Star Trek: Discovery (2017) S4 E4
mattalica 3 points 2 years ago.

And after the burn, planets left the Federation because without warp-drive ships, every planet was too far away from every other planet. The Federation fell apart as planets simply could not interact with one another in person. Even if the Federation wanted to keep it together (which they did) there was no way for them to actually do so without having the ability to GO to those planets.

DownrightDebonaire 4 points 2 years ago.

But there were also Federation ships in all the quadrants and territories within the Federation. So there was a lot more to it just being proximity with Dilithium based warp tech.

And kudos for the Brexit analogy. Well put.