Dimension 004

Dimension 004, also known as the "French Dimension," is the dimension from which the French-Dominated United Federation of Planets originated.

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Napoleonic Wars 1803-1822
This dimension diverged from the canon Star Trek timeline during the Napoleonic Wars of 1803-1822. During this time, Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers were able to cause internal dissent within the British Empire. What ensued was a British civil war, which toppled the monarchy and left the empire in disarray. Napoleon was then able to seize many of Britain's former colonies, allowing the sun to finally set on the British Empire. Britain, in ruins, did its best to make a comeback, as France dominated Europe.

By 1818, the Russian Empire, under threat of complete collapse, pledged allegiance to Napoleon and effectively became a vassal state of France. In the years following, Napoleon overtook much of what remained of mainland Europe, leaving only fragments of the Italian peninsula, the Vatican, Spain, Portugal, and the Balkans untouched. In 1820, Napoleon began an offensive against the United States. His tactics focused mostly on blockading trade and encouraging revolts within the States. Napoleon then deployed what would now be called "guerrilla" troops to burn crops and murder livestock, leaving the country a starving mess.

By 1822, the United States was in shambles. Congress voted to surrender, but the President would not allow it. Instead, the United States launched a last-ditch effort into French Canada, only to have most of their forces obliterated by a combination of terrible tactics, short supply, starvation, and cholera. French troops launched a full-scale counter-invasion, reaching Washington D.C. in a matter of weeks. The French flag was raised over the city, and the United States was declared a colony of France.

Conquering of Britain 1830-1832
Rebellions ensued across the newfound French Empire, but the military, under the stern command of Napoleon, managed to keep control. The French language began to become more popular than English, a language which soon fell into obscurity, only being spoken on the British Isles. Britain itself had become an isolationist nation with little internal development. In 1830, Napoleon died, and his son Napoleon II ascended to the throne.

Napoleon II launched the final campaign against Britain in 1832, securing the islands in a year, and bringing a final end to the British Empire. The war was grueling, and cemented Napoleon II as a man worthy of his father's name. For the next 30 years, France enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity, as their economy grew and their hold on their lands strengthened. In 1863, the American Civil War broke out. The Confederate States were quickly crushed by French military, but they inspired similar rebellions around the French Empire.

Independence Wars 1870-1919
In 1870, the German calls for a unified, independent state became so great that the French monarch at the time (Napoleon IV) was forced to create a puppet nation out of a large portion of Germanic lands. The lands, having been occupied by France for nearly 70 years, had been greatly effected by French culture; French was just as commonly spoken as German in the country.

For the next 40 years, France went through a cycle of losing and regaining lands. The empire's core colonies included the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The remaining lands and colonies were lost indefinitely after what they call the "Independence Wars." In 1913, the leaders of Germany declared independence from France. Russia followed suit, and the declaration was then followed by the United States (which had grown to reach the west coast of the Americas), Britain, and the French Dominion of India.

After a brutal 6 year conflict, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. The treaty gave full uncontested independence to India, Britain, Russia, and the United States, but Germany was kept as a French colony. The Germans were furious when this treaty was signed, but the Russians, British, and Americans were all willing to throw the Germans under the bus for their own gain.

Russian Revolution and The Nazi War 1919-1946
Only a month after the conclusion of the Independence Wars, Russia collapsed into a civil war. The government that emerged was the communist Soviet Union, an incredibly strong super-state. The United States, one of France's largest trade partners, suffered an economic collapse that spiraled to send most of the world's economy into ruin. The Soviet Union was mostly unaffected by this, and began sponsoring the insurgent "Nationalist Socialist" movement in French Germany. In 1936, the Nationalist Socialist party under Adolf Hitler declared independence from France, and launched attacks on the French military, in what would become known as The Nazi War.

The French were suffering from the economic crisis, and their military was out of date. Many soldiers were still using horses, and their tactics dated back to the Napoleonic Wars. In a move that shocked the world, the Soviet Union joined the fight alongside the Nazi Germans, and France was forced to surrender by 1940. The French government fled to French Canada, where it established a government in exile. From there, they administered their colonies until 1943, when the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany inevitably turned on one another. The French seized the opportunity to retake their land, and the Soviets expanded into Germanic lands.

Finally recovering from their economic crisis, the United States joined the war on the French side in an attempt to repair their damaged relations. The war was concluded in 1946. France's European borders looked almost as they had before the Napoleonic Wars, and the Soviets annexed the majority of Germany. Hitler was given a public execution. His final words were (loosely translated), "My only crime is that I did not want to be French; nor did I want to be Russian. I simply wanted to be German."

Ironically, Hitler had been born in Austria, a nation heavily influenced by France, and actually spoke the phrase in his native dialect of French. In addition, his war crimes against the French people included mass extermination camps, gas chambers, and forced labor. He is known as one of the most evil men in history.

His head was severed, mummified, and placed on a pike in the Louvre, where it remains to this day.

Operation Fleur de May 1949
In 1949, German plans to create a nuclear bomb were discovered by French spies in Soviet Germany. Every French spy in Germany came together in Berlin in an incredible operation known as ''Operation Fleur de May. ''Over a hundred men died as the spies smuggled the stolen plans past kilometer after kilometer of Soviet land, avoiding patrols and ensuring the plans didn't fall into Soviet hands. An American movie was made about the incident, marking the first highly successful Hollywood "Talkie." This served to further repair the relationship between the two nations. The content of the plans was never disclosed in the movie (because the Hollywood producers didn't know), but the movie itself infuriated the Soviet Union

French-Russian War 1951-1953
Only a single spy made it back to France, and the plans were put to use immediately. Nuclear weapons were developed in absolute secret by 1951, just in time for the Soviet's invasion. The American armies joined the war on the French side, and the Maginot line was used to defend against the Soviets unrelenting ground assault. The Soviets had severely overestimated their own troops. Millions of men were lost in what seemed like suicidal attacks against the Maginot Line. Eventually, in 1953, the Soviets did break through the line. The American air force received the honor of detonating the first nuclear weapon over the city of Berlin. The Russians seemed unfazed, so a series of bombings occurred over Germany, increasing in proximity to native Russian lands.

Russian soldiers' morale was nearly nonexistent, and the French and American troops quickly pushed them out of Germany. The French wanted to continue into Russia and reclaim their lands, but the Americans refused. The French continued the offensive alone, nuking Russian armies and cities as they went. The Soviets were massing for a massive counter-attack when their leader, Stalin, died.

The general who stepped in as leader declared official surrender, saying, "The war has progressed not necessarily in Russia's favor. The French have the ability to rain lightening from the heavens, and I see no reason to stand outside with a lightening rod." Russia was allowed its independence as a non-communist state under Tsaritsa Anistasia.

The war was known as the French and Russian War, and set an alarming precedent in warfare: the large-scale usage of nuclear bombs. Before long, Japan developed their own nuclear bombs and forced China into an incredibly unfair trade agreement. The United States had nuked the South American Alliance (composed of most of the countries in South America, as well as Mexico and a few others) into oblivion, claiming the colonies as their own.

Eugenics Wars 1990-2003
By 1990, much of the world had nuclear battle-scars. At this point, the Japanese, Russian, and American governments began experimenting with eugenics in an attempt to breed a super-soldier capable of destroying the other's militaries, but also of surviving long-term exposure to nuclear radiation. France believed eugenics was dangerous, and urged each country to stop at threat of war. None of the countries heeded France's warning, and in 1993, the Eugenics Wars broke out. The Eugenics Wars was a huge global conflict that pitted (primarily) Japan, the United States, the Russian Empire, Italy, Spain, India, and The Ottoman Empire against France, Britain, Canada, Australia, South American rebels, and China.

The war lasted for nearly a decade, and left the world in absolute ruin. Several of the super-soldiers created during the conflict, namely a man known as "Khan," fled the planet in cryo-stasis in a slower-than-light vessel, not to be heard from again for several hundred years.

The war officially ended in 2003. Most world governments had collapsed, leaving the world is anarchy, except in Britain, France, and small regions of the United States. Ironically, Britain was left the strongest nation in the world. Their language, though mostly forgotten, made a small resurgence during this time of British Nationalistic pride.

Restructuring, First Contact, and United Earth 2003-2110
For the next 60 years, the French and British picked up the pieces of the dying world, restructuring entire areas of the globe and ensuring that no one was able to use nuclear weapons in such a manner again.

In 2063, Zefrim Cochrane of the former United States made the first warp flight. His ship was built out of the shell of an ICBM, and managed to sustain warp for a few seconds before returning to sub-light speeds. This attracted the attention of a passing Vulcan vessel. The Vuclans, intrigued, landed on Earth, and initiated first contact with Humans

With the Vulcan's help, France and the United Kingdom were able to establish a United Earth government by 2110. Though some portions of the Earth resisted the United Earth government, they were forced into submission by brutal tactics.

Coalition de Planètes 2111-2153
In the next few decades, plans were established for a warp 5 engine, a feat that seemed impossible. It was eventually achieved aboard the United Earth ship Entreprise under Captain Jonathan Archer. This ship quickly became known as a marvel, and several other species came to respect Humans, namely the Tellarites, Andorians, and Vulcans.

When the Xindi made their infamous attack on Earth, those three species, along with Earth, formed the Coalition de Planètes, an alliance dedicated to fighting back the Xindi. United Earth employed various technological advancements from the French, including nuclear bombs, to successfully fight back and obliterate the planets of the Xindi.

With the Xindi gone, a power vacuum was created, and the Coalition de Planètes did their best to fill it.

Fédération des Planètes Unies 2162-2250
In 2162, the four planets of the Coalition signed the Federation Charter, officially establishing the Fédération des Planètes Unies. Within a few years, several more worlds willingly joined.

In 2175, Louis VIII, king of United Earth, violently overthrew the Federation government, turning it into an Earth-dominated monarchy. The Fédération des Planètes Unies then took several more worlds, some by choice and others by force. By 2250, the Federation was made up of nearly 50 worlds, and Federation Starfleet' had grown to alarmingly powerful levels.