Would a Federation warship like the Defiant out gun a Star Wars Star Destroyer? Who has a bigger armada? Who has the tactical advantage? Don’t forget that The Federation includes the Klingons, who love warfare and have fast, agile, heavily armed ships, with cloaking devices, and the Vulcans with superior logic and tactical planning.
Q is just as likely to side with the whole new universe to fuck with as he is to help his “friends.”
And the Continuum likely won’t choose sides.
‘Somehow Palpatine returned’
Q grins