The Charter of the United Federation of Planets Preamble We, the intelligent lifeforms of the United Federation of Planets, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of intergalactic war which has brought untold horror and suffering to our planetary social systems, and to reaffirm faith in the fundamental intelligent lifeform rights, in the dignity and worth of the intelligent lifeform person, to equal rights regardless of sexual differentiation status and of planetary social systems large and small, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,