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   -=> Benjamin Toussaint wrote to Charles Pierson <=-   
      
      
    BT> I always thought that Starfleet was the "military" and exploring   
    BT> organization (like the Navy) and the Federation was the entire   
    BT> "country" consisting of hundreds of planets.   
      
    BT> Regular civilian citizens are not necessarily members of starfleet, but   
    BT> of the federation.   
      
   That's correct. DS9's story arc around an attack on Earth built around   
   that idea.   
      
      
      
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