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Official UFPDOCA Submission Template
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Colony Name: The Joshua Mines
Creator: Janis Hill
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GEOGRAPHY
System/Location: Sector 12, Beta Quadrant
Distance to Nearest Starbase: 8 days in D-Warp class shuttle to Starbase 25
Planet Classification: G Class(desert).
Satellites/Space Stations: 3 natural moons, one satellite communications
relay station put in place by Starfleet.
Land/Water Ratio: Little to no surface water.
Climate Controlled: Everyone lives underground, air and cooling
provided to living areas.
Native Sentient Life: None.
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COLONY INFORMATION
Colony Age (approximate): Unknown how long the miners have been there.
But when the planet came under Federation
jurisdiction a Starfleet presence was
established there about 80 years ago.
Population (approximate): 8 to 9,000. UFP Citizens make up a minority, but
a powerful enough one to be threat enough for
things to stay mainly above board.
Species Present: You name it it could be there. Think miners,
gold hunters, etc. Large population of Humans,
other species mentioned on being raised there
is Bajoran, Cardassian and Bolian.
Colony Status: UFP Protectorate
Government: The oldest and richest families on the colony
control the local government, although they
are nominally answerable to the UFP and the DOCA.
History: Unknown when mine began. In the old days it was
basically everyone for themselves. Some of the
older, richer, larger families wanted things to
settle down more so more profit could be made.
Requested to join Federation, request refused
with a report saying mines social function were
unstable and chaotic. Larger families joined and
created own government and bullied the rest of the miners
into submission. 20 years later the Federation accepted
The Joshua Mines when they requested joining once more.
That was about 80 years ago.
Economy: People get paid for their mining quota per month. Quota
not met, payment not given. A strong barter system works
throughout the mines though is not welcomed by the Government.
"Payment" can consist of anything from money to supplies to
mining rights to land. Basically what is on offer, etc.
Tech Level: Modern, mainly Federation but with the mix of cultures there's
a mix of tools, etc.
Culture: Even in the modern age of UFP government, the mines are still
quite harsh, the climate and location savage. The Joshua Mines
breed a strong willed, determined person who can survive in a
hard climate and who knows how to look after themselves against
many forms of aggression from debating across a table, fighting
off claim jumpers to blasting each other out of the night sky.
One thing that has been literally pounded into people from this
colony is that showing emotions, smiling, laughing, being happy
in front of a Superior in rank is seen as contempt and is punishable.
Superiors are seen as almost Godlike and will be obeyed at any cost
and to become someone's superior is one of the greatest compliments
or awards that can be given. Many from the mines have a hard time "joking"
with their Commanders and senior offices in Starfleet surroundings.
They find the whole "having a drink and laughing" amongst their
Captains, etc an ordeal and some have been known to almost pass out
from the whole nerve-wracking situation.
Notes: Starfleet members and miners to mingle and many a relationship and or
marriage has intertwined this colony. Some of the children from these
relationships strive to be like their parents no matter what their
occupation. Not all positions at the Joshua Mines are miners. The majority
are but many other jobs to exist and are in great demand.
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