting a new Federation character, players must choose a career (analogous to a 'class' from other MMORPGs) and a species (or race). The career determines the character's native abilities, and the race determines the character's innate traits, and in certain cases, special abilities. In ground combat, the career choice and racial traits drastically affect the gameplay and strategies used by the player.

When the player completes the tutorial (or skips it), a Starfleet Light Cruiser is assigned to them, which acts as the player's avatar in space and sector space, and is the primary method of combat and interaction in space. The character's career affects the type of gameplay strategies used by the player, as well as the customizable Bridge Officer abilities and ship consoles.

Classes

Main article: Career path

In Star Trek Online, players may choose which career they wish their character to adopt. Players are able to choose from the following three career paths:

Tactical	Engineering	Science

Each profession has its own advantages (and, of course, disadvantages) in the gameplay of Star Trek Online.

Races

See also: Federation members on Memory Alpha.

Federation characters have a diverse range of playable races to choose from including long standing Federation members such as Andorians and Vulcans, to Federation allies such as the Ferengi and Talaxians. Most races are free to play, while some are paid for.

Each race offers unique traits and abilities which can aid a certain type of play. Once the race is chosen, it cannot be changed so it is advisable to choose carefully.

The Federation includes hundreds of members, with non-playable species in-game including the Aenar, Deltans, Denobulans, Ithenites, Risians, Violaceans and Zambeans. Dozens of other non-Federation species have been seen to serve in Starfleet including Capellans, Ktarian, Xenexians and Photonic lifeforms to name a few.

Species	Acquisition	Innate traits
Andorian	Free	Ground bonus: +10 Perception +10% Exploit Damage +25% Resistance to Flanking Damage Bonus damage for each point of missing health which increases greatly as health nears zero
Bajoran	Free	Ground bonus: +0.2% Healing to Shields and Hitpoints 10% bonus to healing abilities used on you +0.1 Regeneration
Benzite	Free	Ground bonus: +10 Resistance to Physical damage +33.33 resistance to Toxic and Radiation damage +5 Resistance to Energy damage
Betazoid	Free	Ground bonus: +10 Perception +1.5% Expose Chance +1 sec Expose Duration Reduced threat Increased Team Regeneration
Bolian	Free	Ground bonus: Chance for Toxic DoT against attackers who bite you +10% Maximum Hitpoints +20 Resistance to Toxic damage
Caitian	600	Ground bonus: 10% chance to Dodge half damage of ranged attacks +75% Jump Height +10 Perception +10% Exploit Damage
Cardassian	1000	Space bonus: Recalled Tactics Gain a stack of Recalled Tactics once every 5 seconds during combat +2 Accuracy Rating Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) +2 Defense Rating Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) +2 Weapon Damage Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) Ground: Bonus Resistance to: Placate Confuse Hold/Stun
Ferengi	Free	Ground bonus: +10 Perception .25 Flank Damage Reduction +10% Exploit Damage 20% energy credit/gold-pressed latinum store discount +.33 Resistance to Toxic and Radiation
Human	Free	Space bonus: +30% Subsystem Repair and Hull Regen Rate (+60% out of combat) Ground bonus: +5% team exploit damage
Klingon	600	Ground bonus: +15% Physical Damage +5 All Damage Resistance Rating +5% All Energy Damage +15% Critical Severity +10% Threat Generation
Liberated Borg	Lifetime subscribers only	Space bonus: +30 Starship Warp Core Efficiency Ground bonus: +10% Health Regeneration +6% Shield Regeneration
Pakled	Free	Ground bonus: +4% Critical Chance -30 Stun resistance -30 Confuse resistance -30 Placate resistance
Rigelian	Free	Ground bonus & clickable ability: Spirit Walk ability +60 Hit Points +9 Hit Points/sec for 6 sec +100 All Damage Resistance Rating for 6 sec
Saurian	Free	Ground bonus: +10 Plasma Damage Resistance Rating +40 Toxic Damage Resistance Rating +25 Fire Damage Resistance Rating +10 Perception +5% Exploit Damage +20% Resistance to Flanking Damage
Talaxian	Lifetime subscribers only	Space & Ground bonus: +5% Incoming Healing to Self and Team +5% Skill Points and Expertise to Team
Tellarite	Free	Ground bonus: +Res (Physical, Kinetic), +Res (Placate, Hold, Knock) 50% chance for +20% All Damage for 20 sec when receiving a critical hit. Click "Stubborn" to free yourself from Confuse and Placate effects.
Trill	Free	Ground bonus: +33% Radiation Damage Resistance Rating +33% Toxic Damage Resistance Rating 0.1 Health Regeneration
Trill (joined)	600	Space bonus: Bonus Skill points +3 in Energy Weapon Training, Projectile Weapon Training, Shield Restoration, Hull Restoration and Damage Control +7 in Exotic Particle Generator +9 in Control Expertise and Drain Expertise Ground Bonus: +10% Health regeneration +24.6% Radiation damage resistance +24.6% Toxic damage resistance
Vulcan	Free	Ground bonus: Bonus resistance to Psionic, Placate, and Confuse 0.15 bonus to Melee damage 15% chance to knock down the target of your melee attacks
Alien	Free	No species trait, instead Alien captains are given one extra trait slot each for ground and space

Starships

See main article: Federation playable starships

There are three main types of playable Starfleet vessel, each with numerous sub-types for different ranks and styles of play, and each of those sub-types with a number of cosmetic variants. The types of vessel are generally biased towards a specific class, but players of any class can captain any type of vessel.

Cruiser	Escort	Science Vessel

Storyline missions

Storyline Missions

Starfleet-only Tutorial “Graduation Day” • “Routine Maneuvers” • “Trial by Fire” • “The Shadow Knows” • “Children of War” • “Reporting In” “I Sing of Arms” • “Search and Rescue” • “Bull by the Horns” • “Dislodging Klingons” • “The Taurean Affair” • “Earthward Bound” “Graduation Day” • “Training Cruise” • “Field Promotions” • “Communication Breakdown” • “Assimilation of the Innocent” Agents of Yesterday “Explore Earth Spacedock” • “In the Shadow of Cestus” • “Painful Omens” • “Return to Babel” • “Tangled Webs” • “The Battle of Caleb IV” Klingon War “Welcome to Earth Spacedock” • “Diplomatic Orders” • “Stranded In Space” • “Researcher Rescue” • “Secret Orders” • “The Doomsday Device” • “The Galaxy at Large” Romulan Mystery “Heading Out” • “Empress Sela” • “Desperate Measures” • “Shadow Play” • “Taris” Klingon Defense Force-only Tutorial “End of Watch” • “Red Alert!” • “Intruder Alert” • “Challenge for Command” • “Your New Command” • “Journey to Qo'noS” Empire “Duties of Command” • “The Hunt is On” • “Space Chase” • “Manhunt” • “Friend or Foe” Warzone “Bringing Down the House” • “The House Always Wins” Vigilance “Mars, the Bringer of War” • “Alpha” Fek'Ihri Return “Blood of the Empire” • “Destiny” • “Afterlife” Romulan Republic-only Tutorial “A Day on the Farm” • “A Day in the Sun” • “Virinat, Invaded” • “Flight from Virinat” From the Ashes “Explore the Flotilla” • “The Helix” • “Crossroads at Crateris” • “Gasko Blues” • “The Search for New Romulus” • “Turning Point” • “Neutral No More” Allies “The Price of Neutrality” • “Memory Lane” • “Bigger Picture” • “Smash and Grab” • “Tradecraft” In Shadows “An Inside Job” • “Enemy Action” • “Sleepers” • “Cloak and Dagger” • “Revelation” • “Mind Game” Wasteland “Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” Vengeance “Voice of the Voiceless” • “Abducted” • “Small Packages” • “Last Stand” • “The Best Defense” • “Turnabout” • “Devil's Choice” Freedom “Toward Freedom” Dominion-only Engineered for War “Hunt” • “Ceremony” • “Turn the Tide” Cross-faction Cloaked Intentions “The Vault” • “Mine Enemy” • “Frozen” • “Coliseum” • “Cutting the Cord” • “Darkness Before the Dawn” Cardassian Struggle “Lost and Found” • “Spoils of War” • “Jabberwocky” • “The Factory” • “The New Link” Borg Advance “Task Force Operations” • “Report on Borg Activities” • “Where Angels Fear to Tread” • “A Gathering Darkness” • “Assimilation” • “Fluid Dynamics” New Romulus “New Romulus Aid” • “Staging Area” • “Hidden Camera” • “Warehouse” • “Mountain Base” • “Secret Shuttle Codes” • “Overgrown Caves” • “Web Access” • “Latest Findings” • “The Power Source” • “Secrets of the Ancients” Solanae Dyson Sphere “Sphere of Influence” • “Circles within Circles” • “Supply Woes” • “The Contested Zone” • “The Omega Standoff” • “Tower Control” • “A Step Between Stars” • “Fluidic Destruction” • “Surface Tension” Delta Quadrant “Escalation” • “Mindscape” • “Reunion” • “Friends in Unlikely Places” • “Revelations” • “Enemies in All the Usual Places” • “All That Glitters” • “The Kobali Front” • “Capture the Flag” • “The Dragon's Deceit” • “Alliances” • “Know Your Enemies” • “Revolution” • “Taking Care of Enemies” • “Takedown” • “What's Left Behind” • “Dust to Dust” Iconian War “Uneasy Allies” • “Blood of Ancients” • “Delta Flight” • “House Pegh” • “Time in a Bottle” • “Broken Circle” • “Butterfly” • “Midnight” Yesterday's War “Temporal Ambassador” • “The Once and Future Agent” • “The Core of the Matter” • “Vorgon Conclusions” • “Terminal Expanse” • “Survivor” Future Proof “Sunrise” • “Stormbound” • “Time and Tide” • “The Temporal Front” • “Temporal Reckoning” • “Ragnarok” New Frontiers “Echoes of Light” • “Of Signs and Portents” • “Mirrors and Smoke” • “Brushfire” • “Beyond the Nexus” • “Melting Pot” • “Scylla and Charybdis” • “The Renegade's Regret” Gamma Quadrant “Storm Clouds Gather” • “Armistice” • “The Search” • “Doomed to Repeat” • “Quark's Lucky Seven” • “Tenebris Torquent” • “Home” Age of Discovery “The Plausibility of the Possible” • “Impossibility of Reason” • “Secrets” • “Downfall” J'Ula's Discovery “Para Pacem” • “Illusion of Communication” • “Beneath the Skin” • “Sentinels” • “Rescue and Search” • “Within The Briars” • “The Ninth Rule” • “Ruins of Doom” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 1)” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 2)” Klingon Civil War “The Centre Cannot Hold” • “The Khitomer Discord” • “Partisans” • “Knowledge is Power” • “Leap of Faith” • “Warriors of the Empire” • “A Day Long Remembered” Terran Gambit “Firewall” • “Red Shift” • “Blue Shift” • “The Calling” • “Eye of the Storm” • “The Fujiwhara Effect” Kings & Queens “Wish Upon a Star” Some missions may appear in alternative orders for some factions. Side Content: The Galaxy at Large Spectres “Spectres” • “Skirmish” • “Spin the Wheel” • “What Lies Beneath” • “Everything Old is New” • “Night of the Comet” Wasteland “Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” (Still part of main episode progression for Romulan Republic players.) Lost Dominion: The 2800 “Lost Dominion” • “Second Wave” • “Of Bajor” • “Operation Gamma” • “Facility 4028” • “Boldly They Rode” Cold War “Cold War (wrapper)” • “Cold Call” • “Out in the Cold” • “Cold Comfort” • “Cold Case” • “Cold Storage” Delta Quadrant “Kobali Crisis Act I” • “Kobali Crisis Act II” • “Kobali Crisis Act III” See also: Featured episode • Patrol • Removed Missions • Task Force Operation

Politics

President Okeg

See Memory Alpha United Federation of Planets

The United Federation of Planets (UFP) is a federal representative republic with its capital located in the cities of Paris and San Francisco on Earth (Vulcan Sector). The constitutional document of the Federation is the Federation Charter, which was signed in the 22nd century by founding members Andoria, Earth, Tellar Prime and Vulcan.

Its head of state and government is an elected President who, since 2392, has been Aennik Okeg. The legislature is the Federation Council and the Federation Supreme Court is its judiciary.

In addition to the main organs of state, a number of executive agencies operate such as the Department of Temporal Investigations. There are also unofficial agencies such as the rumored Section 31.

Federation members maintain a high degree of local sovereignty over their own affairs, and a certain degree of autonomous interstellar diplomacy. They often maintain their own local military forces for internal security and planetary defense.

History

See Chronology for further in-game history or Federation history on Memory Alpha for broader Star Trek lore.

Fleet Admiral Jorel Quinn (left) and Chancellor J'mpok (right) agree on a cease-fire between the Federation and the Klingon Empire in 2410.

The Federation was formed in San Francisco, Earth, in 2161 upon the signing of the Charter of the United Federation of Planets by its four founding species; the Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites. Being in conflict with the Klingon Empire during the 22nd and 23rd centuries, the Khitomer Accords of 2293 brought over 100 years of relative peace between both powers. In 2405, the peace between the Federation and the Empire is ended when Starfleet establishes a blockade of the Hromi Cluster. Five years later, a cease-fire is re-established between both powers in order to jointly counter the Iconian threat.

Military (NPCs)

Starships

The Federation's primary military branch, Starfleet, possesses a wide array of diverse vessels suited for space exploration, combat, defense, diplomatic, and scientific profiles.

• Federation Shuttlecraft
• Peregrine Fighter
• Federation Frigate
• Federation Cruiser
• Federation Escort
• Federation Science Vessel
• Galaxy Class Cruiser
• Rhode Island Science Vessel
• Intrepid Class Science Vessel
• Nebula Class Science Vessel
• Typhoon Class Battleship
• Armitage Class Escort Carrier
• Prometheus Class Escort
• Multi-Mission Explorer
• Jupiter Class Dreadnought
• Galaxy Dreadnought Cruiser
• Odyssey Dreadnought Cruiser

Ground Forces

• Ensign Security
• Ensign Engineering Officer
• Ensign Medic
• Lieutenant Security Officer
• Combat Engineer
• Combat Medic
• Commander Security Officer
• Commander Engineering Officer
• Commander Science Officer
• Security Chief
• Chief Engineer
• Chief Medical Officer

Bosses

• Captain John Hollingsworth ( “Second Star to the Right, Straight on 'til Morning”)

Space

• Federation sectors
• Federation systems
• Federation planets

External Links

• United Federation of Planets at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
• United Federation of Planets at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.

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