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| General composition of the United Federation of Planets. List of full members of the United Federation of Planets. Government of the United Federation of Planets (commencing with a Summary). Headquarters of the United Federation of Planets. Starfleet Command. |
The United Federation of Planets (or UFP) is an interstellar alliance of planetary governments and colonies united for mutual trade, exploratory, scientific, cultural, diplomatic and defensive endeavours. The organisation was founded in 2161 [TNG: The Outcast]. The name "United Federation of Planets" was first mentioned in [TOS: A Taste of Armageddon]. In 2373 the UFP comprised more than 150 member planets [the figure was chosen to approximate the member in Earth's United Nations, source Encyclopaedia], spread out across 8,000 light-years [Star Trek VIII: First Contact]. Membership of the Federation is subject to certain conditions e.g. the existence of a unified planetary government [TNG: Attached] and the lack of caste- or class-based discrimination [DS9: Accession].
According to source STSC, the full members of the UFP are as follows. Presumably the list is up to date at least as far as 2375, as attested by the presence of Evora. In [Star Trek IX: Insurrection], the Evora are given fast-track admittance to the Federation.
above: Picard greets Regent Cuzar of the Evorans [Star Trek IX: Insurrection]
| In the list of full UFP members below, links in the style "R2 C3" (for "Row 2, Column 3") go to the relevant segment (each approx. 185Kb) of UFP Star Charts I-IV (complete, over 5.5Mb), part of STAR CHARTS. R1 C7, R1 C8, R2 C7 and R2 C8 make up the Known Space Diagram - Known Space Diagram (complete) In STAR CHARTS and UFP AND STARFLEET site sections, the emphasis is on [Voyager].
Links in the style "Stellar Cartography" go to a map or map excerpt together with notes, which form part of the STAR CHARTS site section. Some maps, however, were done specially for this page. Here and in STAR CHARTS, where a particular star system is shown on a star chart, a specific planet in that system may not be shown. |
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| MAP | NAME OF FULL UFP MEMBER | NOTES |
| R1 C3 | AAAMAZZARA | |
| R3 C4 | AJILON PRIME | Class-M planet and the site of a skirmish between Klingon and Federation forces in early 2373. Deep Space 9 personnel Dr Julian Bashir and Jake Sisko went to Ajilon Prime to help in an emergency underground hospital during the battle. [DS9: Nor The Battle To The Strong] |
| map | ALDEBARAN III | Third planet of the Aldebaran star system. Psychologist Dr Elizabeth Dehner joined the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 crew at the Aldebaran colony in 2265, [TOS: Where No Man Has Gone Before]. Janet Wallace and her husband Theodore performed experiments at planet Aldebaran III that used various carbohydrate compounds to slow the degeneration of plant life, in the hope of finding a cure to the aging disease that afflicted several of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 crew in 2267, [TOS: The Deadly Years]. In 2371, Belongo, the nephew of Zek the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi, was held on Aldebaran III by Starfleet authorities, [DS9: Past Tense]. |
| ALPHA III/V | The Statutes of Alpha III form a landmark document in the protection of individual civil liberties, cited by Samuel Cogley when defending James T. Kirk during the latter's trial for murder in 2267. Cogley cited the document when Kirk was being denied the opportunity to face his accuser, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 ship's computer and its records. [TOS: Court Martial].
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| R2 C3 | ALPHA CENTAURI | Alpha Centauri is designated Sector 002 as it was the next to be explored by manned craft after Sector 001. Alpha Centauri is one of the nearest stars to Earth's solar system, some 4.3 light-years from Sol. In Earth's past, Kirk told United States Air Force officer Fellini that he was a little green man from Alpha Centauri and that it was a beautiful place to visit, [TOS: Tomorrow Is Yesterday]. Alpha Centauri was home to noted scientist Zefram Cochrane, who invented warp drive in the 21st century and who is mentioned in [#31 Threshold], [#76 and #77 Year Of Hell] and [#169 Homestead]. Alpha Centauri is located near Betazed, Vulcan, Andor, Earth, and Tellar, as noted in [DS9: In the Pale Moonlight]. Alpha Centauri, along with the latter four, became one of the founder members of the United Federation of Planets.
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| R2 C3 | ALTAIR IV | Dr. Henri Roget, winner of the Carrington Award in 2371, worked at the Central Hospital on Altair IV, noted in [DS9: Prophet Motive]. |
| map | ANDORIA (ANDOR) | Chirurgeon Ghee P'Trell was from Andoria, [DS9: Prophet Motive]. The Andorians are first seen in [TOS: Journey to Babel], but their homeworld is not named until [DS9: Prophet Motive]. Their contribution toward the founding of the Federation is touched upon in [Enterprise]. The last daring mission of the NX-01 Enterprise before the signing of the Federation Charter was to rescue the kidnapped daughter of the Andorian commander named Shran.
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| ANGOSIA III | Class-M planet whose government applied for Federation membership in 2366. The Angosian government was, at the time, experiencing civil unrest due to difficulties in repatriating their veterans from the recent Tarsian War. [TNG: The Hunted] | |
| ANTARES IV | ||
| ANTEDE III | Class-M planet whose government, in late 2365, made a bid for Federation membership. The Antedean is a fishlike lifeform, and finds space travel traumatic. Antede III is located some three days' warp travel from Pacifica. The ambassador and head of the Antedean delegation was later found to be an assassin who had conspired to blow up the Pacifica conference. [TNG: Manhunt] | |
| R1 C1 | ANTOS IV | Planet that is the homeworld to benevolent and peaceful people who cared for Captain Garth after he suffered an accident. They taught him the art of cellular metamorphosis in the 2260s. [TOS: Whom Gods Destroy]. Antos IV is the home of a species of giant energy-generating worms, [TOS: Who Mourns for Adonais]. |
| ARBAZAN | The Arbazan ambassador, Taxco, visited station Deep Space 9 in 2369 on a fact-finding mission to the wormhole, [DS9: The Forsaken]. In 2371, Odo, Deep Space 9's security chief, briefly took the form of an Arbazon vulture while at the Founders' homeworld, [DS9: The Search]. | |
| map | ARCHANIS IV | Fourth planet orbiting Archanis. While under the influence of the Beta XII-A entity in 2268, Pavel A. Chekov, an ensign serving aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, said he had a brother named Piotr who was murdered by Klingons at the Archanis IV research outpost, but in fact Chekov had no such brother, [TOS: Day of the Dove]. The Klingons had an ancient claim to the planet that they relinquished in 2272. The sector surrounding Archanis came to contain several Federation starbases and military installations. A century later, in 2372, Klingon chancellor Gowron demanded that the Federation withdraw from Archanis IV and abandon all of the bases in the surrounding sector, [DS9: Broken Link]. Shortly afterwards, Archanis was conquered by the Klingons, [DS9: Apocalypse Rising] [DS9: Nor the Battle to the Strong]. Archanis, the star, was used by Sulu, while serving as helmsman aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (therefore, long before he is seen as a captain in [#44 Flashback]), as a navigational reference when the Enterprise was thrown across the galaxy in 2267 by the advanced civilisation known as the Metrons, [TOS: Arena]. |
| R2 C3 | ARCTURUS | |
| map | ARDANA | Class-M planet, location of the cloud city Stratos. The Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 visited Ardana in 2269 to pick up a consignment of zenite, but the delivery was delayed because of a dispute between the wealthy Ardanans who lived in Stratos, and the workers who lived on the surface below. [TOS: The Cloud-Minders] |
| R3 C4 | ARGELIUS II | Planet whose location makes it a strategically important spaceport. Argelius II is home to a humanoid culture that is peaceful, hedonistic, and known for its hospitality. Argelian cultural traits make it necessary to hire administrative officers from other planets. In 2267, Mr Hengist, priginally a resident of Rigel IV, while employed as a city administrator on Argelius II, revealed that his body was possessed by an evil energy lifeform that thrived on the emotion of terror and was responsible for several brutal murders. This entity, which traveled to Argelius II in Hengist's body, was also known as Redjac, Beratis, Kesla and Jack the Ripper. [TOS: Wolf in the Fold] |
| ARIANNUS | Planet vital as a transfer point for commercial traffic. In 2268, Ariannus was infected by a bacterial invasion that threatened to destroy all life. The Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 conducted an orbital decontamination mission to save the planet. [TOS: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield] | |
| ARVADA III | This planet was the site of a colony where many people died in a terrible tragedy. Young Beverly Crusher (née Howard) was one of the survivors there, along with her grandmother, Felisa Howard. [TNG: The Arsenal of Freedom]. [TNG: Sub Rosa] establishes the grandmother's name. | |
| ASTRAL V | This planet contains an historical museum and repository for classic spacecraft. [TNG: Booby Trap] | |
| ATREA IV | Class-M planet. In 2370, it was discovered that the molten core of Atrea was cooling, causing dramatic seismic activity. Atrean scientists estimated the planet would become uninhabitable in 13 months. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D was sent to assist the Atrean government in their attempts to correct the problem. Officers, working with Atrean scientists Dr Pran Tainer and his wife Dr Juliana Tainer, developed a means to reliquify the planet's core to last for centuries. [TNG: Inheritance] | |
| AURELIA | ||
| R2 C3 | AXANAR | Planet that was the site of a major battle in which Starfleet captain Garth won a historic victory in the 2250s. James Kirk's first visit to Axanar was as a cadet on a peace mission, [TOS: Whom Gods Destroy]. Kirk was subsequently awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission, this being one of his decorations read out during his court martial, [TOS: Court Martial]. Kirk noted that Garth's victory was instrumental in making it possible for Spock and him to work together as brothers, so Encyclopaedia says the Axanar battle apparently had something to do with holding the Federation together. |
| map | BA'KU | Planet in the region of Federation space located in Sector 441, which area is nicknamed the Briar Patch. The Briar Patch is full of supernova remnants, false vacuum fluctuations, and low levels of metaphasic radiation from interstellar dust in the region. The space matter made it dangerous for a starship to travel through the area at speeds greater than one-third impulse for fear of overheating the ship's manifolds. The Briar Patch was whimsically named for the tangled hardwood shrub that featured prominently in the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris, published in 1880 and 1883. In 2373, the Ba'ku became the intended focus of a forced relocation sanctioned by the Federation in order that Federation scientists in partnership with the Son'a could harness the rejuvenating metaphasic radiation within the Ba'ku planet's ring structure. The plan, contrary to the Prime Directive and Federation principles, was successfully thwarted by Jean-Luc Picard aided by his senior officers during deliberate insurrection. [Star Trek IX: Insurrection]
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| BARISA PRIME | This planet is the site of a Federation settlement. Barisa Prime is located near the Federation border with the Tzenkethi. In late 2371, a Founder (a Gamma Quadrant species) posing as Ambassador Krajensky faked a distress call from Barisa Prime, claiming the Tzenkethi had attacked the settlement. In reality, no attack occurred. [DS9: The Adversary] | |
| BELTANE IX | Planet that serves as a centre for commercial-shipping space travel. Jake Kurland once threatened to run away to Beltane IX to sign onto a freighter. [TNG: Coming of Age] | |
| R4 C3 | BENECIA COLONY | Federation settlement. The Karidian Company of Players had been scheduled to perform at the Benecia Colony following their engagement at Planet Q in 2266. [TNG: The Conscience of the King]. (See also the entry for Planet Q, which is a Federation full member.) Dr Janice Lester had hoped to send her former self, when it imprisoned the mind of James Kirk, to the Benecia Colony in 2269. Benecia's medical facilities were limited, so the chances of Lester's theft of Kirk's body being discovered were minimal. [TOS: Turnabout Intruder] |
| map | BENZAR (BENZITE) | Homeworld to the Benzites, [TNG: Coming of Age]. Benzar, a recent member of the Federation as at the mid 2260s, has an atmosphere similar to Class-M norms, but Benzites in a Class-M environment need a respiration device to provide supplemental gases for them to breathe, [TNG: A Matter of Honor].
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| R1 C2 | BERENGARIA VII | On this planet, dragons are an indigenous lifeform on Berengaria VII. [TOS: This Side of Paradise] |
| BETA AGNI II | Class-M planet, site of a Federation colony. The Beta Agni II colony experienced a sudden tricyanate contamination of its water supply in 2366. The contamination was neutralised when the crew of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D delivered an adequate supply of hytritium into the planet's subsurface water supply using a class-4 probe. The incident turned out to have been engineered by Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo, as part of an elaborate scheme to capture the android Data. [TNG: The Most Toys] | |
| R2 C7 | BETA RENNER (Antica, Selay) | Not mentioned in [Voyager] but the Anticans are discussed in regard to the Selay in  Is Replicated Meat Vegetarian? part of FOOD & DRINK INDEX.
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| BETA VI | Planet, location of a Federation colony. Whilst en route to deliver supplies to Beta VI in 2267, the Starship Enterprise MCC-1701 was detained by the alien known as Trelane. [TNG: The Squire of Gothos] | |
| R3 C3 | BETAZED | Stellar Cartography note: Betazed |
| R2 C8 | BETELGEUSE | |
| BETH DELTA I (New Manhattan) | Planet that is the location of the city of New Manhattan. Dr. Paul Stubbs jokingly promised to take Deanna Troi there for champagne. [TNG: Evolution] | |
| BILANA III | Class-M planet. Site where soliton wave based propulsion was developed by Dr. Ja'Dar. In 2368, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D participated in the first practical test of the new technology. The soliton wave was generated by an array of massive generators on the surface of Bilana III and projected toward a sister facility on the planet Lemma II. [TNG: New Ground] | |
| BILAREN | ||
| BLUE HORIZON | Planet that was the site of a terraforming project by Professor Seyetik and reputed to be an incredibly beautiful sight. Commander Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake visited Blue Horizon on their way to Deep Space 9 in 2369. [DS9: Second Sight] | |
| R2 C3 | BOLARUS IX (Bole) | Home planet of the Bolian people, noted in [TNG: Allegiance]. Bolians, first seen in [TNG: Conspiracy], have a light-blue skin and a bifurcated ridge running down the centre of the face. Their blood is blue, [DS9: The Adversary]. Other anatomical points of interest are noted in [#29 Prototype] and [#44 Flashback]. Ensign Golwat and Crewman Chell in Voyager's crew are Bolians, seen [#83 Hunters] and [#16 Learning Curve]/[#150 Repression] respectively.
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| BORADIS III | A Federation outpost was established on Boradis III, in the Boradis star system, in 2331. By 2365, three other planets in that system had been colonised. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D was ordered to a point near the Boradis system to meet Federation Emissary K'Ehleyr from Starbase 153, [TNG: The Emissary]. | |
| BRASLOTA | Planetary system. A Starfleet battle simulation was held involving the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D and the USS Hathaway in 2365 in the Braslota system. [TNG: Peak Performance] | |
| R4 C3 | BRE'EL IV | Planet whose asteroidal moon was knocked out of its normal orbit in 2366 (it was already a Federation member at that time) by the nearby passage of a black hole or other celestial object. The moon's new orbit began to decay rapidly and soon threatened to collide with the planet's surface. Bre'el IV was heavily populated by a humanoid civilization that might have been wiped out if the moon did indeed hit the planet. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D made repeated attempts to return the moon to its proper orbit, but was unable to do so. The planet was finally saved by a magnanimous gesture from Q, who returned the moon to a nearly circular 55,000-kilometre orbit. [TNG: Deja Q] |
| BROWDER IV | Planet to which the Federation Starships Hood and Enterprise-D were assigned for a terraforming mission on stardate 43714.1. [TNG: Allegiance] | |
| CAIRN | Planet inhabited by a humanoid society. The Cairn communicate telepathically and have no concept of spoken language. They applied for admission to the Federation in 2370. The Cairn exchange information telepathically, but unlike many other telepathic species their communications involve sending images instead of words. Like Betazoids, they can communicate telepathically only with other telepaths. The Cairn sent a diplomatic mission to the Federation Starship Enterprise -D in 2370. Betazoid ambassador Lwaxana Troi, mother of Deanna Troi who is seen in several [Voyger] episodes, accompanied the Cairn delegation so that she could use her telepathic abilities to help overcome the communication barrier. [TNG: Dark Page]
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| CALDOS IV | Caldos Colony is a Federation settlement. Caldos was terraformed in 2271, one of the oldest terraforming projects undertaken by the Federation. The colony was patterned after the Highlands of Scotland on Earth. Each of the colony buildings contained a cornerstone from a Scottish building. Maturin, the Governor of the Caldos colony, although not from Earth, had a great appreciation of the heritage of Scotland. His family had visited Glamis Castle, in the Scottish Highlands, when he was a child, and Maturin had felt a kinship with the Scottish culture since that time. He felt it natural to move to Caldos, which was a re-creation of Scotland. In 2370, the colony experienced trouble with its weather control matrix, and the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, in orbit of the planet, was asked to assist. Felisa Howard was a resident of Caldos colony. [TNG: Sub Rosa] | |
| CAMPOR II | ||
| R2 C8 | CANOPUS II | The star Canopus, also known as Alpha Carinae, is a red super-giant visible from Earth. Canopus II is the second planet of the star system. Poet Phineas Tarbolde, a resident of the Canopus Planet, wrote 'Nightingale Woman' there in 1996, considered to be one of the most passionate love sonnets written in the past couple of centuries, [TOS: Where No Man Has Gone Before]. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 visited the Alpha Carinae system in [TOS: The Ultimate Computer].
Canopus was used by Sulu as a navigational reference when the original Enterprise was thrown across the galaxy in 2267 by the advanced civilisation known as the Metrons, [TOS: Arena]. Canopus was used by Voyager and other N.A.S.A. spacecraft as a navigational reference. |
| CAREMA III | ||
| CASPERIA PRIME | ||
| R2 C8 see "Catulla (Theta Pictoris)" |
CATUALLA | STSC spelling confirmed in Encyclopaedia, but latter calls an inhabitant, the ambassador, a "Catullan" - it refers to the same place by mentioning the same character Tongo Rad, a follower of Dr Sevrin, [TOS: The Way Of Eden]. |
| R1 C8 | CERBERUS | |
| R2 C8 | CESTUS III | Stellar Cartography note: Cestus and the Gorn Hegemony |
| COLTAR IV | Planet that was home to a farming colony which experienced a 'hiccough' in time. This was found to be the result of Dr Paul Manheim's time/gravity experiments at Vandor IX in 2364. [TNG: We'll Always Have Paris] | |
| map | CORIDAN | Mineral-rich planet admitted to the United Federation of Planets in 2267. Coridan is rich in dilithium crystals, making the planet susceptible to illegal mining operations, which gave some motive to denying Coridan membership in the Federation during the Babel Conference, held in 2267 to consider Coridan's application to the Federation. [TOS: Journey to Babel]. map: Babel The vote was affirmative, and Federation ambassador Sarek (a Vulcan) was credited with the Coridan admission, [TNG: Sarek]. |
| CORVAN II | Planet whose ecosystem was threatened by industrial pollutants in the planetary atmosphere. The Corvan gilvos, uniquely suited to live in trees as they closely resembled a tree branch for natural camouflage, were among the animals threatened by the loss of rainforest habitat on that planet. By 2368, only 14 gilvos specimens remained. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D transported two gilvos to the protected planet of Brentalia. The gilvos were momentarily threatened by a fire that broke out aboard the starship during their transport, but quick action by Commander Riker saved the animals, [TNG: New Ground]. | |
| R4 C3 | CYGNET XIV | Planet whose government was dominated by women at the time when the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 docked there for general repair and maintenance of the ship's computer system in 2267. The technicians on Cygnet XIV felt the computers lacked a personality and gave them one - female, with a tendency to flirt and giggle. [TOS: Tomorrow is Yesterday] |
| CYGNIA MINOR | Planet where an Earth colony was threatened by famine in 2266 and which a new synthetic food supposedly created by Dr. Thomas Leighton would have helped. Unfortunately, the report of a synthetic food was a ruse to summon the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 to Planet Q in the hope of confronting the actor Anton Karidian, whom it was revealed was actually Kodos the Executioner, [TOS: The Conscience of the King] | |
| DALIWAKA | The holographic character of the Gigola in Tom Paris' Chez Sandrine holoprogram is half-human and half-Daliwakan, [#6 The Cloud]. Holocharacters: The Gigolo part of CHEZ SANDRINE HOLOPROGRAM INDEX | |
| DALVOS PRIME | Location of a special psychiatric care centre, [DS9: Time's Orphan]. | |
| DANULA II | This planet was the site of a Starfleet Academy marathon in 2323. Freshman cadet Jean-Luc Picard managed to overtake two upperclassmen on the final hill of that 40-kilometre run to become the only freshman ever to win the Starfleet Academy marathon, [TNG: The Best of Both Worlds]. | |
| DELB II | Home planet of Nellen Tore, an aide to Starfleet Admiral Norah Satie. She was a constant presence at Satie's side, taking notes on everything that was said. [TNG: The Drumhead]. | |
| DELOS IV | Although Brekka is stated by Encyclopaedia as being the fourth planet in the Delos star system, in [TNG: Symbiosis], it is probably not also called Delos IV and, judging from the situation in that episode, is not a member of the Federation. Beverley Crusher, later twice the chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, did her internship on planet Delos IV under the tutelage of Dr Dalen Quaice in 2352. This is given in [TNG: Remember Me]. | |
| DELTA IV | Homeworld to the Deltan civilisation. Starfleet officer Will Decker once served on this planet, where he met future shipmate Ilia, a native of Delta IV. [Star Trek I: The Motion Picture] | |
| DELTA RANA IV | Class-M planet that was home to a Federation colony which was destroyed by the Husnock in 2361. All but one of the 11,000 colonists were killed and the planet surface was ravaged. The one survivor, actually a Douwd travelling under the name of Kevin Uxbridge, used his enormous powers to destroy the entire Husnock race in retribution. Later, Uxbridge remained in self-imposed isolation on Delta Rana IV. Delta Rana IV has three moons. [TNG: The Survivors]. Delta Rana IV has not been removed from the list of Federation members cited by source STSC, which list is up-to-date at least to 2375 with the inclusion of Evora admitted to the Federation in 2375, [Star Trek IX: Insurrection]. | |
| DENEB IV (Alpha Cygni) | Class-M planet inhabited by a humanoid civilisation called the Bandi. The star Deneb is part of the constellation Cygnus (the Swan) visible from Earth. [TNG: Encounter at Farpoint] | |
| DENEVA PRIME | Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful planets in the galaxy, and with a population of over 1 million. Deneva was colonised in the 22nd century, and served as a base for interstellar freighting. The planet was infected by alien neural parasites in 2267, resulting in the death of many colonists. One infested colonist flew a small spacecraft directly into the Denevan sun. The sun's intense radiation drove the parasite from his body, just before the ship was incinerated by the sun. His attempt led science personnel from the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 learning that the parasites were adversely affected by ultraviolet radiation. Enterprise personnel placed a series of satellites around the planet, bombarding the surface with sufficient ultraviolet radiation to eradicate the parasites. Among the colonists killed in 2267 were Aurelan and George Samuel Kirk. They were survived by their son Peter Kirk. [TOS: Operation - Annihilate!] | |
| DORAF I | The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D was assigned to a terraforming project at Doraf I in 2368. The mission was cancelled when the ship was recalled to Starbase 234 to receive orders to investigate the disappearance of Ambassador Spock. [TNG: Unification] | |
| DRAMIA I/II | ||
| DULISIAN IV | This planet was the site of a Federation colony that transmitted a Priority-1 distress call to the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D while it was in orbit around Galorndon Core in 2368. (Stellar Cartography note: Galorndon Core) The colony reported massive failure of its environmental support systems. The distress call was later found to be a ruse sent in an attempt to dissuade the Enterprise's captain from interfering with the Romulan invasion of planet Vulcan. [TNG: Unification] | |
| EARTH COLONY 2 | James Kirk's brother, George Samuel Kirk, had hoped to be transferred to the research station at Earth Colony 2, but he died prematurely, in 2267. [TOS: What Are Little Girls Made Of?] | |
| ELAYSIA | The Elaysian homeworld has such low surface gravity that the Elaysians are able to fly in their atmosphere. Because they are adapted to these unusual conditions, Elaysians find living in a standard Class-M gravity field to be extremely challenging. For this reason, very few Elaysians leave their homeworld. [DS9: Melora] | |
| EPSILON CANARIS III | Commissioner Nancy Hedford was sent to this planet to prevent a war in 2267. She was forced to leave before her job was completed when she contracted the rare and deadly Sakuro's disease. [TOS: Metamorphosis] | |
| R3 C3 | EVORA | A technologically advanced civilisation, the Evora achieved interstellar travel capability in 2374 and were invited to become a Federation protectorate a year later, considered by several senior officers of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E to be very soon, probably because of Dominion and other pressures on the Federation at the time. A diplomatic reception for the Evoran Regent Cuzar was held aboard the Enterprise-E in 2375. Evorans prefer a vegetarian diet and the members of the Evoran delegation started to eat the table decorations. [Star Trek IX: Insurrection]
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| FENDAUS V | The government on this planet was led by a family whose members have no limbs due to an inbred genetic defect. Data compared this family to the leaders of Ramatis III, who are incapable of hearing for similar reasons. [TNG: Loud as a Whisper] Ramatis III is also a Federation member. | |
| R4 C1 | GALEN IV | A series of skirmishes during the 2350s between the Talarians and the Federation over the Galen system, in which Federation colonies had been established. During the conflict, it was a common Talarian tactic to abandon observation spacecraft that had been rigged to self-destruct when boarded. The conflicts reached their peak in the Talarian attack on Galen IV, a Class-M planet and site of a Federation colony. In 2356, the colony was attacked and destroyed by Talarian forces. The Talarians claimed the Federation was intruding on Talarian territory. A peace accord was eventually reached. [TNG: Suddenly Human] |
| GASPAR VII | Homeworld of Starfleet Captain Edwell. [TNG: Starship Mine] | |
| GAULT | This planet is the location of a farming colony where young Worf spent his formative years, cared for by his adoptive parents, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko. [TNG: Heart of Glory] [TNG: Sins of the Father] Gault is a sparsely populated world with only about 20,000 inhabitants, [DS9: Let He Who Is Without Sin]. | |
| GIDEON | Class-M planet. Gideon had a germ-free atmosphere and was once considered to be a paradise, but a spiritual inability to practice birth control resulted in a terrible population explosion, causing serious deterioration of the planet's environment. The government of Gideon applied for membership in the United Federation of Planets in 2268. During the admission review process, Hodin, leader of the high council of Gideon, engineered an elaborate plan whereby USS Enterprise NCC-1701 Captain James T. Kirk was captured and placed on an exact copy of his ship, in an effort to confuse and disorient him. In this ersatz Enterprise, Kirk was introduced to Odona, Hodin's daughter, so that she would contract Vegan choriomeningitis, a disease carried in Kirk's bloodstream. Odona had volunteered to die from the disease in the hope that her death would inspire others of her world to follow her example. Enterprise personnel located Kirk and Odona, successfuly treating her, but she did return to her planet to carry out the deadly plan of exposing other volunteers to lower her population. [TOS: The Mark of Gideon] | |
| R4 C1 | GRAZER | In 2372, Jaresh-Inyo from Grazer was the Federation President. His administration was marked by fears of possible infiltration by Founders (a species in the Gamma Quadrant), and an attempted coup by Starfleet Admiral Leyton. [DS9: Homefront] [DS9: Paradise Lost]. |
| R3 C2 | HAKTON VII | Planet located in the Demilitarised Zone, and site of a Federation colony. In 2370, three settlers at Hakton VII were killed by Cardassians in retaliation for the bombing of the Bok'Nor. [DS9: The Maquis] |
| R3 C3 | HANOLAN | Federation settlement. The Hanolan colony served as an evacuation site for the civilian population of station Deep Space 9 during the coup staged by the Alliance for Global Unity in 2370. [DS9: The Siege] |
| HEKARAS II | Class-M planet located in the Hekaras Corridor and the only inhabited planet in the region. In the late 2360s, two Hekaran scientists discovered that the region of space near their planet was very susceptible to warp field effect. They tried to persuade the Federation Council and their own people to avoid the use of warp travel in the area, even though it would mean the almost total isolation of their planet. It was not until 2370, following the formation of a subspace rift in the corridor, that the scientists' theories were believed. Unfortunately, due to the gravitational shifts following the formation of the rift, the climate of Hekaras II began to change. As a short-term measure, Starfleet was able to assist the Hekarans with a weather control matrix. Thereafter, the Federation Council ordered the corridor limited to essential travel only, in order to slow any further damage to the region. The Federation Council further ordered Federation ships throughout the galaxy to restrict their maximum speed to warp 4.7. [TNG: Force of Nature] The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D and other ships observed the 'warp speed limit' for the remainder of [TNG]. After that, it has been assumed that Starfleet developed warp drive so that its use does not damage subspace. USS Voyager's vario-geometry nacelles, which fold up just prior to engaging warp drive, are implicitly the solution to the warp speed restriction, so that the Federation could lift the speed limit. | |
| HURADA III | Tarmin and his group of telepathic historians visited this planet prior to mid-2368. After the Ullians' visit, two cases of Iresine Syndrome were reported on the planet. These cases were later believed to be instances of forced telepathic memory invasion rape by telepathic historian Jev. [TNG: Violations] | |
| HURKOS III | Devinoni Ral moved to this planet at age 19, [TNG: The Price]. | |
| R3 C2 | IADORA COLONY | |
| ICOR IX | A symposium on rough star clusters was held at the Astrophysics Center on the planet Icor IX in 2366. Captain Picard considered attending the symposium on his vacation. [TNG: Captain's Holiday] | |
| INFERNA PRIME | In 2373 a Federation Grand Jury hearing was to have been held on the Federation planet Inferna Prime. At the hearing, Quark was to have given testimony against the Orion Syndicate, since he was a witness to their activities. [DS9: The Ascent] | |
| IVOR PRIME | Ivor Prime planet was the site of a Federation colony that was destroyed by the Borg in 2373. [Star Trek VIII: First Contact] | |
| R3 C5 | JOURET IV (New Providence) | Planet that was the site of the Federation's New Providence colony. In 2366, the colony on Jouret IV disappeared without a trace, the victim of a Borg attack. [TNG: The Best of Both Worlds] |
| R4 C3 | K'NORMIA | |
| KALDRA IV | A Federation planet where a group of Ullian researchers had intended to conduct research for their planned telepathic memory library project in 2368. The Ullians never reached Kaldra, owing to the arrest of one of their party, Jev, for the crime of telepathic memory invasion. [TNG: Violations] | |
| R2 C4 | KALEB IV | Planet in the Kaleb sector, a region of space which was the location where Romulan Subcommander N'Vek attempted to rendezvous with a Corvallen freighter for the defection of Vice-Proconsul M'ret in 2369. [TNG: Face of the Enemy] |
| KENDA II | Federation planet that was the home of Dr. Dalen Quaice. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D was scheduled to return Quaice to Kenda II while en route to planet Durenia IV in early 2367. [TNG: Remember Me]. (Kenda should not be confused with Kendi, a star system located in the Gamma Quadrant, ref. [DS9: The Quickening].) | |
| R2 C7 | KESSIK III / IV | Stellar Cartography note: Kessik IV |
| R3 C2 | KLAESTRON IV | Home planet of Ilon Tandro, who arrived at station Deep Space 9 in 2369 with a warrant for Jadzia Dax's arrest for murder. Although members of the Federation, the Klaestrons are allies of the Cardassians. This fact explained why Tandro had knowledge of the interior of the station that aided in the kidnapping of Dax, [DS9: Dax]. In 2371, Dr Julian Bashir, the Chief Medical Officer of Deep Space 9, visited Klaestron IV to learn about a new treatment for burn victims, [DS9: Second Skin]. |
| KORAT | Planetary system in Federation territory which served as an evacuation site for Starfleet families from station Deep Space 9 during the coup staged by the Circle in 2370, [DS9: The Siege]. | |
| R3 C2 | LYSHAN | Federation system that was the rendezvous point for Captain Picard's covert team, following their mission on planet Celtris III in 2369. Commander Riker was able to retrieve Dr Crusher and Lieutenant Worf from the star system, following their escape from Celtris. [TNG: Chain of Command] |
| MAKUS III | The Federation Starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701 was scheduled to deliver emergency medical supplies to this planet for transfer to the New Paris colonies following a plague outbreak in 2267. [TOS: The Galileo Seven] | |
| R3 C3 | MANZAR COLONY | |
| MARCOS XII | The evil Gorgan of Triacus targeted this inhabited planet for conquest in 2268. The Gorgan manipulated the children of the Starnes Expedition into commandeering the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 toward that destination. Marcos XII was also the home of Tommy Starnes' relatives. [TOS: And the Children Shall Lead] | |
| MARIPOSA | Class-M planet in the Ficus Sector settled by colonists from the S.S. Mariposa. [TNG: Up the Long Ladder] | |
| MELONA IV | Class-M planet that was attacked by the Crystalline Entity in 2368. The planet was, at the time, being readied for colonisation by the Federation. The attack stripped the planet of all indigenous life and killed two colonists. The surviving colonists were evacuated by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, which had been assisting in the colonisation project. [TNG: Silicon Avatar] | |
| MERAK II | A botanical plague threatened to destroy all vegetation on this planet in 2269. The plague was averted when a consignment of mineral zenite was delivered by the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 from the planet Ardana, [TOS: The Cloud Minders]. Quark, the proprietor of Quark's Bar at Deep Space 9 in the 2370s, said that the inhabitants of Merak II manufactured the best sizing scanners, but he may have been lying, [DS9: The Wire]. | |
| MIDOS V | The Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 was to have gone to this planet after an expedition to planet Exo III on stardate 2712. Midos V had a small colony that Dr Roger Korby's androids deemed a good choice for further android manufacture, owing to abundant raw materials available there. [TOS: What Are Little Girls Made Of?] | |
| map | MINOS KORVA | Federation planet located in a sector four light-years from the border between the Federation and the Cardassians. The Cardassians attempted to annex the planet in the early 2360s, but were unsuccessful. In 2369, Starfleet contingency plans placed the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D leading a fleet to defend Minos Korva and the surrounding sector in the event of a feared Cardassian invasion. [TNG: Chain of Command] |
| MOAB VI (Genome Colony) | The "VI" is a mistake by STSC, the number is "IV" as noted in Encyclopaedia in two entries, which are quoted here consecutively: Moab IV is a harsh, inhospitable planet in the Moab Sector. Moab IV was colonised in 2168 by a group of humans who sought to create a perfect society there. The crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701-D discovered this previously unknown colony in 2368, [TNG: The Masterpiece Society]. Named for the ancient kingdom that flourished on Earth during Biblical times in what is now Jordan. Under 'Genome Colony', Encyclopaedia says in part: A self-contained society of humans founded in 2168 on planet Moab IV. The colony founders built a sealed biosphere on the planet, in which they tried to establish a perfectly engineered society. Every member of the colony was genetically designed and trained from birth to perform a specific task. In 2368, the Genome Colony was endangered by an approaching stellar core fragment that threatened to disrupt the planet. In order to avoid destruction, colony leader Aaron Conor allowed a group of engineers from the Enterprise -D to assist in fortifying the biosphere. 23 members of the colony chose to leave with the Enterprise NCC-1701-D, leaving irreparable gaps in the genetic makeup of the colony. | |
| MODEAN | The Modean system is an inhabited planetary system. Young Geordi La Forge, later Chief Engineer on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, and by 2390 the Captain of the USS Challenger in an unrealised timeline experienced (or not experienced) by Chakotay and Harry Kim in [#100 Timeless], was once stationed with his father in the Modean system, [TNG: Imaginary Friend]. | |
| MS 1 COLONY | Federation settlement. In 2369, MS 1 was the second colony to be attacked by a group of fanatical self-aware Borg. [TNG: Descent] | |
| NAHMI IV | ||
| NAPEA | ||
| R2 C3 | NEHRU COLONY | |
| R3 C3 | NEW FRANCE | |
| NEW GAUL | ||
| NEW HALANA | ||
| NEW PARIS | ||
| R3 C2 | NIVOCH | Stellar Cartography note: Nivoch |
| NORKAN OUTPOSTS | ||
| NORPIN IV/V | ||
| R4 C3 | O'RYAN'S PLANET | |
| OCEANUS IV | ||
| OMICRON CETI III | ||
| OMICRON THETA | ||
| R1 C2 see Gamma Ophiuci |
OPHIUCHUS III | |
| R2 C7 | PACIFICA | |
| PALLAS XIV (Mantilles/Alondra) | ||
| R3 C3 | PELIAR ZEL | |
| PENTARUS II/III/V | ||
| R4 C2 | PENTHARA IV (New Seattle) | |
| PERSEPHONE V | ||
| map | PLANET Q | |
| R2 C4 | QUALOR II | |
| R3 C5 | RAMATIS III | |
| R3 C4 | REGULUS III/V | |
| R1 C4 | RHAANDAR | |
| R3 C4 | RIGEL (Beta Rigel) II/IV/V/VI/X | |
| R3 C3 | RISA | Stellar Cartography note: Risa |
| R3 C2 | RONARA | |
| R3 C2 | SALTOK IV | |
| R2 C3 | SAURIA | |
| map | SHERMAN'S PLANET | |
| SIRIUS IX | ||
| R2 C3 | SOL I/ II/ III/ IIIa/ IV/ V/ VI/ VII/ VIII/ IX | |
| R3 C3 | SOLARION IV | |
| R1 C8 | SPICA | |
| TARANKO COLONY | ||
| TARCHANNEN III | ||
| TARSUS IV | ||
| TAU CETI III | ||
| TAVELA MINOR | ||
| R2 C3 | TELLAR | |
| R3 C4 | TELLUN (Elas, Troyius) | |
| R3 C3 | TENDARA COLONY | The human child Annika Hansen (assimilated aged 6 by the Borg but later rescued and severed from the Borg Collective by the USS Voyager crew in early 2374) was born at Tendara Colony on stardate 25479, daughter of Erin Hansen and Magnus Hansen. They were noted scientists who were last seen in the Omega Sector in 2356, having departed from station Deep Space 4 aboard the science vessel Raven on an expedition to the Delta Quadrant. [#68 and #69 Scorpion] [#70 The Gift] [#74 The Raven] [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier] |
| TERELLIA (Terrellia) | ||
| R2 C3 | TERRA NOVA | |
| R3 C7 | TESSEN III | |
| THANATOS VII | ||
| THETA VII | ||
| R3 C2 | TRILL (Trillius Prime) | Stellar Cartography note: Trill |
| TRIONA | ||
| TYREE | ||
| R3 C7 | TYRELLIA | |
| R3 C2 | UMOTH VIII | |
| R2 C3 | VEGA IX (Vega Colony) | |
| R2 C7 | VERDANIS (Terra 10, Terratin) | |
| VICO V | The planet where Voyager crewman Mortimer Harran was born and grew up. In 2377, in [#140 Good Shepherd], while on an astronomical survey away mission in the Delta Flyer with Janeway, Crewman Tal Celes and Crewman William Telfer, he describes Vico V to Janeway as the "wildest sky in the Alpha Quadrant".
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| R3 C3 | VULCAN (Vulcanis) | Vulcan was a founding member of the United Federation of Planets. Stellar Cartography note: Vulcan |
| R3 C4 | YRIDIA PRIME | Stellar Cartography note: Yridia |
| ZADAR IV | ||
| ZAKDORN | ||
| R3 C7 | ZALDA | |
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The Constitution of the United Federation of Planets, the historic document framed in 2161, outlines the framework by which the Federation is governed for the mutual benefit and protection of member planets and individual citizens. Among the assurances of individual civil liberties contained in the Constitution is the Seventh Guarantee, protecting citizens against self-incrimination, as noted in [TNG: The Drumhead]. All persons aboard a Federation starship are guaranteed these fundamental individual rights under the Constitution, [TNG: The Perfect Mate].
the crowded gigantic auditorium which was the setting for the establishment of the United Federation of Planets [Enterprise: These Are The Voyages]
 The UFP President wears formal ceremonial-style robes when presiding over the Federation Council. [ST: The Voyage Home] |
The UFP is governed by the Federation Council (first mentioned in [TOS: Amok Time]), composed of representatives from each member of the UFP. The Federation President is the leader (presumably elected, although details are not provided in Star Trek) of the Federation Council. The Federation President's office is in Paris (a matte painting backdrop of the Paris skyline which includes the Eiffel Tower appears in [TNG: We'll Always Have Paris] and [Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country], and in modified form in [DS9: Homefront] and [DS9: Paradise Lost]). The Federation President can belong to any member species: in [Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] he was human, in [DS9: Homefront] and [DS9: Paradise Lost] he was an alien. |  Meeting chamber of the Federation Council, San Francisco. [ST: The Voyage Home] |
| The Federation Council meets in San Francisco, North America, on Earth, where the UFP and Starfleet have their headquarters. The term "Starfleet" is first used in [TOS: Court Martial], and this arm of the Federation is discussed below. TherE is building or particular area designated Astrophysics and the Starfleet medical complex [#98 In the Flesh]. There is an officers club which is called the Quantum Cafe. The head groundskeeper at Starfleet Academy is Boothby, of whom Janeway said, "He used to give me fresh roses for my quarters."
There is a view of the Golden Gate bridge from certain places in the vast complex of buildings that form these headquarters. |
 Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco, North America, Earth, Alpha Quadrant. You can see the Golden Gate bridge in the distance. Source ST:M |
 Starfleet Headquarters. Screenshot to show detail of the building in cloud shadow in the picture to the left. (This footage shown in [#130 Pathfinder] must be stock footage because the Starfleet uniforms are out-of-date for the time of the episode.) [Pathfinder] |
On stardate 52136.4, in [#98 In the Flesh], Voyager's crew come upon a simulation of Starfleet Headquarters created by Species 8472 which use it to train for reconnaissance missions on Earth and elsewhere in the Alpha Quadrant. The following group of screenshots are all from [In the Flesh]:
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 Officers club, The Quantum Cafe |
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UFP officials, Starfleet officers, Starfleet Academy cadets, and various associated personnel are accommodated in this vast area as well. The quarters of Harry Kim in the alternate reality depicted in [#22 Non Sequitur] had a view over San Francisco bay. The entrance to the underground travel system (with the lovely wordplay name "Trans Francisco") is also seen in [#22 Non Sequitur].
 A shuttlecraft, flown by Harry Kim, on course for Starfleet Headquarters. [#22 Non Sequitur] |
 Entrance to the San Francisco underground travel system. [#22 Non Sequitur] |
STARFLEET COMMAND is the operating authority for the interstellar scientific, exploratory and defensive agency of the UFP [TOS: Court Martial] (in that episode the term "Starfleet Command" was first heard). Its headquarters is in San Francisco which oversees numerous command facilities located on starbases situated throughout Federation space.
Starfleet, as per its name, also mains an extensive fleet of starships together with auxiliary and support space vessels. Starships are divided into classes, with each class bearing features particular to it e.g. Voyager belongs to the Intrepid class and is much smaller than, say, the Galaxy class (of which USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D is one). The Galaxy class contains accommodaton for families not just crew, and the Nova class USS Equinox was designed as a science vessel with limited armaments. Pictorial size chart of some starship classes in silhouette Commissioned starships have the prefix USS for "United Starship" and have a registry number beginning "NCC-". USS Voyager's registry number is NCC-74656. The type of personnel also varies to suit the type of mission e.g. USS Voyager's mission into the Badlands to search for Tuvok and Chakotay in 2371 was expected to last only a few weeks and thus no Counsellor was assigned, whereas on the larger Galaxy class ships a Counsellor is routinely assigned and as bridge personnel (the Counsellor on the Enterprise-D is Deanna Troi, seen in [#130 Pathfinder], [#144 Life Line] and [#152 Inside Man].
Starfleet Command comprises many departments. One is the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, the special projects division. In the alternate reality experienced by Harry Kim as depicted in [#22 Non Sequitur], this was where Kim worked, although in this story it was called Starfleet Engineering Corps. In the alternate reality Kim had been assigned there in 2372 rather than being given a bridge post on USS Voyager. At this Starfleet division Kim helped to design a new runabout designated as a Yellowstone-class vessel, which he (aided by the alternate Tom Paris) stole from the Starfleet shipyard. Kim and the alternate Paris used the prototype to return himself return to his USS Voyager reality.
 Starfleet Engineering Corps building. [#22 Non Sequitur]. This is the righthand side of footage shown in [ST: The Voyage Home]. |
 Harry Kim's office at Starfleet Engineering Corps, in the main complex, on level 6, sub-section 47. [#22 Non Sequitur] |
 Kim's office [#22 Non Sequitur] |
 Kim's office [#22 Non Sequitur] |
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