Chapter 52 - Who was President Jaresh-Inyo? (Patreon)

The current President and leader of the Council, a man called Jaresh-Inyo, had made a speech to the Federation Council offering an end to the debates that had until very recently been consuming the leaders of the Federation. Many of the citizens of the Federation had been frightened by recent events and desperately wanted increased security, with many member worlds calling for an expansion of Starfleet and a transition from its primary mission of exploration to the protection of the Federation as a more militaristic organization. Other worlds were vigorously against such a change, feeling that a more militarized Starfleet went against the founding principles of the Federation and represented a danger to the continued sovereignty of its member planets. Of course, that had then led to worlds asking to be given the right to build their own forces, which the opposition faction also did not like the long-term implications of. For the Federation, it had grown heated, to say the least.