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[quote][b]Remus (Jul 07, 2003 03:34 p.m.):[/b] [b]HISTORY[/b] [i]Contact[/i] In accordance with tradition older than known time, the eldest spacefaring species in the galaxy, the zeshiv, were present to congratulate the newly-formed Terran Federation on the date of their first successful faster-than-light trip through their own system. The terrans were given schematics for building more efficient, long-range versions of the hyperdrive they had just created, and invited the fledgling Federation to visit the zeshiv with delegates to negotiate trade agreements. The xenophobic terrans, distrustful of the zeshiv and of the other alien species throughout the galaxy, kept mostly to themsleves as they spread their influence over the surrounding systems. An attack on Federation Explorer Corps ships by a group of ysarii pirates was all the evidence the terrans needed of alien treachery, and thereafter the Federation enforced a policy of isolation, policing its borders and only permitting access to authorized diplomatic vessels. For the most part, the rest of the galaxy sighed and shook its collective head, believing that in time the terrans would adjust to galactic society and overcome their introversion. [i]Draco[/i] Though the Federation kept its border closed, that border was by no means static. The FEC leapt from system to system, cataloguing for themselves each planet they encountered. Those which fell within certain habitability parameters were marked for colonization, and the border was repositioned to include the new system. In a few instances the Explorer Corps encountered worlds which were already inhabited by sentient, if not space-faring, species, and reluctantly passed them by. But far more often, the planets which the FEC claimed were inhabited by what the media dubbed "beast hordes" -- large populations of tool-using life forms with limited technological development and no developed language. Unfortunately, "beast horde" was a term applied to several species which by all rights should have been classified under the sentience category. One such instance occurred when the FEC made landfall on a relatively barren world close to a red dwarf labeled TC-1816. The planet wore a wide band of desert wasteland around its equator, fading into easily-habitable plains and forests only near the poles. These regions were inhabited by a species of saurian reptiles which the scouts nicknamed "dragons" and the FEC labeled a "beast horde", despite the fact that the "dragons" were nearing a bronze age in their technological development and had highly articulated lingual and mathematical systems. Though the atmosphere was ideal, the colonizable area was initially deemed too small to be worth the trouble, and the planet, named Draco for its dominant specied, was offered up for bidding to the burgeoning intersteller resource mining conglomerates. A relatively small corporation called GDCI which had been unable to afford any of the nearer, richer worlds purchased Draco for the price of three cargo frigates. It would prove to be the most profitable transaction (on the part of the corporation) in recent history. [i]Chakata[/i] GDCI's scouts, surveying the planet more carefully than the FEC, readily recognized the sentience of the draconan natives, and attempted to learn the language. The draconans welcomed them with only slight reserve, and did all they could to learn from the terrans as well. As trust grew, the scouts were allowed to witness draconan religious rituals, in which the priests (the "Shi'Oam", lit. god-speakers) ingested a chemical stimulant which caused vivid hallucinations. By following the Shi'Oam acolytes in their pilgrimages into the mild desert regions, the scouts discovered the source of the chemical, a naturally-growing stalk which the natives called "chakata". A sample was sent back to the labs for analysis. The results were astounding. The chemical extracted from a ten-centimeter stalk segment contained the equivalent potency of roughly 300 kilos of req, the most popular hallucinagenic stimulent at the time. Moreover, the chakata's inhospitable environment made the plant extremely resilient. The report sent back to Earth astounded GDCI's board of directors. A harvesting team was dispatched immediately. With the chakata stalk's incredibly high yeild-to-weight ratio, a single shipment, after processing the chemical into a concentration safe for human intake, recovered the cost of Draco's purchase. GDCI's stock split twice and tripled its worth before the end of the week.[/quote]
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