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[Vice Admiral Maxx Gunn]

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[Vice Admiral Maxx Gunn]

Star Fleet Orders and Directives

General Order 1 : Prime Directive
As the right of each sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural evolution is considered scared, no Starfleet personnel may interfere with the normal and healthy development of alien life and culture. Such interfernce includes introducing superior knowledge, strength, or technology to a world whose society is incapable of handling such advantages wisely. Starfleet personnel may not violate this Prime Directive, even to save their lives and/or rgeir ship, unless they are acting to right an earlier violation or an accidental contamination of said culture. this directive takes preccedence over any all considerations, and carries with it the highest moral obligation.

General Order 2
No Starfleet personnel shall unneccessarily use force, either collectively or individually, against member of the United Federation of Planets, their duly authorized representaltive, spokespersons, or designated leaders or member of any sentient non-member races, for any reason whatsoever.

General Order 3
The sovereignty of each Federation member being respected in all things, Starfleet personnel shall observe any and all statutes, laws, ordinance, and rules of governance currently in effect within the jurisdiction of a member planet. Violators of such ordinances will be subject to such punishments or corrections as shall detemined by local govermental bodies.

General Order 4
If contact is made with hitgeto undiscovered intelligent life-forms, under no circumstance shall Starfleet personnel, either by word or deed, inform said life-form that worlds other than their own or intertelligent life-form other than their own exit outside the confines of their own space.

General Order 5
In cases of extreme emergency, Federation special representatives are empowered to assume emergency powers to deal with a condition or circumstance that is deemed hazardous to the welfare of Federation citizenry. Within the scope of these emergency power, duty authorized civilian personnel may assume temporacy command of a Starfleet vessels and/or personnel to deal with the emergency. Starfleet personnel must submit to their authority for the duration of the crisis

General Order 6
The request for emergency assistance from Federation citizenry demands unconditioanl priority fromStarfleet personnel. Such personnel shall immediately respond to said request, postponing all other activities.

General Order 7
No Starfleet vessel shall visit the planet Talos IV under any circumstances, emergency or otherwise. This order supersedes General Order 6. Any transgression of this general order shall be punishment by death.

General Order 8
Upon sigthinga warship within Federation space and identifying it as belonging to a foreign power, the commander of the Starfleet cessel shall determine the reason(s) for that craft's presence in the vicinity. if there is conclusive evidence that the vessel has hostile intentions, the Federation vessel may take appropriate action to safeguard the lives and property of the Federation member. In such cases, the hostile vessel. However, case should be taken to avoid unneccessary loss of sentient life.

General Order 9
No commander of a Starfleet vessel, military, or auxilary, may grant political asylum to any individual without first being given express permission to do so by a representative of the federation government.

General Order 10
If there exits eyewitness testimony by senior officers or similar verifiable evidence that an individual has violated the prime Directive, said individual may be relieved of duty by a duly sworm representative of the Federation government and placed under immedicate arrest. the povernment representative shall then take such action as he deems neccessary to minimize the results of the violation.

General Order 11
Starfleet officers with the rank of captain or higherare granted full authority to negotiate conditions of agreement and/or treaties with legal representatives of non-Federation planets. In such circumstances, the acting officer carries de facto power of the Federation Special Ambassador. Any and all agreements arranged in this manner are subject to approval by the Chief of Starfleet Operations and the Secretary of Starfleet.

General Order 12
Federation officers may violate neutral Zone areas as desigbated by treaty pnly if such action is required to save the lives of Federation citizens under conditions of extrems emergency.

General Order 13
Except when orders state to the contrary, Starfleet personnel will respect the territiorial intergrity of independent planetary systems and governments, and will not violate territorial space belonging to nsuch world.

General Order 14
Starfleet personnel may intervene local plaentary affair to restore general order and to secure the lives and property of Federation citizens only upon receiving a direct order to do so from the civilian official with the title of governor or higher.

General Order 15
No officer of flag ranks shall travel into potenitially hazardous area without suitable armed escort.

General Order 16
Starfleet personnel may extend technological , medical, or other scientifice assistance to a member of a previously unrecognized sentient species only if such assistance in no way compromises the Prime Directive or the security of the Federation or Starfleet.

General Order 17
Starfleet vessel captains are to consider the lives of their crew member as scared. In any potentially hostile situation, the captain will place the lives of his crew above the fate of his ship.

General Oder 18
"Upon being accused of treason against the Federation, Starfleet personnel may demand a trail conducted by the Federation judiciary". If the individual is acquitted, Starfleet Command shall have no futher legal recourse against the accusted in said matter.

General Order 19
Except in times of declared emergency, Starfleet personnel may under no circumstance convey personnel or material between [lanets or planetary systems when there is reason to believe that said personnel or material may be used to conduct aggression. This order applies to inpendent worlds within the Federation as well to Federation members.

General 0rder 20
Officers and personnel of Starfleet Command may employ whatever means necessary to prevent the possession, transportion, sale, or commerical exchange of sentient being held against their wishes within the boundaries of Federation space.

General Order 21
No Starfleet personnel, either officer or enlisted, may offer his services to an independent foreign governmet without the express authorization of the Federation Assembly.

General Order 22
As the rights of individual expression and free discourse as considered sacred, Starfleet personnel may debate the policies and decisions of their government representatives privately at any time, to the extent that such discussions do not violate their command oath or specific duties to the Federation per these General Orders and Starfleet regulations.

General Order 23When verifiable proof is presented to senior commanding officer of a Starfleet vessel pr post that a Federation representative may currently be acting or have acted in the past to violate the Prime Directive, the officer may relieve said repesentative of office, then assume the full power of that office pending a full investigation by governmental officials.

General Order 24If a commanding officer deems that an individual or group of individuals pose a threat to Starfleet personnel or Federation civilians, he may take any action deemed necessary(including force) to secure the safetl of those threatened.

General Order 25
Civilian or military personnel taken into custody by Starfleet personnel durning time of extreme emergency shall be accorded proper treatment consistent with their rank or station, insofar as such treatment does not compromise the security of the Federation or Starfleet.

General Order 26No member of a ship's cowere not directly complement or other ground-based installation can be held directly accountable for the actions of their superiors. Similarly, no member of a ship's company or other Starfleet personnel will share in disciplinary measures taken against the commanding officer(s) if said individuals were not directly involving in the action leading to the disciplinary measures. The order extends to condition, involving proven violations of the Prime Directive, where proof of such violation exist.

General Order 27No member of Starfleet shall be required by the assignment of standard duties and responsiblities to undergo extend separation from his family, if family, members can be reasonably provided for aboard ship or as a part of an existing Starfleet installation.

General Order 28No officer of cammand rank shall be removed from command status unless such action has completer and unqualified agreement of at least three senior officers present. Whenever possible, such officers shall includ the ship's First officer, Chief medical Officer, Counselor and one junior officer of command station.

General Order 29The primary responsibility of the commander of any Starfleet vessel or installation is the welfare and safety of his crew, including any civilian members. No actionmay be taken thatr creates an unwarranted threat to the safety of those individuals under the officer's charge, except in the line of duty and when otherwise unavoidable.

General Order 30Starfleet Command recognizes the right of each ship commander to interpret the specification of the Prime Directive as he sees fit, consistent with the condition of other existing general orders in effect, and based upon circumstances that may arise in the dealing with newly discovered sentient races.


General Order 31
The conditions and specification of the Prime Dircetive shall hencforth apply to all sentient lifeform discovered, whether they are of natual or artifical origin.

General Order 32
Except in the case of extreme emergency, no Starfleet commander us authorized to order his ship to travel faster than Warp Factor Five without expression from Command.

The Omega Directive.The omega Directive was created to deal with the threat not only to the Federation, but to the entire Alpha Quadranty; and indeed the whole Galaxy. Starfleet named the hazard the Omega molocule/particle phenomenon. It was first synthesized over 100 tear ago(During the mid 22nd century) by a Starfleet physicst named Ketteract. The molecule created was most powerful substance known to exist. A single Omega molecule contain the same energy as a warp core. it has been suggested that in theory, a small chain could sustain a civiliztion. It is not known whether Ketteract was searching for an inexhaustible power source, or a weapon. He created a single molecule oarticle of Omega, which lasted for only a fraction of a second before it de-stabilized. His work was done on a classifed research center in the Lantary Sector. Kettact and 126 of the Federation's leading scientists, were lost in the accident. rescue team attempting to reach the site, discovered an unexpected secondary effect. There were subspace ruptures extending out several light years. To this day, it is impossible to creat a stable warp field in the sector. it can only be traversed under sublight power. this is the danger of the Omega molecule. Omega destory subspace. A chain reaction could devastate subspacethroughout the quardrant. Space-faring civilzation would no longer exist and many lives would be lost in space. when Starfleet learned of this impending danger, it suppressed all knowledg of the Omega phenomenon. Only Starfleet Captains and Federation Flag Officers may view this document.
Directive.Starfleet Captains and Federation Flag Officers must ensure the safely of the quadrant from the Omege threat. To this end, wherever sensors postitively detemine the presence of Omega in a ship vicinity it will enter "Omega Mode". Doing so locks all navugation, sensor, tactical and propulsion system. Only the ship's Captain or a Federation Flag Officer can releasethe Omega lockout. Access to sencor data retrieved on the Omega effectis limited to Clearance Level 10. When Omega has been verifed, the ship's captain will contact Starfleet Command immediately. No information may be relayed to this ship's crew. All other prioritites durning are rescinded until the threat is neutraized. The prime directive may be compromised durning such a mission, if necessary. Blatant abuse of this power will be prosecuted to the fullest extent using all other Starfleet Directives. If violation of the prime directive is even minimally anticioated, it is authorized and advised. If Starfleet Command cannot be contacted for any reason, the primary priority is the destruction of all Omega molesules detected. There will be now computer record of the sencor logs, and Captain's/Captain's Personal Log must be either encryted and deleted.

[Vice Admiral Maxx Gunn]

History Dept.

Subject: United Federation of Planets

CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVEIW

The very beginnings of this organization can be traced back to a devasted and post apocalyptic Earth. After the cataclysmic Bell Riots in Los Angeles 2024, many of the world's long standing social problems were finally confornted and slowly things were turned around. But Earth would be plunged into a global war durning the middle of the century, a conflict which caused the loss of more than half a billion lives. But with pioneers such as Zefram Cochrane, there was still hope of a brighter future. Soon after the war, a new inified Earth Force had began to explose the neighbouring star systems with sub-light vehicles. Such expedition at this time were funded by private contractors, using outdated, pre-war technologies, and such exploration were curtailed by the time dilation at relativistic velocities approcahing the speed of light, but the breakthrough would come thanks to Cochrane's brilliant and visionary research.

Maverick scientist Zefram Cochrane had experimented for years testing the properties of Dilithium, a unique crystalline ore first discovered 10 years before the war by interplanedtary probes charting and surveying a variety of geological features on the solar's inner planets. It was Cochrane's initial discovery that Dilithium possessed extraordinary capabilities, being totally resistant ro antimatter, and when bombarded with high energy plasma released a controlled matter/anitmatter reaction of huge energetic potential which he believed, if harnessed correctly, could alter, or warp the geometry of space. Such a system he theorised could be utilized in an advenced propulsion system that would render normal-space light speed physics redundant.

Constructed using the frame of an old Titan 5 nuclear missile, Cochrane's revolutionary prototype warp-ship Phoenix made its first test flight on April 4 2063. After breaking the warp barrier, and crusing for only a few seconds at warp 1, a nearby Vulcan survey vessel passing the outer rim of the system detected the warp effect via sibspace monitoring techniques. This resulted in first contact with another, non terrestrial civilization the follow day when the Vulcan ship landed at Cochrane's Montana base, and a small contingent of Humans and Vulcans came together to exchange greetings. History records Cochrane's impressions of the firstencounter as being unique, exciting, and cataclysmic, though he has been heard to say off record thathe Vulcan were amongst the dullest guys he had ever met. But ties forged with this raceswould endure far into the future.

As news of the contact spread, it actd as wake-up call for Humanity, and the catalyst for rebuilding of Earth's social structure, as well as the reconstruction of Earth cities, and the network of trade and industry in general. The chaos and global depression of postatomis horror began to ebb, and with the Vulcan's assistance real progress was beinning to be made with global stride towards a prosperous new era. Cochrane got to work on refining and reconfiguring his warp model to incorporate blue prints of larger scale vehicles for interstellar exploration. Selling his new warp system to highest bidder, and with exteral aid from Vulcan scientific community in way of design modifications and the supplying of materials, the new alliance of Earth's military set out on a voyage of discovery to chart the neightouring systems, and beyond. This mandate was formed and defined by the embryonic body called Earthfleet later becoming Starfleet, encompassing several operational arms, one of these significantly, was called UESPA (Inited Earth Space Probe Agency). Their objective from the start sought to expose and chart more promising star systems close to Earth with the intention of investigating colonization potential. Cochrane later retired to live out his old age at the Alpha Centauri colonies, and Official Federaton records start that was his last known location, for he disappeared in 2117, and was presumed dead soom later.

Leaving his knowledge and legacy behind, a man called Henry Acher took up the challange to improve and refine Cochrane's warp theory. With the rapid advance of technology Acher came close many times to the warp 5 breakthought, but key information was withheld by the Vulcan scientific community, as they deemed Humanity was not yet ready to possess the technolgy.

But success eventually came. And it was fine irony that his son, Jonathan Archer, became the first Captain in Starfleet to command a warp 5 starship in 2151. The new NX-Class of starship was spearheaded by the prototype Enterprise, and being only barely commissioned herself, the ship was rushed into service to counter an alien threat from an elusive species called Suliban. More alarming than even this, it was at this time that Starfleet encountered the first Klingon activitly, and although first contact went reasonably smoothly, thanks in no small part to Archer, this species would be key player in the future affairs of Satrfleet.

it was in mid 22nd century when Starfleet vessels encountered Imperial scout ships of the Romulan Star Empire. Earth authorities instantly distrusted this new power, and it wasn't long before this distrust was transposed into violance, as full scale war raged for the next few years. Earth vessels at this time were significantly more advanced, with superior propulsion and high yigh torpedose and Phase Canons. The war climiaxed at the Battle of Cheron in 2160, resulting in a famous win for Starfleet. Soon after, peace was established by the installation of the Neutral Zone, being a neutral corridor of space approximately one light year think. It was established that violation of this space by either side could be considered as an act of war. Minor incidents involving Romulans forces occurred therafter, but a full confrontation was avoided , such argurment deflated by dipomats, and composed starship captain.

Immediately following Cheron, ambassadors of the surrounding star nations met discuss the idea of a grand unification. Delegations composed of Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, Andorians, Zarkdorn, Deltans, and other 12 parties in total came together for a historic seminar. What emerged after seven day meeting in the San Francisco Conference Centre was the blueprint constitution for the United Federation of Planets. A body dedicated to researh, understanding and co-operation, with the exciting mandate for the mass exploration of space, supported by a specialist star fleet agency, that, as well as being a defence mechanism for the Federation, would conduct missions of discovery, with the ideal goal of contact with new worlds.

The day was January 4 2161. The Federation was finally founded after the earlier paper works, diplomacy, and red tape had commenced to sort out the multi-facetted architecture needed for such a union to work. Such considerations involved myriad consititutional modificatios to function around the Federation's cultural diversity; the founding of a central council and its location; various scientific reseach structures; a medical agency; an intelligence unit; the possibilities of localised Starbase and outpost network; trade and commerce routes and protocols; other combined logistics and most importantly, the nature of new restructured Starfleet its starships design and deployment, as well as the form of its command structures and personnel training facilitties. The list of requirement and considerations was extensive.

First and formost was the formation of a centralized Federation Council. Employing a full Presidential system, thus body would be diplomatic, organsing and presiding governing body in control of Federation affairs. The Council's Headquarters location was voted in control of Federation affairs. The Council's Headquarters location was voted as being San Francisco, which had for a century been the principal administrative centre of Earth affairs, as Washington DC has been levelled during the wars, and the Starfleet military arm at the time was mostly controlled from American Conitinent. The President, meanwhile, taking control of the Council for no more than two four years terms, was elected from the Council member ambassadors on a rotattionsl basis. And the very first Priesident, being Vulcan remarked on the aesthetically agreeable surroundings of the ancient European city of Paris, and took residence there. As a tradition, the President of the Federation alway resides in Paris, and for furture Presidents, transporter link technology would permit easy access to and from HQ in San Francisco.

For the intiative of Starfleey personnel recruitment and training, the Starfleet Academy was established, which continues to flourish to this day. Any member or aligned world species was permitted to apply, though certain bioogical and physiogical concessions were installed. On occasion, thatapplications of individuals from worlds which were incompatible with standard gravitional, life support, and atmospheric pressure values on fleet vessels had to be something dismissed as unworkable, as starships have to operate inder a preset environment for all of the crew to work together in the same location and in the same conditions. Many had to adapt, or have undergo regularly adminstered medical supplements to counter the biological effects of a starship's disparate gravity and life support condition.

After so much deliberating, calculating, analysing and theorising, now the actual working model of the UFP was in place and was bing put to the test. As politicians, ambassadors and scientists discussed the minutiae of the new Federation down to the quantum level, the first Federation ships were bing launched from three loactiosn, At Earth, Vulcan and Tellar

END OF PART 1

[Vice Admiral Maxx Gunn]

History Dept.

Subject: Orion Syndicate

History:

The Rigellians are an ancient culture, who have been around for much longer than most other current starfaring species. They have had FLT technology for over six millennia, more than twice as long as the Vulcans. Prior to that, they had terraformed and colonized several planets in the Rigel system and had contact with remmants of an earlier Rigellian civilization. Rigellian empires in this sector of the Galaxy have risen and fallen on several occassions, as has their level of technology and influence in relation to neightoring races.

In 1852, the explanding United Rigellian Government discoved intelligent life on a small jungle planet some 10 ligth years away from the home system. a forty-man survey and exploration team was launched to the world they called Qaras three years later.

After a twenty year voyage, the vessel landed on Qaras. The Rigellians(whose homeworld, Rigel is 15 light years from Earth and was named by the Klingons before contact with human in 2151) were suprised to find a docile, primitive green-skinned people on a divided planet only beginning to experiment with feudalism. The survey team stayed nine months and it was agreed that twenty of the team member would return to Rigel where the other twenty would remain guest of the Shrevashal nation on Qaras.

Rigellian remaining on "Qaas" quickly became involved in a religious dispute within the Shrevashal Empire. Tempted by a vast fortune in mineral wealth and power the Rogellian used their advanced technology to set up a proxy religious empire of their own. The second ship arrived much more quickly, having discovered limited warp propulsion, the trip only taking two years. The "Star People"(the Shrevashal name for the Rigellians) by that time were using vast numbers of the population as slave labor and working on a crash program to raise technological level of the new world they intended to conquer.

A bloody battle ensued with the "Star People" rapidly imprisoned and returned to Rigel by the Rigellians on board the second. Along with the Rigellian prisoners on the trip were some native Shrevahal.

The Shrevashal were extremely friendly and more sexually liberal than the Rigellians. The native Rigellians found these strange aliens fascinating. Since the Shrevashal performed religious celebratory dances of a highly erotic nature, and as the Shrevashal emitted a pheremone throught sweat that activated the pleasure centers( an antidote would not be found united several years later), news spead that new world, Qaras, was a pleasure planet, a place where mineral wealth and free sex could be had for the asking.

At this time in Rigel's history, the space program was at a critical juncture. Rigel's mineral resources were almost exhausted, and there was a need to find mineral wealth elsewhere or stay almost trapped on Rigel. Thespace manufacturing industry was operating at peak performance, with almost a third of the planetary budget devoted to manufacturing. With several shops already to travel, the populace was not willing to take a conservative postion on Rigellian expansion. Lurid tales of alien green men and women ready to satify every sexual demand fueled the popular imagination, and fairseeing government that financed Rigel's dream to the stars was turned out office by a government with more ominous designs.

Before long, stream of explorers, offical and corporate, flooted Qaras and overturned Shrevashal society. Rigel had aims to expand beyond Shrevashed and began clear-cutting the jungle forests and strip-mining the landscape(the continent of Lalem, once a verdant paradise, is now a desert continent). Manpower was needed to work the mines and supplu unskilled labor needs on Rigel. The Rigellian passed "Acts of Remission" which obstensibly allowed the Rigellians to use the Shrevashalu as slave labor if "peaceful coexistence was threatened". Hurgry for cheap manpower, this elastic law allowed the Shrevashal tobe predded into slavery at will. The men were worked to death in manufacturing. The women became servants, or brithel inmates.

For the next 100 years, Rigel would continue to expand its empire, but found no other inhabited planets. The Rigellians pushed onward through space. There, they found the Qi'tas, a border world of the Klingon empire. The Rigellians were unable to identify the starngeempire, but were slaughtered at the hands of superior forces. Attempts to expand in another direction were halted at Ll'hansre, by cloaked vessel of the Romulan Expeditionary Force. Rigel found itself crowed between two hostile empires.

Before settling on a third direction, the Rigellians were contacted instead by the Vulcans before the end of the year 2000. Rigellian technology was not as refind as the Vulcan scout craft which landed. the Vulcans offered peace to the warlike Rigellians. After some Rigellian sabre-rattling, the Vulcon warned the rigellians that they faced enimies without and now, enimies within. The Shrevashal could revolt at any time. "It would be wise," the Vulcan representive said, "to listen to the voice of a friend, rather than to make a new enemy."

Warily, the Rigellians and Vulcans shared information. The Vulcans suggested that the Rigellians gradually ease their restrictions on the Shrevashal and make them full members of a Rigellian Empire. When the Shrevashal heard the news that Vulcan craft had landed, they attempted to revolt in 2034. The revolt was brutally suppressed by the Rigellians, with thousands of Shrevashal slaves executed. A new solution was reached . The Shrevashal still alive on Rigel would be sterilized. There would be no Shrevashel citizen ina Rigekkian Empire. Power would be turn over to the backward Shrevashal still alive on Qaras, and corporated power of Pigek could sell the occasional slave to the new worlds the Vulcan would point out.

The remaining Shrevashel named their world after the nation unfortunate enough to recieve the first Rigellian ship. The Vulcan tendered peace to the new planet, but the Shrevashal would not listen. Revenge was the formost though in the collective mind of the Shrevashal.

Somehow over the next one hundred years the Rigellian watched in alarm as the Shrevashal began arming themselves, figthing the Rigellians with fury not to be believed in such a peaceful people. Many times the Vulcan brought the Shrevashal to the conference table, many times were they to be disappointed. Vulcan did what it could to stop the conflict, and the Rigellians were preparing to exterminate the rest of the Shrevashal.

In the year 2152. a small group of Shrevashal vessels took the Agifo Spaceyards. The Shrevashal had no intention of enslaving the Pigellians. The "pieces" of the Rigellians were sent back to Rigel, and the Rigellian populace looked in in terror. Rigellians intelligence confirmed that Shrevashal were building a fleet, and the Vulcan could not offer any military aid for a Rigellian government in paralysis.

There was one possibility: Rogel had heard of four other worlds beside Vulcan which might offer aid. Cygnus, Andor, Tellar, and newly discovered world called Terra, the newest of the four. The Rigellians immedicately sent a call for help to sentient space, with the threats of a new enemy, the Shrevashal which the Terrans called "the Orions". The name stuck, and the "Five Power"( Rigel, Cygnus. Andoria, and Terra) decided what to do aboiut the "Orion problem".

A combined fleet would be formed, first under the Rigellian leadership. Terra would step to the front of the conflict since it was already engaged in war with the Romulans, and the terrans began to network with a "Security Council" to determine the best way to end the conflict, which helped Terra, Andoria and Tellar understand how future, more permanent interstellar alliance could work and be benefical to all involed. When Rigel's base Ana-Eexian was attacked by the Orina Warship.EYEWITNESS, the "Five Power" sent a peacekeeping force to serve as barrier. By the years 2154, each of the Five Power had signed a document stating they would take "all necessary step" to end the fight, even if it meant taking the battle to orion itself.

Between 2152 and 2154, the orion inflicted heavey lossed on the Five Powers. The Rigellian leadership was turns out with Admiral James Crowell becoming head of the Security Fleet. the orions were excellent at expansion, But Crowell realized that the networkung of the Five Power was yielding new insights in military technology, particularly greater control in acceleration and deceleration of warp speeds. Crowell knew that if he could hold the Orion expansion united the Five Powers were able to implement the new warp advances, the war could be turned overnight.

It was The EYEWITNESS lived up to its name at the Battle of Hydros IV as the Orion fleet was decimated by a new Corvette class of escorts, as the EYEWITNESS suffered a SIF failure and wer forced to stand grounded and watch helplessly. The Five Powers rolled Orion territory back to the homeworld of Shrevashal itself.

The Prime Minister surroundered to the Five Powers and resigned his office.Eigthy percent of the Orion fleet surrendered, but twenty percent continued to fight on in a losing battle, the large ships destory and orions forced into a hit and run tactics. Civil War broke out on Shrevashal. Vulcan offered to mediate the reconsitruction of Shrevashal society, but Andorian and Tellar belived that the spoil went to the victor. After three tears of Vulcan diplomacy, Andorian and tellar finally agreed to construction of a provisional Government, which was never been accepted by a majority of the Orions and was turned out of office thirty years later.

The remmant of the Orion Fleet scattered. the shipyards of Shrevashal continued to turn out vessel, but only criminal interests had the capital to buy them. The Orions becoame smugglers, and later pirates. The ex-fleet officers and crewmen were inducted as full fledge members of the Orion underworld. Until the 2300s, the Orion served as pirates, and the government remained unaligned with the Federation, but not an enemy. By the beginning of the twenty-fourth century, the Orion had established themselves throughtout the Galaxy, and the *Prota Canna*, or the Orion Syndicate, is feared on every wealthy world.

The Results of the Orion Conflict: the ascendancy of Terra. the realization that a stronger social inion would benefit each of the Five Powerw. the recognition of the facr that better diplomactic problems and provide philosophical leadership. the seed for the United Federation of Planets had been planted by the Vulcan, but fertilized in Orion soil.


Race/Society/Culture

The average Shrevashal appears as a baseline humanoid. Shrevashalls and Terrans as almost indistinguishable in appearance. Shrevashal skin, however, is green tinted, and comes in several tones from off-gray to darkest green, but never white in color. All Shrevashal are brown-haured. Eye color is either brown or green. Indeed, the variety of "races" among the Shrevashal is less varied than that of Terra, giving the appearance that all Shrevashal natives belong to same extended family.

The Shrevashal are indistinct anatomically Terrans for most part except for a signifcant difference: a gland located at the hypothalamus responsible for regulating a powerful pheremone release from Shrevashal sweat glands. Shrevashal are immune to the pheremone, and visitors to the planet manage to overcome effect after a massive exposure. However, momentary exposure to the pheremone stimulates the pleasures center of most races. This pheremone is responsible for the reputation of the infamous "Orion animal woman". In some parts of the Federation, Orion are denied visas unless the applicant can prove tha the pheremone is under control. A drug called verratropone control producrion of the pheremone.

Traditionally, Shrevashal is a matriachy. Most Shrevashal have a hyhebated surname with the mother's name coming first. many profession are disignted the domain of one sex or another. The priesthood of the Great Goddess is almost completely female abd the Orina military and Guardian as almost completely male. Females, however, are held in higher esteem than males.

Shrevashal cylture is one of few "tactile" cultures known. Art that once can touch is considered the greatest of art, and clothing is valued for it texture. The society of the Shrevashal has no concept of social distance. Shrevashal embraces are beyond anything found except on Risa, and cross all sex barriers. Bisexuality is valued, but the society values fertility to a greater extend and social organization remain along heterosexual lines. Complicated social customs of meeting and interacting regulate what would seem to be an extremely libertine society, and sexual intercourse to be a great social icebreaker. Like the greek, the Shrevashal have several words for "love", and live in all of the interpretation simultaneously.

Shrevashal health tends to be poor. Little is known about long term Shrevashal health and most only live to be 70 or 80.