First Federation

The First Federation was a mysterious galactic power that had very little contact with the Federation. Their ships were absolutely massive yellow spheres made up of multiple segments, and they used a horrifying-looking puppet to communicate with other ships. In actuality, the people of the First Federation were child-like both in size and appearance. Captain James T. Kirk first encountered them in the 23rd Century and was able to save his ship by bluffing that he was carrying a massive corbomite charge that would destroy both vessels. The First Federation ship Yosarius under the command of Gobot saved the SS Clydesdale from an Orion Raider then Gobot insisted that they remove Dr. Janet Cobair as Empress of the planet Dirt, which was under First Federation protection. Mike Harper was able to get Corbair back onto the Clydesdale, and Gobot allowed them to leave in peace, taking with them a bit of First Federation technology that they used to fix the Clydesdale's intermix regulator. Commodore Scott Enwright gave Mike two new intermix regulators in exchange for the First Federation technology, since it was the first to ever fall into Federation hands. ("Reign of the Clydesdale," "The Khan Job" [TOS])