TREK: Federation's Decline

[dewline]

Someone on Facebook suggested the moment that began that decline was when Benjamin Sisko decided to run with Elim Garak's ideas per "In the Pale Moonlight" on DS9 during the Dominion War.

I think it was about a decade earlier: "Q Who", where Q introduced the Federation and the Borg to each other.

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[shanejayell]

Or the rot began with Section 31 all the way back to the original series/Discovery.

[dewline]

If we invoke 31, then we go all the way back to Archer's day. Malcolm Reed had ties to them, pre-Federation.