Question: who were the founding members of the united federation of planets
Answer: In altcanon sources like the original 1975 Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual and Johnson 's Worlds of the Federation , as well as the Next Generation Last Unicorn and original Fasa roleplaying games , the Federation 's five founding members were Earth ( or Terra ) , Vulcan , Tellar , Andor , and Alpha Centauri ( known also as Al Rijil , or by the Terran astronomical abbreviation ACen ) .