United Federation of Planets



The  is one of the playable Factions in Star Trek Armada 3.

History
The Federation is a peaceful amalgamation of races across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Founded in the 2161's after the devastating Earth-Romulan War, the Federation expanded outwards absorbing new races and cementing its place as a galactic power.

Strengths
The Federation is the economic powerhouse of the Alpha Quadrant, early game economic research ensures the Feds early dominance of the markets. They can easily expand and the economy can easily support this, as a result they only get bigger in size and benevolence. Fed diplomacy is also incredibly persuasive as is their culture and can spread rapidly across the stars. This form of indirect warfare can cause havoc behind enemy lines allowing your ships to easily waltz in. Spread the Fed, build up a strong infrastructure and you’re bound to be successful.

Weaknesses
Whilst you may have plenty of money your ships are not going to be up to par weapons wise with the other races until mid to late game. Average construction times in comparison to other's can leave you with ship deficit, forcing you to dig in with Outposts and Starbases until you have a large enough fighting force. Not only that but if you have been constantly raided by opposing forces you could find yourself running out of money fast. Expanding too quickly could also result in many systems undefended allowing raids behind your lines, gutting you from in the inside. Also their reliance on call-in ships which are much weaker than build-able ones for defence means planets on the front lines can be very tempting targets for opponents, also their weak defence structures mean they are very likely to be destroyed in quick succession.

Starships
Dreadnoughts: Capital Ships: Cruisers: Frigates: Call-in Ships: Strikecraft: Advanced Strikecraft: Constructors: Other:
 * Excalibur-class
 * Polaris-class
 * Galaxy-class
 * Sovereign-class
 * Ambassador-class
 * Phoenix-class
 * Nebula-class
 * Prometheus-class
 * Typhon-class
 * Curry-class
 * Constellation-class
 * Intrepid-class
 * Excelsior-class
 * New Orleans-class
 * Akira-class
 * Defiant-class
 * Nova-class
 * Saber-class
 * Steamrunner-class
 * Norway-class
 * Centaur-class
 * Miranda-class
 * Freedom-class
 * Constant-class
 * Cheyenne-class
 * Challenger-class
 * Oberth-class
 * Soyuz-class
 * Springfield-class
 * Rhode Island-class
 * Niagara-class
 * Lantree-class
 * Hutzel-class
 * Danube-class Runabout
 * Peregrine-class Fighter
 * Delta Flyer
 * Mk I Valkyrie-Class Fighter
 * Mk II Valkyrie-Class Fighter
 * C-5 Construction Ship
 * C-7SB Construction Ship
 * Penryn-class Colony Ship
 * Surak-class Envoy
 * Melbourne-class
 * Saratoga-class
 * Constitution-class (refit)
 * Antares-class Freighter


 * Liberty-class Freighter
 * Volga-class Freighter

Heroes:
 * Voyager
 * Defiant
 * Enterprise