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| The '''Avalon Sector''' is a largely unexplored region at the edge of the Delta Quadrant. It is the site of the disappearance of USS Voyager, in the Briar Patch.
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| The Federation has an strong interest in maintaining a Starfleet presence in this sector, near the [[Ba'ku]], whose planetary eco-system is home to a ring system emanating regenerative metaphasic radiation. At the end of it's first contact mission, [[ma:Enterprise-E|USS Enterprise-E]] ascertained the Ba'ku are continuously threatened by the [[ma:Son'a|Son'a]].
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| This sector's primary research station is [[DS285|Deep Space 285]].
| | <span style="font-size: 2.5em;">V</span>ast and untamed, the Avalon Sector has been frontier territory of the three major powers since the 22nd century. Dominated by the better part of the Briar Patch and historically regarded as insignificant, Starfleet only took notice of the Avalon Sector when the planet Ba'ku was discovered in 2375. After the [[ma:Star Trek: Insurrection|incident with the Son'a]], Starfleet made some headway into the region over the next 10 years, eventually assigning a lone vessel, the {{USS|Discovery}}, to the region. In 2384, [[Deep Space 285]] was constructed after the discovery of the [[Saurian Empire]] and in response to Romulan interests in the region. After the destruction of Genura in 2385, the Federation began to devote more diplomatic and scientific resources to the region. They were nearly all recalled after the destruction of [[Hobus_Supernova|Romulus and Remus]] in 2387, and what little was left was further reduced after other interstellar crises like the [[Vaadwaur Invasion of 2387]] and the [[Klingon Invasion of 2389]] |
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| Following the resignation of Rear Admiral Michael Samuelson (Retired) after a dubious investigation of Capt. [[Waltas, Tyr|Tyr Waltas]], Starfleet has assigned Rear Admiral Richard Hart as Avalon's Interim Commander. Following the events at '''Genura III''', Ambassador Susan Ginsburg is on a diplomatic mission to the '''Saurian Empire'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/message/5447].
| | After the Gurab Crisis in 2389, Starfleet withdrew the last of its resources from the region and the border was redrawn to make [[Ba'ku]], a Federation world, inside a Federation controlled sector. The DS285 station became a backwater assignment, no longer the seat of a Sector Command or a branch of the admiralty. No Starfleet ship was assigned to the region until late 2391, when the {{USS|Constitution|B}} returned to the region. The assignment of a Galaxy-Class starship is perhaps a sign of Starfleet's renewed commitment to the region as a new frontier to be explored, or perhaps, something else entirely. In early 2392, the {{USS|Constitution|B}} was reassigned to the [[Talos Sector]], with the {{USS|Doyle|A}}, a newer Luna class ship, being assigned to explore the sector. |
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| =Discovered Systems and Phenomenae=
| | In late 2392, the Avalon Sector was given more attention within Starfleet Command. It was again the seat of a Sector Command, and a bit of the sector redesign in 2390 was undone. Again, the Ba'ku homeworld was part of the sector, although the majority of the [[Briar Patch]] was now located in the [[Borderlands|Borderlands]]. With a return to the altered sector, with the withdrawal of the [[Romulan Star Empire]] after the Hobus Supernova, with what little [[Romulan]] holdings remaining in the splinter faction of the [[Romulan Republic]] |
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| ==The Saurian Empire== | | ===Notable Places=== |
| | * [[Sotra Station]] - See [[Mists of the Mind (Constitution)|Case CONNB-2391-01]] |
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| A caste-based society governed by a monarchy. There are currently 3 known castes including the monarchy itself, it's military, and the Genuran minority, who may be an offshoot of ancient Saurians.
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| ===Tonlanus Warrior Clan===
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| Tonlanus Clan is the oldest, largest and most politically powerful caste in Saurian society.
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| The figurehead and patriarch of this clan is Tonlan, a highly-decorated Saurian General and commanding officer of the PLECANTH, the Imperial Saurian Capitol Ship. Tonlon is an accomplished tactician and served closely with the late Emperor Sha'tene. Many promiment Saurian military officials can trace their lineage to the Clan of Tonlanus.
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| The Saurian military structure shares similar traditions with ancient Earth medieval warriors, royal cavalries and a quasi-militaristic structure of the modern Starfleet Marine Core.
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| The Saurians navy has not perfected warp-technology, instead harnessing fusion from small neutron stars as engines of their interstellar fleet. This presents an unusual problem with the Prime Directive, as the Federation contact with pre-warp cultures prohibits the sharing of technology and cultural interchange. However, space-faring '''Cityships''' ferry regiments of '''Paladins''' throughout the Avalon sector. It is worth noting that Saurian military are beholden to the Emperor and the politico-religious order that gives the monarchy the power to govern Sauria.
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| Each Paladin carries a small shield emitter [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/message/5819] and has fashioned a hand-held radiation emitter that functions as a energy blade. Saurian weapons technology is highly effective in close combat, and the radiation emitter can disrupt duranium, cauterize wounds and even deflect phased-based energy. By simultaneously emitting and attracting high velocity radiation particles toward the emitter [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/message/5539], a focused beam of energy is harnessed in a melee weapon that has demonstrated an ability to effect strong casualty rates.[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/message/5852]
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| Although the progression of the weapon in Saurian history may be analogous to escalation from projectile weaponry to disruptor and phased-energy weapons, there is no known Saurian blade and little is known about their pre-history.
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| ===The Drammus===
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| The Drammus is an intelligence "caste" population inclusive of Saurians and Genurans.
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| Many Drammus serve aboard Saurian '''Cityships''' as reconnaissance officers. They appear to work closely with Genuran colonists and refugees not under Federation asylum.
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| '''Dorin''' is a popular leader among the Genuran people and a survivor of the Genuran Holocaust. He a highly-connected figure in the Drammus and has worked closely with the Saurian dynasty as well as as an envoy of Genuran interests.
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| Starfleet Intelligence briefings indicate that although Dorin is a close
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| relative of the Saurian war criminal Zeun, his record of
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| cooperation with the Federation, through brief, is outstanding.
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| ==The Genurans==
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| Many Genurans are refugees under Federation protection who have either left Sauria or claim persecution by the majority Saurian politico-religious structure.
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| Starfleet Medical research indicates that all known surviving Genurans belong to a minority population that is less than 2% of the known Saurian population. 100% of self-identified Genurans who have voluntarily sent DNA to Starfleet medical possess a DNA sequence that is only 99.6% similar to Saurian DNA.
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| First contact with Genurans was initiated by USS Discovery under command of Captain Tyr Waltas.
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| ===Genura III===
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| Once a trinary system, with three class J gas giants, 1 proto-planet and one M-class inhabited planet, Genura III, is now the site of a massive singularity. Before the collapse of Genura C, a neutron star, the system was home to a non-Federation colony population numbering over 8,000 sentient beings not subject to the [[ma:Prime_directive|Prime Directive]].
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| During it's state as a trinary star system, the system and it's planets were subject to extreme terraforming, gravitational and temporal engineering, allowing Genura III to develop into a M-Class planet in comparatively recent cosmological time. Genura III's elliptical orbit subjected it to massive gravitational stresses when it passed between its parent stars, however, it's orbital integrity was engineered by Genuran temporal scientists whose work was co-opted by a religious group within the Genuran colony.
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| Starfleet Intelligence speculated the Genuran homeworld colony is deep in Avalon sector, possibly Sauria Prime. Disregarding this possibility, it was unclear until recently how or why Genura III's colonists so quickly evolved interstellar warp-flight and subspace communications, within such dangerous gravitational wells.
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| [[Image:Genura.png|Genura i-v planetary orbital paths.|left|480px]]
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| '''Orbital Trajectories of Genura A,B,C; I - V, co-existing with engineered gravimetric anomalies.'''
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| ===Zeun & The Genuran Holocaust===
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| Zeun is a known galactic war criminal and responsible for the destruction of the Genuran C neutron star, which displaced 8,000 Genurans and escalated the conditions of the Genuran refugee crisis.
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| On stardate 238508.03, Starfleet Command received a distress call from the Genura System and sent [[USS Discovery]], under command of Captain [[Waltas, Tyr|Tyr Waltas]]. Upon arrival at Genura III, it was discovered that 3/4 of the Genuran population were seeking asylum and unable to evacuate all 8,000 before the collapse of their neutron star. However, within that time and the time Discovery could establish planetary orbit, severe temporal engineering reversed the figures and the religious minority was now the majority.
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| Upon arrival to the surface, the Discovery away teams encountered two groups, one of which was a politico-religious majority calling itself the Genuran Traditional Order led by a charismatic but insane leader calling himself Zeun. Although this group no longer desired to evacuate Genura III, a smaller secular separatist group, known as the Free People of Genura, led by Dorin, a former government official, assembled indisputable data proving the imminent nova of the Genura C neutron star and sent the distress call under great risk. Discovery crew were responsible for bringing information about the Genuran supernova into the Genuran public sphere.
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| It is speculated that temporal engineering riddled Genura's solar system nearly impenetrable with dangerous gravitational anomalies and also accelerated the passage of time, allowing the religious minority to achieve power in the relative time between the reception of a distress message and the arrival of Federation assistance. Although the Zeun was found responsible for attempting temporal engineering, endangering a solar system by altering the state of the neutron star and attempted genocide, he escaped arrest by either the Discovery or the flagship of the Genuran New Order, the Vetica.
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| Aided by USS Discovery, whose crew exposed the scientific proof of Genura's doom, most Genurans escaped from the system. Many of them were separatists and traditionalists.
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| '''Mission Logs''' [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/msearch?date=any&DM=------------&DD=----&DY=----&DM2=------------&DD2=----&DY2=----&AM=contains&AT=&SM=contains&ST=&MM=contains&MT=Genura&charset=UTF-8] USS Discovery [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/msearch?date=any&DM=------------&DD=----&DY=----&DM2=------------&DD2=----&DY2=----&AM=contains&AT=&SM=contains&ST=&MM=contains&MT=Genura+Sickbay&charset=UTF-8] Convex [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/msearch?query=Genura+Convex&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8] Separatists [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-discovery/msearch?query=Genura+Irial&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8]
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| ==Aurix==
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| Aurix is a single star system.
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| Aurix II is a desert planet and a former Federation research colony. On stardate 23850704.24 Admiral Joh'qui sent [[USS Discovery-B]] to Aurix II after it ceased subspace communication. Aurix II's fate was apparently within the scope of involvement of the [[ma:Q|Q]].
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| '''Mission Logs'''
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| [[Category:Stellar Cartography]] | | [[Category:Stellar Cartography]] |
| [[Category:Campaign Regions]] | | [[Category:Campaign Regions]] |
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Vast and untamed, the Avalon Sector has been frontier territory of the three major powers since the 22nd century. Dominated by the better part of the Briar Patch and historically regarded as insignificant, Starfleet only took notice of the Avalon Sector when the planet Ba'ku was discovered in 2375. After the incident with the Son'a, Starfleet made some headway into the region over the next 10 years, eventually assigning a lone vessel, the USS Discovery, to the region. In 2384, Deep Space 285 was constructed after the discovery of the Saurian Empire and in response to Romulan interests in the region. After the destruction of Genura in 2385, the Federation began to devote more diplomatic and scientific resources to the region. They were nearly all recalled after the destruction of Romulus and Remus in 2387, and what little was left was further reduced after other interstellar crises like the Vaadwaur Invasion of 2387 and the Klingon Invasion of 2389
After the Gurab Crisis in 2389, Starfleet withdrew the last of its resources from the region and the border was redrawn to make Ba'ku, a Federation world, inside a Federation controlled sector. The DS285 station became a backwater assignment, no longer the seat of a Sector Command or a branch of the admiralty. No Starfleet ship was assigned to the region until late 2391, when the USS Constitution-B returned to the region. The assignment of a Galaxy-Class starship is perhaps a sign of Starfleet's renewed commitment to the region as a new frontier to be explored, or perhaps, something else entirely. In early 2392, the USS Constitution-B was reassigned to the Talos Sector, with the USS Doyle-A, a newer Luna class ship, being assigned to explore the sector.
In late 2392, the Avalon Sector was given more attention within Starfleet Command. It was again the seat of a Sector Command, and a bit of the sector redesign in 2390 was undone. Again, the Ba'ku homeworld was part of the sector, although the majority of the Briar Patch was now located in the Borderlands. With a return to the altered sector, with the withdrawal of the Romulan Star Empire after the Hobus Supernova, with what little Romulan holdings remaining in the splinter faction of the Romulan Republic
Notable Places
