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[Star Trek] Why did the Federation sign the Treaty of Algeron, forbidding the Federation from developing a cloaking device?

A cloaking device appears to be a major tactical advantage, especially when dealing with enemy ships that do have the ability to cloak.
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Signed the *"Treaty of Algeron"*? Do not be fooled by Federation historical revisionism. Following the *Incident of Tomed*, the Federation drafted the stipulation forbidding development of cloaking devices in a pitiful effort to spare herself from the retaliation of the Empire. The Federation was willing to make any concession, knowing she could not match the might of the Romulan Star Empire. Fortunately, the Romulan Star Empire is ever-merciful, and to spare her lesser-rival signed the **Capitulation of Algeron**.


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