James Leyton

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied – chains us all, irrevocably."

― Aaron Satie

Supreme Commander James Robert Leyton was the leader of the United Federation of Planets, and Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet. Leyton was a divisive figure, although his official image was one of a heroic and selfless leader and the savior the Federation from the Dominion. His critics call him authoritarian, egotistical, humanocentric and a dictator, citing curtailments of liberties and repression of opposition.