Ok, some people might recognize this idea from another show, but I had this idea before I saw this show.
2450, the degradation of subspace due to warp travel has reached catastrophic levels. Ships can no longer create stable warp fields, cutting entire systems off from the interstellar community. Earth's economy collapses, Betazed becomes a barren waste due to over population. The entire alpha and beta quadrant collapses into a dark age, and the mighty federation becomes a legend.
12400's, over the thousands of years without warp travel, subspace has healed itself. In the earth system, the moon had long ago been converted into a self contained utopia where some semblance of the civilized world still exists. Old derelict ships respond to the reforming of the subspace layer. The people of the lunar colony decided to use these old ships and try to restore order to the alpha quadrant. Calling themselves the Galactic Federation, they set out on a mission to bring light to the darkness.
2450, the degradation of subspace due to warp travel has reached catastrophic levels. Ships can no longer create stable warp fields, cutting entire systems off from the interstellar community. Earth's economy collapses, Betazed becomes a barren waste due to over population. The entire alpha and beta quadrant collapses into a dark age, and the mighty federation becomes a legend.
12400's, over the thousands of years without warp travel, subspace has healed itself. In the earth system, the moon had long ago been converted into a self contained utopia where some semblance of the civilized world still exists. Old derelict ships respond to the reforming of the subspace layer. The people of the lunar colony decided to use these old ships and try to restore order to the alpha quadrant. Calling themselves the Galactic Federation, they set out on a mission to bring light to the darkness.