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The people living on Moldoba were left in a small slice of purgatory. The radiation from the event effectively sterilized the planet, and all but obliterated the biosphere. The saving grace for the colonists was there was a fully fitted medical ship in orbit. Realizing that they would shortly die out, through a combination of radiation poisoning and the massive damage inflicted on the planet, the colonists resorted to full body cloning, hoping to stave off the effects of the radioactive event. | The people living on Moldoba were left in a small slice of purgatory. The radiation from the event effectively sterilized the planet, and all but obliterated the biosphere. The saving grace for the colonists was there was a fully fitted medical ship in orbit. Realizing that they would shortly die out, through a combination of radiation poisoning and the massive damage inflicted on the planet, the colonists resorted to full body cloning, hoping to stave off the effects of the radioactive event. | ||
Cloning was still only a moderately understood process, and the clones were periodically defective and mutated at the genetic level. Added to this was the fact that the colonists had to effectively copy their consciousness to the | Cloning was still only a moderately understood process, and the clones were periodically defective and mutated at the genetic level. Added to this was the fact that the colonists had to effectively copy their consciousness to the clone, resulting in more modification to the colonists genetic structure that added a great deal of strss to their forms and caused additional mental degradation and psychosis. The clones were only viable for several years, given the patchwork nature of the cloning process and the limited resources. Multiple clones of every colonists had to be made, given the bitterly hard conditions on the planet and the need for personnel. Suicides and depression were frequent, but homicides effectively dropped to zero. | ||
In 2355, just a few years before Theron Lambda, the eleventh "run" was produced, a borderline miracle occured. Subspace is effected by a multitude of phenomena, and the subspace bubble that prevented any warp travel suddenly and inexplicably shrank by almost 60%. The colonists of Moldoba had no knowledge of this until the USS Einstein, a science ship, warped into the area. Amazingly, this was met by the colonists with little surprise, and the cloned "descendants" of the original colony was rapidly reintegrated into the Federation, and rapidly removed from the planet. Thanks to advances in technology, the latest, and possibly last, generation of Moldoban clones was massively more stable than before, with a life expectancy of 30-40 years rather than 7-10. | In 2355, just a few years before Theron Lambda, the eleventh "run" was produced, a borderline miracle occured. Subspace is effected by a multitude of phenomena, and the subspace bubble that prevented any warp travel suddenly and inexplicably shrank by almost 60%. The colonists of Moldoba had no knowledge of this until the USS Einstein, a science ship, warped into the area. Amazingly, this was met by the colonists with little surprise, and the cloned "descendants" of the original colony was rapidly reintegrated into the Federation, and rapidly removed from the planet. Thanks to advances in technology, the latest, and possibly last, generation of Moldoban clones was massively more stable than before, with a life expectancy of 30-40 years rather than 7-10. | ||
=='''Education:'''== | =='''Education:'''== | ||