Orion
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| Orion | |
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| Four Letter Code | ORIN |
| Federation Status | Undetermined |
| Planet of Origin | Orions |
| Encountered | TOS: The Menagerie |
| T/E Rating | T0/E0 |
| Current Tech Level | N |
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A green (and occasionally blue) skinned race, the Orions and StarFleet (or Earth) 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. Located within the Orion Sector on their home planet of Orion, little is known about the actual government outside of the two affiliation groups StarFleet and the Federation have dealt with:
The Free Traders and the Syndicate
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.
The Orion Free Traders continue to operate to this day, often with major Federation allied races as well as secular races and some races of which are not affiliated with StarFleet or the Federation. The Orion Syndicate suffered a series of set backs and infiltrations (including, but not limited, to StarFleet Intelligence). They were dealt a major blow in the mid 2370s and several key members of Starbase 118 and the Fleet finished the Syndicate by the by 2380. To date, no attempts are known to revitalize the Orion Syndicate.
Which has allowed the Orion Free Traders to flourish, and in some cases, redeem the Orion civilization in the aims they might apply to the Federation.
Politics & Economy
Not much is known regarding the Orion home world and its political mechanisms, but Federation-Orion dealing within the past suggested something akin to Switzerland's policy of neutrality, of which all Orions uphold, regardless of ship or crew. 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.
Collapse of the Orion Government
After the destruction of the Orion Syndicate, a major reform similiar to an incident on Earth in 2011 occurred when the citizens of Orion stood up and 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.