A colony is a settlement that is established on a planet by a spacefaring race not native to that planet. Colonies can serve different purposes for different races, such as agricultural colonies, scientific colonies, or commercial colonies.

Colonies of the United Federation of Planets start out as small outposts with a population of a few hundred, and eventually expand to hold hundreds of thousands and join the Federation themselves.

See alsoEdit

• Bajoran colonies
• Cardassian colonies
• Federation colonies
• Klingon colonies
• Romulan colonies

External linksEdit

• Colony article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Colony article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.