Subj : Re: The Federation
To   : Benjamin Toussaint
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Tue Dec 01 2020 08:40:00

-=> Benjamin Toussaint wrote to Charles Pierson <=-


 BT> I always thought that Starfleet was the "military" and exploring
 BT> organization (like the Navy) and the Federation was the entire
 BT> "country" consisting of hundreds of planets.

 BT> Regular civilian citizens are not necessarily members of starfleet, but
 BT> of the federation.

That's correct. DS9's story arc around an attack on Earth built around
that idea.



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