Political Factions and Parties in the Federation are not “parties” in the organised, structured sense. They are ideological groupings, based upon mutual principles, but without a formal party structure for electioneering or campaigning in the way that most planetary political parties are. They are also not directly connected with planetary political parties; as every federation member chooses their Federation Councilor with methods of their own discretion, such formal connections would be impossible.
While the factions would be disparate and overlapping for much of the first century of the UFP, after T'Kuvma's War and the Th’rhahlat Administration, political groups began to coalesce around the Chartist-Unionist poles. However, neither of these two factions ever possessed enough political power to create a “two-party system” of any kind.
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Sourced From: Stout Hearts and Broken Chains: Starfleet and the Orion Syndicate, 2250-2280, by Quara Poylon.
Task Force Blackfriar was one of several anti-piracy formations active during the spring and summer of 2259. Blackfriar would replace the overstretched Task Force Qu'Lomu on April 11th and would cover the critical Vota Star Cluster until 2260. The diagram above represents the task force in late August 2259, just before it had many of its cruisers transferred to take part in Operation Singapore. |