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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] I am currently beginning work on my overly ambitious and most likely doomed project to write a brand new constitution for the Federation, both as a resource for fans and an exercise in legalistic writing and stuff. So, I wrote the preamble to the document thusly: We, the people of the worlds Andor, Earth, Mars, Tellar, Vulcan, and their respective colonies; in order to provide for the general welfare, promote the cause of peace, and ensure the rights of all sentient beings; do hearby join together in a United Federation of Planets. My problem is this: As I understand it, generally accepted fandom has always listed the following as UFP founding members: Andor, Earth, Tellar, Vulcan, and Alpha Centauri. However, Alpha Centauri's presence seems to be dependant upon Zefram Cochrane being a native of the planet, something we now know to be untrue. So I've left it out. Mars, on the other hand, is apparently my own pet idea. From the TOS episode "Court Martial", we learn that part of Federation law is based on the Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies. I believe that this implies a declaration of independance from Earth, thus making Mars a seperate government and therefore able to be a founding UFP member. However, I was discussing this with Tim, and he points out that the Martian Colonies are stilled refered to as colonies into the TNG era. Which of course suggests that they were not independant. So my question to you is...well, the question in the subject line. Was Mars independant of Earth prior to the founding of the UFP? Is there a Federation world in orbit of Alpha Centauri, and if so are there sentient aliens there? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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