NationStates Jolt Archive

The Federation of Aligned Planets would, on behalf of the nations currently residing in the region, like to extend the hand of friendship to any nation currently looking for a place to stay.

Sol Sector is small at the moment, but we are intent on growing. We accept any Nations who will agree to co-exist peacefully with those around them, and we especially welcome those members who are members of the United Nations.

For more information - please drop by the Region or TG me!

Sol Sector

World Factbook Entry: The Federation of Aligned Planets, referred to as the Federation, is an interstellar alliance of planetary governments and colonies. The members of the Federation are organized under the unifying goals of peaceful coexistence, science, exploration, and mutual defense. Its territory encompasses several dozen sectors in both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, spread across 8,000 light-years.

The Government is organized as a republic, where the member planets form semi-autonomous districts. Authority is delegated to the Federation Council.

Green Sun's Teh Awshumness of Kal would like you form an alliance with Sol Sector. We are expecting more members soon.

Sol Sector

Extended Information:

The Federation of Aligned Planets is a confederation of species, mostly humanoid, in the Alpha and Beta quadrants. The peoples of the Federation are diverse and numerous. The most important institution of the Federation, not in respect of power but of interest, is the Federation Starfleet, a scientific, diplomatic and defensive organisation set to explore new worlds and new civilisations; to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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The Federation came to being in 2161, on the planet Babel in the wake of the Earth-Romulan wars by five races - Terrans, Alpha Centaurians, Vulcans, Tellarites, and Andorians - for their mutual benefit and protection. Individual rights and civil liberties are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federation of Aligned Planets, signed in 2161. The Federation has expanded rapidly since, and today is composed of some 150 planets, bound together in a voluntary union for trade, exploration, diplomacy, and mutual protection. The Articles of Federation were signed by the United Nations of Earth, Epsilon Indii, the Alpha Centuri Concordium of Planets, Vulcan and many more, to provide a common defence against the threat of attack from the Romulan Star Empire. This constitution signed at Babel provided for freedoms and liberties for all races, a representative democratic government with universal suffrage, and established Starfleet, a government agency to represent, defend the Federation and learn more about the universe in general.

The Federation is governed by the Federation Council, which is made up of representatives from each member planet. It is headquartered at San Francisco, Terra. Presiding over the Federation Council is an elected Federation Council President, who makes his office at Paris, Terra. Each member world is entitled to retain its own form of government, its own military, and its own intelligence agencies. The planet Vulcan, for example, is governed by the Vulcan Council and a group of titled ministers, possesses a small interstellar navy, and has an internal intelligence agency known as the V'Shar. The Uniform Code of Justice regulates Law within in the Federation.

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The Federation uses a non-monetary economic system of "credits" to govern trade. Interstellar trade is largely free and unregulated, apart from certain contraband things such as slaves, drugs, and weapons of mass destruction. Because of its freedom and diversity, the Federation is wealthy and prosperous.

Within the interstellar borders of the Federation there are _many_ non-member worlds. Most of these are less-developed worlds, declared off-limits by the tenants of the Prime Directive. These planets are being left to develop, as they will under the protection of a Federation whose existence they are unaware of. When a world has reached the appropriate phase of cultural development, it is contacted and strongly encouraged to join the Federation. Other non-member worlds are neutral or are allied to the Federation. An example of the latter is Kaferia, a highly advanced non-Federation world located well within Federation space, which nevertheless has maintained strong ties with the Federation for centuries.

There is no one Federation culture. Some races, such as the Vulcans, have a unified society, religion, and cultural base. Humans, however, are unified as a people, but still hold different cultural values. There are nearly 150 member-planets in the Federation, creating a mosaic of cultures and traditions, bound together by their common interests: peace, order, liberty, and the pursuit of knowledge.

The members of the Federation of Aligned Planets are represented in its government. Government is divided into three domains: legislative, Federation Council; judiciary, consisting of Federal courts and an Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice, and; executive, led by the President. The Federation Council drafts laws for the Federation. The President, with the assistance of his or her Cabinet, enforces those laws and represents the Federation in foreign affairs. The Judiciary judges and punishes those who've broken laws and treaties with foreign nations, on the assumption that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. The Judiciary may also rule laws and actions of the Federation Council or the President unconstitutional, as per the Articles of Federation. The Federation Council sits in San Francisco, on planet Earth. The President's office is in the city of Paris, also on planet Earth.
While the Federation is of a peaceful nature, its history is tainted with conflict. Since its very creation, the Romulans have remained an everlasting threat. In 2218, first contact was made with a warrior nation, the Klingon Empire. Poor relations in their early days led to nearly half a century of violence, until the Organian Treaty of 2267, followed by the Khitomer Conference of 2293. In the 2350's, war broke out between the Federation and the Cardassian Union, which lasted till a cease-fire and eventually a treaty in 2366 -- but even then, hostilities continued for years...

Starfleet's General Orders

General Order 1
As the right of each sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural evolution is considered sacred, no Starfleet personnel may interfere with the normal and healthy development of alien life and culture. Such interference includes introducing superior knowledge, strength, or technology to a world whose society is incapable of handling such advantages wisely. Starfleet personnel may not violate this Prime Directive, even to save their lives and/or their ship, unless they are acting to right an earlier violation or an accidental contamination of said culture. This directive takes precedence over any and all other considerations, and carries with it the highest moral obligation.


General Order 2
No Starfleet personnel shall unnecessarily use force, either collectively or individually, against members of the Federation of Aligned Planets, their duly authorized representatives, spokespersons, or designated leaders, or members of any sentient non-member race, for any reason whatsoever.


General Order 3
The sovereignty of each Federation member being respected in all things, Starfleet personnel shall observe any and all statutes, laws, ordinances, and rules of governance currently in effect within the jurisdiction of a member planet. Violators of such ordinances will be subject to such punishments or corrections as shall be determined by local governmental bodies.


General Order 4
If contact is made with hitherto undiscovered intelligent life-forms, under no circumstance shall Starfleet personnel, either by word or deed, inform said life-forms that worlds other than their own or intelligent life-forms other than their own exist outside the confines of their own space.


General Order 5
In cases of extreme emergency, Federation special representatives are empowered to assume emergency powers to deal with a condition or circumstance that is deemed hazardous to the welfare of Federation citizenry. Within the scope of these emergency powers, duly authorized civilian personnel may assume temporary command of Starfleet vessels and/or personnel to deal with the emergency. Starfleet personnel must submit to their authority for the duration of the crisis.


General Order 6
The request for emergency assistance from Federation citizenry demands unconditional priority from Starfleet personnel. Such personnel shall immediately respond to said request, postponing all other activities.


General Order 7
No Starfleet vessel shall visit the planet Talos IV under any circumstances, emergency or otherwise. This order supersedes General Order 6. Any transgression of this general order shall be punishable by death.


General Order 8
Upon sighting a warship within Federation space and identifying it as belonging to a foreign power, the commander of the Starfleet vessel shall determine the reason(s) for that craft's presence in the vicinity. If there is conclusive evidence that the vessel has hostile intentions, the Federation vessel may take appropriate action to safeguard the lives and property of Federation members. In such cases, the commander may use his discretion in deciding whether to use force to disable the hostile vessel. However, care should be taken to avoid unnecessary loss of sentient life.


General Order 9
No commander of a Starfleet vessel, military or auxiliary, may grant political asylum to any individual without first being given express permission to do so by a representative of the Federation government.


General Order 10
If there exists eyewitness testimony by senior officers or similar verifiable evidence that an individual has violated the Prime Directive, said individual may be relieved of duty by a duly sworn representative of the Federation government and placed under immediate arrest. The governmental representative shall then take such action as he deems necessary to minimize the results of the violation.


General Order 11
Starfleet officers with the rank of captain or higher are granted full authority to negotiate conditions of agreement and/or treaties with legal representatives of non-Federation planets. In such circumstances, the acting officer carries de facto powers of a Federation Special Ambassador. Any and all agreements arranged in this manner are subject to approval by the Chief of Starfleet Operations and the Secretary of Starfleet.


General Order 12
Federation officers may violate Neutral Zone areas as designated by treaty only if such action is required to save the lives of Federation citizens under conditions of extreme emergency.


General Order 13
Except when orders state to the contrary, Starfleet personnel will respect the territorial integrity of independent planetary systems and governments, and will not violate territorial space belonging to such worlds.


General Order 14
Starfleet personnel may intervene in local planetary affairs to restore general order and to secure the lives and property of Federation citizens only upon receiving a direct order to do so from a civilian official with the title of governor or higher.


General Order 15
No officer of flag rank shall travel into a potentially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.


General Order 16
Starfleet personnel may extend technological, medical, or other scientific assistance to a member of a previously unrecognized sentient species only if such assistance in no way compromises the Prime Directive or the security of the Federation or Starfleet.


General Order 17
Starfleet vessel captains are to consider the lives of their crew members as sacred. In any potentially hostile situation, the captain will place the lives of his crew above the fate of his ship.


General Order 18
"Upon being accused of treason against the Federation, Starfleet personnel may demand a trail conducted by the Federation judiciary". If the individual is acquitted, Starfleet Command shall have no further legal recourse against the accused in said matter.


General Order 19
Except in times of declared emergency, Starfleet personnel may under no circumstances convey personnel or material between planets or planetary systems when there is reason to believe that said personnel or material may be used to conduct aggression. This order applies to independent worlds within the Federation as well as to Federation members.


General Order 20
Officers and personnel of Starfleet Command may employ whatever means necessary to prevent the possession, transportation, sale, or commercial exchange of sentient beings held against their wishes within the boundaries of Federation space.


General Order 21
No Starfleet personnel, either officer or enlisted, may offer his services to an independent foreign government without the express authorization of the Federation Assembly.


General Order 22
As the rights of individual expression and free discourse are considered sacred, Starfleet personnel may debate the policies and decisions of their governmental representatives privately at any time, to the extent that such discussions do not violate their command oath or specific duties to the Federation per these General Orders or Starfleet regulations.


General Order 23
When verifiable proof is presented to the senior commanding officer of a Starfleet vessel or post that a Federation representative may currently be acting or have acted in the past to violate the Prime Directive, the officer may relieve said representative of office, then assume the full powers of that office pending a full investigation by governmental officials.


General Order 24
If a commanding officer deems that an individual or group of individuals pose a threat to Starfleet personnel or Federation civilians, he may take any action deemed necessary (including force) to secure the safety of those threatened.


General Order 25
Civilian and military personnel taken into custody by Starfleet personnel during times of extreme emergency shall be accorded proper treatment consistent with their rank or station, insofar as such treatment does not compromise the security of the Federation or Starfleet.