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==Home System== | ==Home System== | ||
The [[Cygnet system]] was a trinary star system, with three inhabitable planets. The homeworld of the Cygnet species was the [[Cygnet XIV|14th]] planet, which orbited Cygnet-B, a K-class star. | The [[Cygnet system]] was a trinary star system, with three inhabitable planets. | ||
==Home World== | |||
The homeworld of the Cygnet species was the [[Cygnet XIV|14th]] planet, which orbited Cygnet-B, a K-class star. | |||
===Locations=== | ===Locations=== | ||
There were several locations of note, such as the Gates of The Fortress Where The Innocents Sheltered, a memorial to the sacrifice of a warrior, located within the Forest of Devoted Sacrifice. <ref name="forestdistantstar">[[SIM:Forests of a Distant Star|''"Forests of a Distant Star"'']], JP Lt. Ceciri Ariadust & Tri'lea Polgonz, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239908.31</ref> | There were several locations of note, such as the Gates of The Fortress Where The Innocents Sheltered, a memorial to the sacrifice of a warrior, located within the Forest of Devoted Sacrifice. <ref name="forestdistantstar">[[SIM:Forests of a Distant Star|''"Forests of a Distant Star"'']], JP Lt. Ceciri Ariadust & Tri'lea Polgonz, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239908.31</ref> | ||
==Recent History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the advent of industrial age concrete and other building material, obsidian and magma were used to create walls and fortifications.<ref name="forestdistantstar" /> | |||
At one point, Cygnet was dominated by competing empires, including the Krellian and Secherlian Dynasties, before the consolidation of the clans.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-doyle/JKFt1nEnqm0/ljOxvgAOyqgJ ''"Voices of Authority, Part 2"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Doyle|A}}, SD 239306.21</ref>. Other dynasties included the Zalafid Dynasty, and the Ariadust Regencies.<ref name="Legacies" /> | |||
The Ariadust Regency ended with the ascension of a Queen to the throne, after the sacrifice of Ceciri k'Ariadust, the second of her name.<ref name="forestdistantstar" />, and that was the last dynasty before the planet became a set of republics. | |||
===Recent History=== | |||
The Cygnians were first encountered by the [[Vulcan]]s during their surveys and exploration of space, where their advanced civilization and dominating matriarchy was noted. First contact with United Earth Starfleet proved difficult, as the representative of the Cygnian people was unable to take the male Starfleet captain seriously - alternative female members of the crew were required to engage with the representative with negotiations for vessel repair, of which ended successfully.<ref>[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Cygnet_XIV ''Cygnet XIV''], Memory Beta</ref>. However, by 2259, they were members of the Federation.<ref>SNW: "Strange New Worlds"</ref> | The Cygnians were first encountered by the [[Vulcan]]s during their surveys and exploration of space, where their advanced civilization and dominating matriarchy was noted. First contact with United Earth Starfleet proved difficult, as the representative of the Cygnian people was unable to take the male Starfleet captain seriously - alternative female members of the crew were required to engage with the representative with negotiations for vessel repair, of which ended successfully.<ref>[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Cygnet_XIV ''Cygnet XIV''], Memory Beta</ref>. However, by 2259, they were members of the Federation.<ref>SNW: "Strange New Worlds"</ref> | ||
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The "Threefold Path" held that the stars were living<ref name="livingstars">[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/iGi6Rf-KGZk/GKUgm9IhBgAJ ''Come, friends, who plough the sea''], PNPC Resachi & Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239706.13</ref> Various greetings were used to signify what one did or believed if they were fellow believers<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/-kYWXo8WGdU/N_fSGrvzAgAJ ''Upon our prey we steal''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239704.05</ref> | The "Threefold Path" held that the stars were living<ref name="livingstars">[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/iGi6Rf-KGZk/GKUgm9IhBgAJ ''Come, friends, who plough the sea''], PNPC Resachi & Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239706.13</ref> Various greetings were used to signify what one did or believed if they were fellow believers<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/-kYWXo8WGdU/N_fSGrvzAgAJ ''Upon our prey we steal''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239704.05</ref> | ||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
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Cygnetian legends included the 'The Guardian of Lark's Folly', a woman who died while seeking her vengeance. It led to the phrase 'sunk [yourself] into lava' as a way to express the dangers of taking a vengeance or something too far.<ref name="livingstars" />, another legend that was passed down from the distant past was a legend about a society that was so out of touch of current ethics that they were buried and killed by being buried under a lava flow from a volcano by one of the ancient Empresses of Cygnet. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/GfATg-EVCQw/m/BEcU0s5RAwAJ ''"To Be Buried in Lava"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239811.16</ref> | Cygnetian legends included the 'The Guardian of Lark's Folly', a woman who died while seeking her vengeance. It led to the phrase 'sunk [yourself] into lava' as a way to express the dangers of taking a vengeance or something too far.<ref name="livingstars" />, another legend that was passed down from the distant past was a legend about a society that was so out of touch of current ethics that they were buried and killed by being buried under a lava flow from a volcano by one of the ancient Empresses of Cygnet. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/GfATg-EVCQw/m/BEcU0s5RAwAJ ''"To Be Buried in Lava"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239811.16</ref> | ||
==Society | ==Society== | ||
In recent years, some members of the Cygnian species have begun to express their discontent in living under such circumstances of inequality within their strict matriarchal society, embarrassed at how far behind their people are in comparison to places such as the [[Federation]], as their planet is ''dominated'' by the female gender. However, overall, the Cygnians were very traditional and rarely left the home system <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/oVcxXQnD124/h0yDdNnWnoUJ ''"Pleasant Conversation"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239204.02</ref>. In 2393, there were only about 100 of them that were known to have left.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-doyle/dItXS_ZeumI/tXBDOEAlfNYJ ''"Remembrances of Home"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Doyle|A}}, SD 239306.23</ref> | In recent years, some members of the Cygnian species have begun to express their discontent in living under such circumstances of inequality within their strict matriarchal society, embarrassed at how far behind their people are in comparison to places such as the [[Federation]], as their planet is ''dominated'' by the female gender. However, overall, the Cygnians were very traditional and rarely left the home system <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/oVcxXQnD124/h0yDdNnWnoUJ ''"Pleasant Conversation"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239204.02</ref>. In 2393, there were only about 100 of them that were known to have left.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-doyle/dItXS_ZeumI/tXBDOEAlfNYJ ''"Remembrances of Home"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Doyle|A}}, SD 239306.23</ref> | ||