Mitchell Ferris was a 23rd century Human man, a high-ranking politician the government of the Federation. (FASA RPG module: The Four Years War) By the 2250s, Ferris held the title of assistant commissioner of the Federation, during the time of the Four Years War. Ferris's retrospective, On the Brink of Disaster, contained a passage criticizing the Federation Council for failing to use Starfleet protection as an incentive to promote the Federation way of life along borders with hostile powers. He cited the relative indifference of the Council of that early era for the divisiveness that threatened to dissolve the Federation with internal conflict. (FASA RPG module: The Four Years War)