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==Home System== | |||
* '''Quadrant''': | |||
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* '''Moons''': It is a moon that orbits a Jovian-type gas giant. | |||
==Home World== | |||
* '''Proper Name''': Zeta Equulei 6A | |||
* '''Diameter''': | |||
* '''Gravity''': | |||
* '''Axial Tilt''': | |||
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* '''Classification''': M class moon | |||
* '''Surface Water''': The surface is 64% water, however tides caused by the neighboring gas giant are extreme, leading to extreme changes in water levels. | |||
* '''Atmosphere''': | |||
* '''Climate''': The average surface temperature is 17 degrees Celsius. | |||
* '''Terrain''': Dense vegetation covering much of the land mass. Much of the habitable zones of the moon are swamps. | |||
* '''Population''': | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Community are curious about other species but apparently didn’t realize that some of the other races they had encountered were sentient until they made telepathic contact with a [[Deltan]] ambassador on board the USS ''Rutledge''. They refused all diplomatic contact with the Federation after the incident. | The Community are curious about other species but apparently didn’t realize that some of the other races they had encountered were sentient until they made telepathic contact with a [[Deltan]] ambassador on board the USS ''Rutledge''. They refused all diplomatic contact with the Federation after the incident. | ||
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In the months that followed, both the Community and Myr Luuk made contact with several outside governments. Combined with the efforts of the task force, war was averted. In 2392, the Community's ambassador to the Federation joined the crew of the Garuda for a scientific mission to investigate a large protomatter cloud. During that mission, the Community representative made telepathic contact with Lieutenant [[Moonsong, Raissa|Raissa Moonsong]], and eventually left several hundred Community intelligences behind in Moonsong's body. | In the months that followed, both the Community and Myr Luuk made contact with several outside governments. Combined with the efforts of the task force, war was averted. In 2392, the Community's ambassador to the Federation joined the crew of the Garuda for a scientific mission to investigate a large protomatter cloud. During that mission, the Community representative made telepathic contact with Lieutenant [[Moonsong, Raissa|Raissa Moonsong]], and eventually left several hundred Community intelligences behind in Moonsong's body. | ||
== | ==Government== | ||
== | ==Description== | ||
The Community | The Community appears to have arisen as a collective consciousness from their ecosystem, but -- after first contact -- seemed comfortable lodging their minds in single individuals from their world that approximate humanoid dimensions. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Physiology== | ||
===Appearance=== | |||
The Community possesses an extraordinary level of control over the other life forms on the planet, with individual intelligences apparently able to inhabit formed bodies for utilitarian purposes. During the Myr Luuk / Community conflict of 2391, the Community generated a humanoid body made primarily of wood and other plant matter to serve as liaison to the Garuda's crew. The Community ships blockading the Myr Luuk homeworld during the same conflict were also living members of the Community. | The Community possesses an extraordinary level of control over the other life forms on the planet, with individual intelligences apparently able to inhabit formed bodies for utilitarian purposes. During the Myr Luuk / Community conflict of 2391, the Community generated a humanoid body made primarily of wood and other plant matter to serve as liaison to the Garuda's crew. The Community ships blockading the Myr Luuk homeworld during the same conflict were also living members of the Community. | ||
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==Communication== | ==Psychology== | ||
==Religion== | |||
==Mythology== | |||
==Society== | |||
==Culture== | |||
The Community's culture is built entirely around the collective consciousness - the Confluence - of billions of individuals that the Community refers to as intelligences. Intelligences can be separated from the whole and siphoned into individual bodies. On the planet, such bodies are in full contact with the ‘confluence’, but are able to think, learn, develop, plan, etc… as individuals. This allows for innovation, art, and societal growth. Over time, some members of the Community have chosen to leave the planet. Most return after a few years, with their experiences adding to the greater experience of the whole. As an organization, the Community is extremely conservative and slow to adapt to change. When they discovered that they were so different from other sentient races, they returned their fleet to their home system and have had little contact with the outside universe. As recreation, many intelligences will siphon themselves into other native life forms in order to experience different types of existence. | |||
===Communication=== | |||
Vocal cords never evolved among the native species of Zeta Equulei 6A. As such, the Community has struggled to adapt to the use of verbal language, which is employed by nearly every other sentient species. They communicate through thought with each other, and with those they can interact with. Non-telepathic races may be read by the Community, with effort, but such experiences are uncomfortable for both. | Vocal cords never evolved among the native species of Zeta Equulei 6A. As such, the Community has struggled to adapt to the use of verbal language, which is employed by nearly every other sentient species. They communicate through thought with each other, and with those they can interact with. Non-telepathic races may be read by the Community, with effort, but such experiences are uncomfortable for both. | ||
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For telepaths, it takes skill to filter the thoughts of the Confluence as a whole, but it can be done. Isolated intelligences are easier to communicate with. | For telepaths, it takes skill to filter the thoughts of the Confluence as a whole, but it can be done. Isolated intelligences are easier to communicate with. | ||
==Technology | ==Customs== | ||
==Technology== | |||
Most Community technology is supplemented with numerous Community intelligences that keep it efficient and operational, including starship. This technology is mostly organic in nature, but the race has traded with several outside species to acquire more advanced capabilities. Despite this, the Community's technology level is about 50 years behind most of the major powers in the quadrant. | Most Community technology is supplemented with numerous Community intelligences that keep it efficient and operational, including starship. This technology is mostly organic in nature, but the race has traded with several outside species to acquire more advanced capabilities. Despite this, the Community's technology level is about 50 years behind most of the major powers in the quadrant. | ||
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If in range of the Confluence, new intelligences can be siphoned into the new body. If not, the ship must use some of its own reserve. Ships intended for longer deployments may have a large reservoir of extra intelligences specifically for this purpose. | If in range of the Confluence, new intelligences can be siphoned into the new body. If not, the ship must use some of its own reserve. Ships intended for longer deployments may have a large reservoir of extra intelligences specifically for this purpose. | ||
==Military== | |||
Warp-capable, there are reports that they may also possess dangerous, subspace weaponry. | |||
==Starfleet Intelligence Files== | |||
{{References}} | |||
[[Category:Menthar Corridor|C]] | [[Category:Menthar Corridor|C]] | ||
[[Category:Non-Canon Species]] | [[Category:Non-Canon Species]] | ||
[[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | [[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | ||