From my understanding of Star Fleet and the federation. Humanity is a little more mature than present day humanity. Protecting humanity by beating up or destroying threats isn't the federation's MO. Granted there are always outliers (Matthew dougherty, admiral pike, ect.) that see the federation as vulnerable and want to arm it to the teeth. As I said though Humanity is the beating heart of a Federation of widely diverse peoples and cultures. They are an inclusionary force in the universe not an exclusionary. Star Trek Enterprise had a new spices or faction joining the federation every other episode. The federation even tried to bring in species that where overtly hostile by talking them down, i.e the romulans, granted it only worked for short periods of time but that is the point I think. Even though Romulus and the Federation are basically at a nonstop cold war, the federation is always open to talking with the romulans. They are almost always willing to take the first step and try to include someone rather than keep them at arms length with a knife. That is the big picture painting about humanity and more over the universe. This is NOT the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. This is a universe were bad shit happens for sure. But more importantly this is a universe where problems don't NEED to be solved with a fleet of Scimitar. They can more often than not be solved with a heart to heart. and some times that heart to heart is proceeded by a shirtless battle on a desert world, because you have to have some action in there right?

Simply put, The federation is concerned primarily with exploration and unity/community with a baseline of defense as a deterrent only. It would however, much rather invite an enemy to be an ally without firing a shot if at all possible. This version of humanity has had much more than it's fair share of war, pain, suffering, and injustice thanks to world war 3. (Encounter at Farpoint is a good example). Your question comes from the point of 'safety through force of arms.' Which is not the way the federation mindset works.

The Borg in star trek are deus machina. They by all rights should have taken over creation by now. But given that Star trek often misplaces technology or has single use mechanisms that cannot be reproduced. The oversight is forgivable.

Alright that is an end to my blathering.

From my understanding of Star Fleet and the Federation – Humanity is a little more mature than present day humanity. Protecting humanity by beating up or destroying threats isn't the Federation's MO. Granted, there are always outliers (Matthew Dougherty, Admiral Pike, etc.) that see the Federation as vulnerable and want to arm it to the teeth. As I said, though, Humanity is the beating heart of a Federation of widely diverse peoples and cultures. They are an inclusionary force in the universe, not an exclusionary one. Star Trek Enterprise had a new species or faction joining the Federation every other episode. The Federation even tried to bring in species that were overtly hostile by talking them down, e.g., the Romulans. Granted, it worked for only short periods of time, but that is the point, I think. Even though Romulus and the Federation are basically at a nonstop cold war, the Federation is always open to talking with the Romulans. They are almost always willing to take the first step and try to include someone rather than keep them at arm's length with a knife. That is the big picture painting about humanity and more over the universe. This is NOT the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. This is a universe where bad shit happens for sure. But, more importantly, this is a universe where problems don't NEED to be solved with a fleet of Scimitar. They can more often than not be solved with a heart to heart, and some times that heart to heart is preceded by a shirtless battle on a desert world, because you have to have some action in there, right?

Simply put, the Federation is concerned primarily with exploration and unity/community with a baseline of defense as a deterrent only. It would, however, much rather invite an enemy to be an ally without firing a shot if at all possible. This version of humanity has had much more than its fair share of war, pain, suffering, and injustice thanks to World War III. ("Encounter at Farpoint" is a good example.) Your question comes from the point of 'safety through force of arms,' which is not the way the Federation mindset works.

The Borg in Star Trek are Deus ex Machina. They, by all rights, should have taken over creation by now. But given that Star Trek often misplaces technology or has single use mechanisms that cannot be reproduced, the oversight is forgivable.

From my understanding of Star Fleet and the federation. Humanity is a little more mature than present day humanity. Protecting humanity by beating up or destroying threats isn't the federation's MO. Granted there are always outliers (Matthew dougherty, admiral pike, ect.) that see the federation as vulnerable and want to arm it to the teeth. As I said though Humanity is the beating heart of a Federation of widely diverse peoples and cultures. They are an inclusionary force in the universe not an exclusionary. Star Trek Enterprise had a new spices or faction joining the federation every other episode. The federation even tried to bring in species that where overtly hostile by talking them down, i.e the romulans, granted it only worked for short periods of time but that is the point I think. Even though Romulus and the Federation are basically at a nonstop cold war, the federation is always open to talking with the romulans. They are almost always willing to take the first step and try to include someone rather than keep them at arms length with a knife. That is the big picture painting about humanity and more over the universe. This is NOT the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. This is a universe were bad shit happens for sure. But more importantly this is a universe where problems don't NEED to be solved with a fleet of Scimitar. They can more often than not be solved with a heart to heart. and some times that heart to heart is proceeded by a shirtless battle on a desert world, because you have to have some action in there right?

Simply put, The federation is concerned primarily with exploration and unity/community with a baseline of defense as a deterrent only. It would however, much rather invite an enemy to be an ally without firing a shot if at all possible. This version of humanity has had much more than it's fair share of war, pain, suffering, and injustice thanks to world war 3. (Encounter at Farpoint is a good example).

The Borg in star trek are deus machina. They by all rights should have taken over creation by now. But given that Star trek often misplaces technology or has single use mechanisms that cannot be reproduced. The oversight is forgivable.

Alright that is an end to my blathering.

From my understanding of Star Fleet and the federation. Humanity is a little more mature than present day humanity. Protecting humanity by beating up or destroying threats isn't the federation's MO. Granted there are always outliers (Matthew dougherty, admiral pike, ect.) that see the federation as vulnerable and want to arm it to the teeth. As I said though Humanity is the beating heart of a Federation of widely diverse peoples and cultures. They are an inclusionary force in the universe not an exclusionary. Star Trek Enterprise had a new spices or faction joining the federation every other episode. The federation even tried to bring in species that where overtly hostile by talking them down, i.e the romulans, granted it only worked for short periods of time but that is the point I think. Even though Romulus and the Federation are basically at a nonstop cold war, the federation is always open to talking with the romulans. They are almost always willing to take the first step and try to include someone rather than keep them at arms length with a knife. That is the big picture painting about humanity and more over the universe. This is NOT the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. This is a universe were bad shit happens for sure. But more importantly this is a universe where problems don't NEED to be solved with a fleet of Scimitar. They can more often than not be solved with a heart to heart. and some times that heart to heart is proceeded by a shirtless battle on a desert world, because you have to have some action in there right?

Simply put, The federation is concerned primarily with exploration and unity/community with a baseline of defense as a deterrent only. It would however, much rather invite an enemy to be an ally without firing a shot if at all possible. This version of humanity has had much more than it's fair share of war, pain, suffering, and injustice thanks to world war 3. (Encounter at Farpoint is a good example). Your question comes from the point of 'safety through force of arms.' Which is not the way the federation mindset works.

The Borg in star trek are deus machina. They by all rights should have taken over creation by now. But given that Star trek often misplaces technology or has single use mechanisms that cannot be reproduced. The oversight is forgivable.

Alright that is an end to my blathering.