A Federation High Commission was a special inquiry conducted by the United Federation of Planets government, with its members appointed to investigate an important issue. When Human and Andorian colonists on Beta VI accused the existing Orion inhabitants of "chronic criminal activity and corruption" and demanded that the Federation remove them on reference stardate 1/2701.14 (circa 2201), the Botchok Planetary Congress, the government of the Orion homeworld of Botchok, insisted on the appointment of a High Commission to investigate. However, the High Commission supported the Federation colonists' case. The incensed Orions left without paying their bills, draining 21.32 million credits from Beta VI's economy, as well as the costs of relocating them in the first place.