SUMMARY - The Federation's morality is sometimes questionable. Inspired by Mountain King's AN UNINVITED GUEST, where its revealed that the Federation would one day fall, this is the perspectives of characters as they witness the Federations's Golden Age of Exploration, to its rotting surface.
Disclaimer - I don't own Star Trek.
THE FEDERATION FALLS.
The Golden Age.
Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the starship Enterprise looked at the stars cape as the Enterprise sailed amongst the stars on its warp fields.
It was hard to conceive humanity had come so far in such a short amount of time, world war 3, the first warp flight, Zefram Cochrane, first contact with the Vulcans, 50 years rebuilding the Earth and the human civilisation, the launch of the NX 01.
Three hundred years…..
Only a century ago, Mankind had been confined to a small section of the galaxy, now they were making leaps and bounds in space.
Planets, solar systems, suns, nebulas, new alien races - all within humanity's reach.
The rise of the Federation had helped show other races Humanity was an interstellar power, it also stabilised relations with other races.
The Andorians, the Vulcans and the Tellarites had been at each other's throats for years, the Klingons had often made daring attacks, recognising their opponents weaknesses. Not anymore. Now the Klingons and the other enemies of the Federation realised that together the Federation was infinitely stronger.
It wasn't all war and blood.
Planets were being colonised in greater numbers than ever, joint operations in space between different races, co-operation with others never seen before.
It was the Golden Age.