Optimum Movement

The Optimum Movement was a 21st century human organization introduced in the Star Trek novel Federation.

Led by Adrik Thorsen, the movement became quite large and powerful by the mid 21st century. The movement was believed to be an instigator of the Third World War, and played a major role in the Post Atomic Horror that followed the war.

The Optimum movement wanted to ensure the genetic purity of the human race, and worked to eliminate those who it did not consider pure. Colonel Phillip Green was known to be associated with the Optimals, his theories on genetic purity informed Optimal policy.

By the 2060s the movement had seized power in both the United States and the United Kingdom. In the US the Constitution was suspended and only 15 states under Optimal control were allowed to send representatives to Congress. Meanwhile in the UK the Optimals overthrew the British monarchy, and imprisoned Queen Mary in London.

When Thorsen was injured by warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane, he was no longer considered pure enough to lead the Optimals, and was expelled from the organization. After first contact with the Vulcans, conditions on Earth rapidly improved, and the Post Atomic Horror came to an end. Without strong central leadership the organization fell into factional fighting, and dissolved completely by the start of the 22nd century.