Star Trek has finally settled a big mystery surrounding a dark moment in the Federation’s history. When fans first met the Cardassians, it was clear the aliens already had a contentious history with ...

First mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series, a different Federation existed before the creation of the United Federation of Planets. Star Trek writer Gene L. Coon is credited with creating the ...

The Federation may be one of the galaxy’s great powers in Star Trek, but it has suffered some pretty shocking defeats over the centuries. In truth, there’s a sense in which the Federation itself was ...