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This massive change of environment led to the development of the Proto-Paelians. Only half as big as their predecessor they could easily sweep through the archipelagos where their food hid. But still they lacked food sources. Very slowly some Proto-Paelians developed lungs additionally to their gills. These had better chances to survive and eventually this new species, the earlies Paelians, replaced the Proto-Paelians.
This massive change of environment led to the development of the Proto-Paelians. Only half as big as their predecessor they could easily sweep through the archipelagos where their food hid. But still they lacked food sources. Very slowly some Proto-Paelians developed lungs additionally to their gills. These had better chances to survive and eventually this new species, the earlies Paelians, replaced the Proto-Paelians.
Slowly the new species developed at the coasts of the small and bigger islands of Paelia. They started as swimming nomads migrating from one island to another. After some thousand years passed some of the Paelian peoples started to settle. Especially those swarms with a taste for vegetables next to fish and meat settled down. Living in holes, caves or nests build by themselves they began growing agricultural plants while smaller parts of the swarm continued to hunt on land and under water.
Those early settlements started to differentiate professions. Of course hunters would still help at harvest but nontheless there were soon some professional farmers who took care of the seeding and oversaw the harvest. Other Paelians experimented with different techniques how to serve their new foods best. When most swarms decided that they'd need to share their hunted fish, meat, grain and other plants, they created the town centers where they would gather all their goods and from where everyone could take whatever one would need.
Not long after these first settlements were established they started to produce tools and other goods. The nomadic swarms arranged trade between the different swarms that had settled down. This way technical progress sooner or later spread among all Paelians. Although most swarms expanded their in most cases natural dwellings the population of the swarms overcame the living space. While some of the offspring joined nomadic swarms or founded their own swarms, people argued that they need to find ways to expand their settlements. First huts were constructed and next to rivers and streams first villages developed.
Not long after the first settlements grew to villages and small towns, swarms living close to each others fused. When the natural waterways weren't big enough to cover the needs of the Paelians they started building canals. On the newly created islands they build more huts and first houses. In the long run, basements and upper floors were developed to provide even more living space for the Paelians. Space was badly needed indeed because the farmers and hunters provided more and more food for the community by constantly new reinventing their methods.
The beginning of urban societies neccessitated more specialized professions. Who would build the houses if not construction workers. Who would keep the waterways and pipes clean if not plumbers. Who would produce the metal goods they needed if not smiths. The more professions developed, the less one central town center could provide enough space to store all the goods produced. In larger towns mutliple centers were created only to store goods of one kind. Metalware, furs, leather and draperies, wood products and food were the earliest seperate stores. When the cities became even bigger instead of centers people started to build smaller stores with a more specialized range of products and many of the former town centers became marketplaces. The people still kept up the concept of freely giving and taking any goods.
It was a long road from those early artisanry to Paelian industrialization. It was a road they constantly sought, though. Of course it was hard for the creators of the earliest manufactories to find workers. They had to convince them to do the work they asked them to do. Only when the Paelians saw the advantages of those factories they started to believe in the neccessity of such institutions. In order not to exploit their workers, 1 and 2 hour shifts became quite usual for factories. Factory workers would work in other professions as well where they could manually work on one product from the beginning to the end. This way it was ensured people would not fatigue because they only work at one production step.


==Public institutions==
==Public institutions==

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The Paelians (Paelian: tʃʊpal) are amphibian humanoids native to three worlds: Paelia (Paelian: palæia) in the Pael System, Nera (Paelian: neɪlɪa) in the Nera system and Nemea (Paelian: væraja) in the Nemea system. In 2339 they joined the Federation together with another allied species, weenjens.


Name

  • Proper Name: Paelian
  • Pronunciation: pælɪən

Home Systems

Pael

  • Quadrant: Alpha-Quadrant
  • Location: -Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300)
  • Proper Name: Paelia
  • Pronunciation: pæl
  • Star: A G-type star called Pael
  • Companions: 11 planets

Nera

  • Quadrant: Alpha-Quadrant
  • Location: -Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300)
  • Proper Name: Nera
  • Pronunciation: ˈnɪəra
  • Star: A T-Tauri-type star called Nera
  • Companions: 8 planets

Nemea

  • Quadrant: Alpha-Quadrant
  • Location: -Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300)
  • Proper Name: Nemea
  • Pronunciation: ˈnɪmaɪə
  • Star: A G-type star called Nemea
  • Planets: 3 planets

Home Worlds

Paelia

  • Proper Name: Paelia
  • Pronunciation: pælɪa
  • Distance from Star: Its orbit is approximately 183 million km
  • Number of Natural Sattelites: 4
  • Diameter: 14,949 km (9,289 miles)
  • Gravity: 1.1 G with a density of 5.8 g/cm³
  • Axial Tilt: 49,2° tilt resulting in six extreme seasons
  • Orbital Period: 471 days
  • Rotational Period: 34 hours
  • Classification: M
    • Surface Water: 71%
    • Atmosphere: 1.7 p is standard pressure with 71% nitrogen, 28% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
    • Climate: 7 major different climate zones, tropical around the equator
    • Population: around 3,9 billion

Nera

  • Proper Name: Nera
  • Pronunciation: ˈnɪəra
  • Distance from Star: Its orbit is approximately 103 million km
  • Number of Natural Sattelites: 7
  • Diameter: 10,009 km (6,219 miles)
  • Gravity: 9.7 G with a density of 5.9 g/cm³
  • Axial Tilt: 1.87°, no appreciable tilt and no seasons
  • Orbital Period: 471 days
  • Rotational Period: 27 hours
  • Classification: M
    • Surface Water: 91%
    • Atmosphere: 1.07 is a standard pressure with 81% nitrogen, 18% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
    • Climate: 4 major different climate zones, tropical around the equator
    • Population: around 6,4 billion

Nemea

  • Proper Name: Nimea
  • Pronunciation: ˈnɪmaɪə
  • Distance from Star: Its orbit is approximately 163 million km
  • Number of Natural Sattelites: 2 Planetary rings
  • Diameter: 11,721 km (7,283 miles)
  • Gravity: 1.8 G with a density of 6.8 g/cm³
  • Axial Tilt: 16.5° tilt and two seasons
  • Orbital Period: 471 days
  • Rotational Period: 19 hours
  • Classification: M
    • Surface Water: 44%
    • Atmosphere: 1.07 is a standard pressure with 63% nitrogen, 36% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
    • Climate: 5 major different climate zones, tropical around the equator
    • Population: around 11,1 billion

History

See also: Paelian history

The antecessing species that later became the Paelians originally inhabited the oceans of their first homeworld, Paelia. They were gregarious sentient beings living in swarms of about 50 to 90 Prae-Paelians. Due to change of the tectonic plates of Paelia, the continents and oceans ceased to exist. Instead huge archipelagos developed while some single islands remained as remnants of what used to be Paelia's continents. Due to the change of Paelia's surface, many food sources of the Prae-Paelians ran dry. The relative large predators of the deep ocean had no chance hunting fishes that could now easily escape to the waters between the islands where the Prae-Paelians couldn't follow.

This massive change of environment led to the development of the Proto-Paelians. Only half as big as their predecessor they could easily sweep through the archipelagos where their food hid. But still they lacked food sources. Very slowly some Proto-Paelians developed lungs additionally to their gills. These had better chances to survive and eventually this new species, the earlies Paelians, replaced the Proto-Paelians.

Slowly the new species developed at the coasts of the small and bigger islands of Paelia. They started as swimming nomads migrating from one island to another. After some thousand years passed some of the Paelian peoples started to settle. Especially those swarms with a taste for vegetables next to fish and meat settled down. Living in holes, caves or nests build by themselves they began growing agricultural plants while smaller parts of the swarm continued to hunt on land and under water.

Those early settlements started to differentiate professions. Of course hunters would still help at harvest but nontheless there were soon some professional farmers who took care of the seeding and oversaw the harvest. Other Paelians experimented with different techniques how to serve their new foods best. When most swarms decided that they'd need to share their hunted fish, meat, grain and other plants, they created the town centers where they would gather all their goods and from where everyone could take whatever one would need.

Not long after these first settlements were established they started to produce tools and other goods. The nomadic swarms arranged trade between the different swarms that had settled down. This way technical progress sooner or later spread among all Paelians. Although most swarms expanded their in most cases natural dwellings the population of the swarms overcame the living space. While some of the offspring joined nomadic swarms or founded their own swarms, people argued that they need to find ways to expand their settlements. First huts were constructed and next to rivers and streams first villages developed.

Not long after the first settlements grew to villages and small towns, swarms living close to each others fused. When the natural waterways weren't big enough to cover the needs of the Paelians they started building canals. On the newly created islands they build more huts and first houses. In the long run, basements and upper floors were developed to provide even more living space for the Paelians. Space was badly needed indeed because the farmers and hunters provided more and more food for the community by constantly new reinventing their methods.

The beginning of urban societies neccessitated more specialized professions. Who would build the houses if not construction workers. Who would keep the waterways and pipes clean if not plumbers. Who would produce the metal goods they needed if not smiths. The more professions developed, the less one central town center could provide enough space to store all the goods produced. In larger towns mutliple centers were created only to store goods of one kind. Metalware, furs, leather and draperies, wood products and food were the earliest seperate stores. When the cities became even bigger instead of centers people started to build smaller stores with a more specialized range of products and many of the former town centers became marketplaces. The people still kept up the concept of freely giving and taking any goods.

It was a long road from those early artisanry to Paelian industrialization. It was a road they constantly sought, though. Of course it was hard for the creators of the earliest manufactories to find workers. They had to convince them to do the work they asked them to do. Only when the Paelians saw the advantages of those factories they started to believe in the neccessity of such institutions. In order not to exploit their workers, 1 and 2 hour shifts became quite usual for factories. Factory workers would work in other professions as well where they could manually work on one product from the beginning to the end. This way it was ensured people would not fatigue because they only work at one production step.

Public institutions

Since the Paelian history declined the idea of a state, there can be no governement or executive branch found. Yet there are some institutions founded by Paelians that could be considered as public. Their influence differs between the different peoples on Paelia, Nera and Nemea. Never has any of these institutions claimed political might. As the Bolians society in general, they work on the basis of complete individual freedom.

Town center watch

Beginning as a family clan's storage of goods that were willingly exchanged, these storages developed soon to the centers of early settlements. Any Paelian (and later any alien) is allowed to hand over what he/she/xe likes to give to the community or take whatever he/she/xe thinks to need. All kinds of goods could be delivered and later even services (e.g. cooking fresh meals)could be performed. Since the life period of some goods differ very much and Paelians would not like to waste e.g. decayed food, in many cultures some Paelians volunteered to watch out for the goods stored at the town center. This way they ensured that goods that could no longer be stored were used either by the watch or by people to whom the watch delivered these goods.

When the range of Paelian goods increased the town center watch changed, too. Instead of central storages the Paelians developed smaller storages for specific types of goods. The watch had to specialize to understand their storages' goods' qualities and life periods. Soon they started to offer advise for the 'customers' coming to their store. Although Paelians never developed any kind of currency and the exchange managed by the watch was absolutely non-capitalistic, Starfleet officers at first contact mistook the watch for Salesmen.

Political debate circles

The political debate circles resemble the closest thing to a government or to a parliamentary. Many Paelian peoples have developed such fora of exchange on pressing matters. In most cases these circles met originally near the town centers and simply discussed social issues. In early times people randomly discussed how to stop e.g. a famine or how to expand the town. They had no power to put their ideas into practice than their own. Therefore they invited other people that were not interested in those discussions themselves. To handle these masses of people, they couldn't meet at the town centers and often they built assembly halls. Many public institutions originate are the result of a circle's discussion.

At first contact, Starfleet thought those circles to be either parliamentary or government of the Paelian people. It took some time until they realized that they didn't encounter basic democrazy but just people discussing common problems. Federation scholars needed very long to understand how such institutions could work without any political power.

Tribunal of conscience

Another important element of many Paelian cultures are institutions which Starfleet translated as tribunals of conscience. In these very special courts, judgedment would only be passed on people on basis of their own conscience. Believing in absolute freedom, nobody could be commited to a trial. Without any specific defintion of crime anybody who think to have acted badly could come here.

In ancient times, the methods how to get an idea of someone's morality differed very much from culture to culture. At some places, long questionnaires would have to be filled in, at other places people had to judge case examples. Science opened new ways, though. Nowadays, special scans would be arranged to find out almost without any kind of inaccurateness.

Only if someone had come freely to the tribunal, introduced his/her/xer conscience to the three judges, he/she/xe could confess his/her/xer crimes. Afterwards, the three judges would decide what would be the appropriate punishment according to the committer's conscience. Depending on the culture, it would be left to the committer if the judgement would be executed or not. Some Paelians argued that the knowledge of the punishment could change someone's mind and that it would only be fair that he must freely decide it to be executed. Others countered that only because someone is scared by the punishment, his/her/xer decision to attent a trial should not be disrespected. Therefore the punishment would be executed even against someone's free will.

Schools

Instead of an educational system, Paelians preferred a lose concept of different institutions. Anybody thinking themselves capable to teach could become a teacher and anybody willing to come to the lessons, could come. Although no courses were obligatory, attending school became usual for most Paelians. The free choice of courses caused some problems but it allowed Paelians also to specialice in their professions very much.

Everybody could hand in papers at all kinds of courses, everybody could present those to class, everybody could ask for a talk with the teacher. But there were no class exercises of any kind. Teachers did not test their students trusting in their decision to freely intensify their studies.

Until now it is a very common problem for Paelians to attend Starfleet Academy. Acceptance tests for Starfleet Academy are quite challenging for someone coming from a culture that didn't have tests at all. The diversity of knowledge tested by Starfleet proved also quite stressing for Paelian applicants. After 30 years without any succeeding applicant for Starfleet Academy, on all three Paelian homeworlds special schools were founded to prepare Starfleet Academy applicants for the acceptance tests. In the beginning these institutions had a hard time but became accepted in the course of time.

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<Dial_> if you had to name a third gender.. something new, original, how would you name <Dial_> it what pronoun would you introduce for it? <Alana_Larson> Hmm... <Dial_> hmm, maybe the idea is generally wrong <Dial_> I shouldn't use male and female <Dial_> for the other two <Alana_Larson> That is an interesting question <Dial_> yeah, I came up with a concept for the species of my char <Dial_> Dial won't stay Bolian <Dial_> this species has three genders <Dial_> if Gender A and Gender B sleep together, they produce Gender C <Dial_> if Gender B and C sleep together, they produce A <Dial_> and if A and C sleep together, they create B <Alana_Larson> Out of curiosity how will Dial change species? <Dial_> I'll simply change it in her bio <Alana_Larson> I suppose <Skyfire> hi, I'm back <Alana_Larson> Welcome back <Dial_> I played her not very Bolian before <Nugra> @Dial, I'd make sure to run it by your captain first. :D <Dial_> the way I played my Bolian char, will fit the new species <Dial_> I did so long ago <Dial_> in fact, he proposed it <Nugra> *nods* <Dial_> my concept of Bolians was claiming them to be Amphibians who moult their skin from time to time <Dial_> they could bloat their neck like frogs <Dial_> and many, many other odd ideas made others propose that I should create a species of my own <Dial_> instead of claiming those to be Bolian habits that were not seen in the show <Dial_> so, in fact I won't change Dial's species but rather simply change the species' name :D <Alana_Larson> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xe Pronoun for you <Dial_> sounds like a good idea <Dial_> it could work as a translation of the bolian word <Alana_Larson> And it's not to different from existing pronouns <Dial_> exactly <Dial_> that's why it is perfect <Dial_> so SF when they made contact with my "Bolianlike Speices that doesn't have a name yet" they named the three genders male, female and "something else I have to find a name for, too".. and the pronouns became he, she, xe <Dial_> sounds good <Alana_Larson> xemale? <Dial_> hmm, that is a good idea <Dial_> or maybe I'll find catchy terms for male and female, too... cause after all this gender system is absolutely not like male&female <Alana_Larson> True enough <Dial_> male and female, the words themselves, somehow imply two genders <Dial_> but I don't want to become as weird and confusing as the Andorians became when their gender systems was expanded in the novels <Dial_> they have 2 male nad 2 female genders <Dial_> with weird Andorian names <Alana_Larson> Yeah Andorian genders are confusing <Dial_> I want it to be simple, easy and yet original <Liam_Frost> nah, the andorian system is pretty simple <Dial_> yeah, it is indeed <Dial_> but their names aren't <Liam_Frost> true <Dial_> hemale, shemale, xemale <Dial_> it would imply that these are three different genders <Dial_> stressing that xemale is not something between male and female <Alana_Larson> yep <Dial_> gosh, inventing a species is hard <Dial_> especially when it even doesn't have a name yet <Alana_Larson> Any ideas for a name yet? <Dial_> no <Dial_> I'm using a alien species generator at the moment <Alana_Larson> Try using words from this page <Alana_Larson> Scroll down a bit <Liam_Frost> Zakarian <Liam_Frost> unless that's already taken <Dial_> [04:39:08] Instabula: I'll paste in here what I find useful [04:39:09] Instabula: Subeites [04:39:21] Instabula: Fumons [04:39:30] Instabula: Areiri [04:39:51] Instabula: Setanites <Dial_> I pasted it in the wrong chat window <Dial_> from what page? <Dial_> will you give me a link? <Alana_Larson> Oh forgot the link <Alana_Larson> http://www.lipsum.com/ <Alana_Larson> its the random text that microsoft word can generate to help with formatting <Dial_> sure, it's the right link? <Alana_Larson> yeah I'll copy some of the text for you <Alana_Larson> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit ani <Dial_> ok, that's latin <Dial_> how does that help me find a name for my speices? <Skyfire> wait, what? <Alana_Larson> I've always been told it is simple dummy text <Dial_> it is a simply dummy text <Dial_> consisting of latin words <Alana_Larson> Ahh <Dial_> I can't tell if the text makes sense or not <Dial_> haven't read latin for 3 years now <Alana_Larson> I found translations of it <Dial_> yep. it's taken from cicero <Dial_> I guess, it was used as a dummy text because it contains almost all the characters of latin alphabet <Alana_Larson> probably <Alana_Larson> It makes pre-formatting stuff easier <Dial_> how so? <Dial_> Sophilians sounds nice <Dial_> somehow like a sophisticated species :D <Alana_Larson> We use it for setting up the layout off text boxes and what not as way of seeing more or less what it will look like before we get the actual content <Alana_Larson> It does sound nice <Dial_> ah, I see <Dial_> It's so hard choosing a name that ppl will ever call my char <Alana_Larson> I bet <Dial_> whenever they not use the name, they'll go like.. The Sophilian nurse does this and that <Liam_Frost> grr <Dial_> its like choosing a baby name <Liam_Frost> stupid firefox <Dial_> what did the fox do to you? <Liam_Frost> it's locked up on me <Dial_> how so? <Liam_Frost> I tried to check memory alpha for something and it's freaking out <Liam_Frost> not responding <Dial_> ah, that happens from time to time <Liam_Frost> sometimes <Liam_Frost> but usually only for a few seconds <Dial_> lol, they just proposed the species name "booblane" <Liam_Frost> it's ben several minutes now <Dial_> somehow this is getting weird <Liam_Frost> and my post is in one of those windows <Dial_> oh no <Dial_> why don't you type in a text editor? <Dial_> Paelians <Dial_> Borrans <Liam_Frost> force of habit <Liam_Frost> brb <Liam_Frost> gonna try something <Dial_> ok <Dial_> good luck <Liam_Frost> success! <Dial_> let's see. Subeites, Fumons, Areiri, Setanites, Paelians, Borrans or maybe Phaelians <Dial_> cool <Dial_> congratz <Dial_> hmm, I like Phaelians. but it would certainly pronounced like Fail-ians <Dial_> and somehow that's something I don't want <Alana_Larson> I like the Areiri <Dial_> me too <Dial_> I like all of these above <Dial_> except for Subeites <Dial_> that's no choice anymore <Dial_> adn Fumons is stupid, too <Dial_> but since I want to find the "Federation name" I want it not to sound too alien <Liam_Frost> Frellian <Liam_Frost> Garellites <Dial_> maybe, Paelians is good after all <Dial_> it sounds like something Humans could come up with <Alana_Larson> It almost (to me anyway) makes it sound like they have a lot of history with that name <Liam_Frost> brb <Liam_Frost> need a shower <Dial_> it sounds like an ancient name <Dial_> good luck <Dial_> I won't be around when you return <Dial_> so, good night <Dial_> so, the Paelians call themselves chupa (plural chupal) <Dial_> their homeworlds were named Nera, Naias and Nemea by the Federation <Alana_Larson> They evolved on multiple worlds? <Dial_> no, they colonized two class-m worlds <Alana_Larson> Okay <Dial_> even before developing warp-drive <Alana_Larson> Same star system then? <Dial_> no, but they had large ships with biospheres of their own <Dial_> and they had good luck <Alana_Larson> Okay thats a cool idea <Dial_> finding nearby two class-m woorlds <Dial_> yep <Dial_> and they made contact with another species at some point.. but Federation refused to make contact with them, cause they didn't have worp drive <Dial_> but many SF ppl found that stupid <Dial_> but SF command made them wait until the Paelians had convinced this species they had contact with to trade in their warp-technology <Alana_Larson> I thought warp drive was not necessarily the only condition, but if they were aware that they were not alone in the stars they could contact them as well <Alana_Larson> But maybe I'm just rusty with my trek knowledge <Dial_> hmm, I didn't know there was an exception of the rule <Dial_> might be, might not be <Dial_> it would be reasonable to have this exceptio <Alana_Larson> I seem to remember something about that but I don't know if it was canon or not <Dial_> even if it was in a book or on a website, it's ok <Alana_Larson> Hmmm... an excuse to read my star trek books again (like I needed one lol) <Dial_> hehe :D <Dial_> I'm readin worlds of ds9 atm <Alana_Larson> I'm reading Gary Linderer's books about his experiences in the Vietnam war <Alana_Larson> Unfortunatley it doesnt help answer the question about the prime directive <Alana_Larson> http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Prime_Directive#Exceptions <Dial_> Pre-warp civilization was a term used by the Federation to define any society that had not yet discovered and utilized faster-than-light space travel like the warp drive. Pre-warp cultures could range in technology level from extremely primitive to that of Earth in the mid-21st century. (Star Trek Into Darkness; Star Trek: First Contact) The Prime Directive of the Federation interdicted any disturbance of such civilizations, including any form of contact, until a culture had independently proven its warp-capability. Otherwise, any involvement in the development of pre-warp societies could result in the contamination of their culture, thereby altering their natural evolution. Usually pre-warp civilizations were limited to their homeworld. However, their technical abilities could be sophisticated enough to expand throughout their star system. (ENT: "Dear Doctor"; Star Trek: Insurrection) The Federation did allow limited covert research to be conducted on pre-warp civilizations, usually by means of a duck blind. (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers") Observers could also be placed amongst a civilization as a prelude to first contact. (TNG: "First Contact") <Dial_> oops, should have put in the link <Dial_> http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Pre-warp_civilization <Liam_Frost> and we're back <Alana_Larson> Welcome back <Dial_> wb <Dial_> didn't expcect ot be around when you're bac <Dial_> well, s0me of hte expections are useful <Dial_> like this: The society hails or attacks a Federation vessel <Dial_> The society is in diplomatic discussions with the Federation ( <Dial_> YEAH <Alana_Larson> or federation citizens interfered with the culture as the prime directive does not apply to them <Dial_> there is THE ONE exception <Dial_> The society was previously interfered with by non-Federation citizens (e.g., Klingons) in a manner that would have violated the Prime Directive had it been done by Starfleet personnel <Dial_> thanks for handing over the link <Alana_Larson> Glad to help

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