Editing Star Trek Adventures (section)

==The Setting==

It's [[Star Trek]], need we say more?

Fine, we will.

In the late 80s and through the 90s, Earth is wracked by massive wars sparked by genetically engineering stronger, smarter humans. However, mundane humans overwhelmed these modified humans and killed almost all of them, though some escaped into space. A while after these Eugenics Wars, World War III breaks out and wrecks Earth even more. However, as the wars finally die down, a genius named Zefram Cochrane invents the Warp Drive, testing it just in time for some [[Xenos|aliens]] called Vulcans to notice. This shocked the Vulcans because of how fucked the world was at the time, and fearing what could happen if Humans got out into the wider galaxy right after all these fucked up events then the galaxy would be screwed or Humanity would be destroyed.

Very quickly, though, Humans start meeting and greeting various alien species, most notably the Andorians and Tellarites. After a series of major and minor conflicts with their neighbors (including but not limited to the Romulans, Klingons and Xindi), Humanity is able to act as a go-between for the various aliens in their immediate vicinity and they convince them they are all stronger as one than as their own petty nations and colonial holdings. As such, the Federation is made though at this time it is highly decentralized. (This is the Enterprise Era)

Over the course of the next 150 years, the Federation grows by leaps and bounds as they admit more aliens into their fold and settle unpopulated planets. However, space is dangerous and only the most bold go out into the inky blackness of space. Heading the Federation's efforts in both exploration and military defense is the Starfleet, a multi-species (but apparently overwhelmingly Human) organization.

After encounters with dying gods, petty wars, tangling with crystalline spiders from outside the galaxy, matching wits with time travelers and stopping giant space amoeba, Starfleet then enters an incredibly long period of relative peace where it's former growth looks downright miniscule. (This is the Original Series Era)

With a working alliance with some of their former enemies keeping them from overly worrying about conflicts, Starfleet moves further away from it's military roots and heavily focuses on not only exploration and the sciences but also for outright comfort. This is seen in how many (if not most) of their new ships in this era are more like mini cities, filled with not only Starfleet personnel but civilians and even families (including children). But this era would come to an end by-and-large after one captain irked a space being with near-limitless power who decided to introduce humanity to one of it's most major (and ongoing) threats - the Borg, a species of android-zombies with a hivemind mentality whose sole goal is to assimilate all life into itself. (This is the Next Generation Era)