File talk:Federation Charter.jpg

As i long suspected, the charter that appeared onscreen was copied (not quite word for word) from Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual.
 * FJ's Tech Manual:
 * WE THE INTELLIGENT LIFE FORMS OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS DETERMINED
 * My interpretation of this image:
 * WE THE LIFE-FORMS OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS DETERMINED
 * FJ's Tech Manual:
 * TO SAVE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF INTRA-GALACTIC WAR WHICH HAS BROUGHT UNTOLD HORRO... etc, AND...
 * My interpretation of this image:
 * TO SAVE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR, AND... (the rest of the line from the book describing the horrors of intra galactic war was abridged in this image)

my eyes hurt now, but its fairly easy to make out portions that duplicate the book -- its where it differs that is hard to read. -- Captain Mike K. Barteltalk 18:29, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)