Orion

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Orion
Four Letter Code	ORIN
Federation Status	Undetermined
Planet of Origin	Orion
Encountered	TOS: The Menagerie
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N
List of Named Orions
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Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Orion Sector
• Proper Name: Rigel system
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• Companions: It is the 8th of 12 planets in the Rigel system.
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Home World

• Proper Name: Orion
  • Other names: Orion Prime, Rigel VIII
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• Classification: M
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History

The Orions and Starfleet have had over two centuries of trade and contact, originally with the Earth Cargo Service in the mid 22nd Century in the formation years of the United Federation of Planets. The Orion civilization spans several centuries (the exact number is still in dispute, despite archaelogical advances within the last decade or two).

The two contacts the Federation and its allies have known when dealing with the Orions falls within two affiliations. The Orion Free Traders, who had established relations with the Vulcans, and the infamous Orion Syndicate, which was a conglamoration of smugglers, pirates and traders operating within the Black Market, not limited to Orions themselves but a variety of races of which several Orions compromised its leadership.

Government

See also: Orion Free Traders, Orion Syndicate

Not much is known regarding the Orion home world and its political mechanisms. Unfortunately, due to a series of raids over the course of centuries on Coridan dilithium, the Orions lost their image of neutrality and the government suffered a major blow-back due to the Syndicate's abuse of drug, precious stone, and slave trafficking.

After the destruction of the Orion Syndicate, a major occurred when the citizens of Orion demanded an end to the reign of what was later determined to be a corrupt administration that had reduced the home world to near poverty levels while the President and several key members of the Cabinet reallocated assets for personal use and monetary gain. No violence broke out under a wave of Orion citizens marching on the capital city, where a three month hold out resulting in a break of the Orion military and goverment employees who joined the protest and effectively "outed" then President M'Voust, who held out for six weeks before being removed from power.

Description

Orions may exhibit green or, in rarer cases, blue skin tones. Male Orions are typically bald, with females tending to have black, brown, or red hair, or combination thereof - though rare, it is possible for an Orion to have blond hair. Females range in height, anywhere between five to six feet. Males are generally six to seven feet tall, and have considerably more muscle than Terran males.

Physiology

Female Orions have a powerful pheromone similar to the Deltans, often used to seduce prey (typically those of the male gender). These pheromones affect the Orion male physiology at the adrenal level, causing sharp increases to aggression. Females of other species may experience ongoing headaches when in the presence of a female Orion.

Though their male counterparts do not possess pheromones to the same extent, they do extrude a level of testosterone of which has reportedly affected females of various races.

Society

Slave labour is a widely accepted practise of Orion societies.

The Orions have a unique social structure due to the facade and reality they maintain between the male and female species. Historically, Orion females have been referred to as inferior when the reality of the civilization and structure of their species and civilization reveals the female Orion is the master despite the presentation of a dominant Orion male. An alpha female will often be depicted as a 'slave girl', but is typically the commanding officer of her associated vessel.

However, there is a class of Orion females who are designated solely for the purpose of sale as a slave by the Orion Syndicate - these women undergo training by a master Orion prior to sale.

Culture

Blond hair on an Orion is considered a inferior gene, with many finding it unattractive and a "weak colour". Most children who inherit hair either chemically change their hair colour, or else do not survive adolescence in Orion societies.

Starfleet Intelligence Files

In 2390 during an undercover mission undertaken at the behest of Federation Security, the crew of the USS Drake discovered a reborn version of the Orion Syndicates. Using both their own strength and that of Gorn mercenaries, the Syndicate re-took a former stronghold called Port Royale, in the dangerous Vale of Saoirse. It is presumed that the Syndicate remains entrenched in the Vale and that the Federation will soon be hearing from them again.