The diversity of designs and shear number of ships fielded will continue to grow as the Federation explores and makes first contact throughout the galaxy. Even as the fleet expands, new enemies abound, new phenomenon are discovered and new colonies are established every year. The fleet itself is comprised of more classes of ships that nearly all of the Federations neighbors combined. With hundreds of colonies and tens of thousands of unexplored and uninhabited systems within it’s boarders, Starfleet is tasked with exploring and defending a massive swath of the Alpha and Beta quadrants. With over 150 members and nearly 8000 affiliates, the Federation encompasses hundreds of light-years of space. No other single government or space faring race has nearly as large a fleet as the United Federation of Planets.
