Vegathan

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Vegathan
Four Letter Code	VEGA
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Vegath
Encountered	USS Providence
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N
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"The spirit of Vegath has enriched our souls."

a Vegathan proverb.

The Vegathan are a species of farmers who colonised the planet Vegath and have become genetically altered over time. Now they all seem to have limited powers of pyrokinesis.

Home System

• Quadrant: Beta
• Location: ??? Sector (coordinates A27-0002-1300??)
• Proper Name: Solerian system
• Star: It orbits a class M (Red) star
• Distance from Star: its orbit is approximately 35 million km
• Companions: It is the 3rd of 12 planets in the system
• Moons: it has 1 large moon and 3 small moons.

Home World

• Proper Name: Vegath
• Diameter: 22,267 km (13,836 miles)
• Gravity: 1.08 standard gravity with a density of 3.4
• Axial Tilt: 5.6%, with a bare minimum of seasonal changes
• Orbital Period: 379 days
• Rotational Period: 24.8 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 49%
  • Atmosphere: 1.18% is a standard pressure with 73% nitrogen, 26% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Mainly a temperate, semi-tropical world
  • Terrain: It has vast rolling plains, rolling hills, rocky hills, mountains and forests.
  • Population: Just over 11 billion

History

The Vegathans are the descendants of Caraadians who colonized the 3rd planet in the Solerian system and named it Vegath. This was one of the very first colonies established by the Caraadians outside of their own system approximately 11,376 years ago.

From the very beginning this agricultural planet supplied massive amounts of food to the rest of the empire. Its excellent weather, pleasant environment and vast rolling plains made it ideal as a new starting place for colonists, so much so that after less than 150 years the Caraadian government stopped shipping settlers to this world.

Time passed, they expanded to settle every corner of their world and as they did they started to change in small ways. By the time of the great war with the enemy almost 6,000 years had passed by. Their skin tones had changed taking on a darker almost rich tan color.

Following the end of the war and the start of the infighting between the various factions and houses of the Caraadian they stood apart and took no sides or interest in the outcome. Eventually disgusted with the continued insanity they could see going on all around them they declared their independence.

The Vegathans would take no part and now determine their own destiny. Most of the houses and factions took no notice. They had more important problems to deal with. By the time that they had finally come to some form of understanding which resulted in more than simply a temporary cease fire the Vegathans had had all most 3,000 years to build up their economy, defences and industrial base which before that had been very rudimentary.

The first meeting between the Federation and the Vegathans was when the USS Providence was accidently fired upon by a damaged weapons platform that had drifted off towards the outer rim of the system. The Vegathans provided assistance and blew up the asteroid to ensure that it never fired on another vessel again.

Since then as active members in the Freeworld Council they have had other friendly encounters with other Federation vessels.

Government

The planet was surveyed and had 13 strategically selected sites chosen for towns to be constructed. Around these communities were miles and miles of farm land. As a result these 13 towns grew over time into major cities governing the 13 provinces. Each city has a council of 13 that govern the province.

When they declared their independence the 13 councils banded together to form the basis of a world government. One that eventually requested to be allowed to become members of the Freeworlds Council, as active members they felt it was the best way they could try and ensure their continued survival as an independent people.

Description

Just like humans and a large number of other species that resemble humans they have a wide range of eye color with various types of body shapes, heights and weights being the normal. For the most part they all seem to have a rich tan color skin tone and dark often black hair.

Physiology

As with most intelligent humanoid species they have a very complex system with specialized organs, and unique hormones, chemicals and enzymes. They are typical humanoids with most of the physical, mental and biological medical problems that seem to plague most humanoids.

Unlike the Caraadians who do not have a predisposition towards mental abilities such as telepathy, telekinesis, or empathy the Vegathans seem to have developed the mental ability of pyrokinesis which allows them to cause combustible items to burst into flames. Strangely enough they also seem to be able to handle or play with fire to a limited degree without getting burned.

Psychology

As with most intelligent species they can and sometimes do suffer from various different types of mental illness. Fortunately they have an excellent treatment program and progressive ideology when it comes to treatment.

Religion

For some reason the Vegathans seem to have developed a new form of religion based on their newly developed genetic ability to cause combustible items to burst into flames. They believe that the spirit of the planet caused this change in their genetic makeup. As a result

Mythology

While they still retain much of the original data they brought with them as colonists over 11,000 years ago they have developed and created their own tales, myths and legends from those early years of colonization. The largest grouping of which seem to identify the planet as a living spirit, one that may have had a hand in the slow mutation, alteration of their genetic code that resulted in them developing pyrokinisis.

Society

While originally settled as an agricultural colony they have had over 11,000 years to grow and develop and much to the surprise of many experts they still retain a definite feeling of rural energy. This may be due to the great efforts used to ensure that no damage has ever been done to their environment or the huge amount of effort taken to reduce the impact of their presence on the environment as a whole.

Regardless of the reason communities are well laid out with more than ample amenities of all kinds available to everyone. Plants, green space and nature have been incorporated into ever aspect of these communities. Crime is low, emergency services are well trained and well prepared to deal with just about anything and the people have a relaxed, friendly attitude.

Culture

While they do enjoy most types of artistic expression and have a number of large well stocked museums and galleries littered with off world creations and some of their own works as well it is music that has really flourished. Countless different styles and types of music are enjoyed with literally millions of tunes being played daily all over their world.

Customs

With their origins and continued existence based on agriculture it is no surprise that the major celebrations enjoyed by them as a people are all geared around the planting and harvesting of the many different crops that they produce each and every year. These celebrations are an excuse for large numbers of people to take a day off and relax with music, lots of food, strong drink and dancing. Everyone in most communities look forward eagerly to each and every one of these celebrations, in fact more couples get married during these celebrations than during the entire rest of the year combined.

Technology

Since breaking off and declaring their independence they have slowly fallen behind the Caraadian when it comes to technology and scientific research. However even with that they are still considered to be an advanced and progressive species.

Economy

They have a very strong economy which is still based on agriculture and export literally 2.5 billion tons of excess food every year. This is mainly due to their ability to grow crops year round and most farmers are able Thanks to a large number of deep underground mines they can now produce enough raw materials to function and continue to produce those tools and other equipment that they need to maintain their current way of life.

Military

They moved literally hundreds of thousands of asteroids, mining them in the process for all the raw resources before turning those same asteroids into floating auto defense platforms. These were then scattered all around the inner part of their system along the path that their world takes while orbiting their sun.

As for the rest of their military they have 4 ship classes based on ship designs borrowed from the Caraadian military and altered to meet their needs. These are the (Weeding) frigate class, (Reaping) destroyer class, (Planting) light cruiser class and (Harvest) heavy cruiser class. Based on their needs they normally have 15 Harvest class, 30 Planting class, 60 Reaping class and 120 Weeding class vessels in service at any time.

Federation Intelligence Files

The first meeting between the Federation and the Vegathans was when the USS Providence was accidently fired upon by a damaged weapons platform that had drifted off towards the outer rim of the system.

Sources

This is an original Starbase 118 species.

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