Colony Name: Onlies (Indigenous Name: Earth)
Creator: Original Basis: Gene Roddenberry
Post-TOS Development: Art Damon
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GEOGRAPHY
System/Location: UFC 347601
Distance to Nearest Starbase: One Terran Week from Starbase Four.
(Two Days from Subspace Relay Post 25-01)
Planet Classification: Class M
Satellites/Space Stations: One Satellite (Indigenous Name: Moon),
One Space Station (Skylab, currently being
rebuilt.)
Land/Water Ratio: 30/70 (Earth Standard)
Climate Controlled: No.
Native Sentient Life: Yes.
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COLONY INFORMATION
Colony Age (approximate): 90 Earth Years (Note: The indigenous sentient
humans have been in place for approx. 6,800 yrs.)
Population (approximate): 10,500 Natives (Onliesians)
200,000 Fed. Colonists
210,500 Total
Species Present: Human (Less than 5% minority of other Federation races.)
Colony Status: UFP Colony (Note: The colony has been under UFP guidance
for almost a century, and there are many parties striving for
independance.)
Government: Colonial Governorship (Note: The current governor [RADM Nancy Montague (Ret.)]
was appointed by the UFP almost 20 Terran years ago, and she is currently
considering handing the colony over to the Onliesians. This is currently
under UFPDOCA review.)
Major Cities/Settlements: San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Moscow...
(Note: Due to the unusual circumstances of the
planet itself, most of the planet's major cities
match those of 20th century Terra.)
History:
The planet's history corresponded exactly with Terra's exactly until
the late 20th century, when a filterable virus of the order 2250-67A
was released into the atmosphere by the inhabitants as part of a
"Life Prolongation" program. The original program hoped that for
every 100 years of real time that passed, the inhabitants would
age only one month.
However, an unforseen error occured, and the virus wiped out a
majority of the population. The only ones spared were the planet's
children, or rather, all that had not reached puberty. These children
were given lifespans on the order of 350 years, and a clan system of
order developed.
Things remained this way until the 23rd century, when the USS
ENTERPRISE tracked a homing signal from the planet. The signal
was set by the last remaning adults, and the ENTERPRISE arrived to
find the San Franciso clan of children, under the shared leadership of
"Miri" and "Jahn", two of the aged children. It was there that Doctor
Leonard McCoy discovered and catalogued the virus, and also discovered
what had killed the adults:
The hormonal balance of the youth allowed the virus to do its work, but
when it entered the bloodstream of adults, the hormonal balance
mutated the virus, actually accelerating the aging process and killing
the victim by extreme leprosy and pain.
A cure for the virus was found, and the planet was placed under UFP
protection. However, recent science has found that the virus (having
resided in the Onliesian's bloodstreams for over 300 years) has
permenantly altered their DNA, slowing their aging process, despite
the fact that there is no trace of the virus left in their systems.
The Onliesians are concidered the "Children of the UFP", and there is
currently only one Onliesian in Starfleet.
Economy: UFP Credit System (Although some underground movements still use
the older bartering.)
Tech Level: Colonized Areas: Modern
Areas Yet To Be Colonized: Late 20th Century
Culture:
The Onliesian culture has been undergoing a change within the past
ten years. However, in the beginning, the Onliesians were just as
many would expect them to be: A rebelious group of "children" that
were used to their freedom, and resisted the UFP when they came to
organize the planet.
Almost immediately, underground societies and resistance movements
formed. The sole surviving group, "Only Onlies", is lead by
the infamous "Jahn", the Onliesian who resisted James Kirk and his
crew. This group does make for some security and social problems,
but the majority of the "Onlies" have matured considerably. This
makes for interesting tourist visits-- one can be approached
by an apperent 10-year-old and spoken to with the quiet wisdom of
a being centuries old.
The planet does have religion, although it has only really grown
in the past twenty years. Called the "Hero Worship", it focuses
mostly on the Triune God ideal, but also that all of the planet's
"good" heroes are agents of God, sent to do his work. They are
held in a high regard-- more than the saints of Roman Catholocism,
but less than the many gods of the Ancient Romans.
The UFPDOCA reccomends this planet for tourists andarchaeologists
interested in vintage late 20th Century Terran architecture.
Notes:
UFC 347601 and its system of ten planets are physically indistinguishable
from the Sol system in every measurable parameter. The mass, size,
orbital speed, and even color of every planet in the system is identical
to its counterpart in Sol. The third planet, once called "Earth" by
its inhabitants, has been renamed Onlies by the Federation.
Onlies is an exact duplicate of Terra, right down to its continental
configurations. The very existance of the planet and its system
holds uncertain ramifications for both the scientific and religious
communities on Terra. One theory holds that the system is a result
of a massive tear in the space-time continuum through which, at some
point long ago, the Sol system passed, resulting at replication at
the sub-atomic level. The Judeo-Christian line of thought implies
a simultaneous, seperate creation by God.
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