JH> This message is a reply to a message originally posted by Jay P.
 JH> Hailey to Michael Marek on 06-18-97 :
 JH> MM>True, but indications have been given.  Federation membership
 JH> is well
 JH> MM>over 100 worlds now.  Within the space explored by the
 JH> Federation, there
 JH> MM>are certainly hundreds and more likely thousands of sentient
 JH> species.
 JH> MM>That space is a relatively small part of the galaxy.
 JH> I've heard various estimates.  Some as high as five hundred worlds,
 JH> others set that number at about 150, chosen because it relects the
 JH> current number of memeber nations in the UN.
 JH> In my RPG scenarios, the Federation is smaller because I stick to the
 JH> 1 or 3 light years per day speed of the starships. That means a
 JH> useful distance at about 100 lightyears and a potential globe about
 JH> 600 light years across.
 JH> That can easily encompass 150+ g type yellow stars.  If you count
 JH> every possible planet, asteroid mining colony and Regula type small
 JH> space station you might get as high a 500...
 JH> MM>As to speed, we know that some Starfleet people assimilated
 JH> in the
 JH> MM>Battle of Wolf 359 have been in the Delta Quadrant for some
 JH> time now.
 JH> MM>That means speeds far in excess of what Starfleet can
 JH> manage.
 JH> AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH.  Sometimes I hate what Voyager does to the
 JH> continuity.
 JH> Jay P. Hailey  Chief Editor THE UNIVERSE: TREK
 JH> * OLX 2.1 TD * All those updates, and still imperfect!!!
I understand all the worlds that are in the federation but what ever happed
to the worlds that Kirk and the rest of the original crew brought into the
federation. They are never mentioned. I particularly would like to,find out
what happed to the planet of hoods
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