Valcarian: Difference between revisions

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  origin = [[Valcaria]], beyond [[Par'tha Expanse]] region, Beta Quadrant |

  encountered = [[USS Atlantis|ATL]]: [[Hidden Hand (Atlantis)|''"Hidden Hand"'']]|

  techlevel = [[Planetary Development Scale|N-]] |

:::-a Valcarian greeting.

* '''Quadrant''': Beta

* '''Location''': [[Uarissa Sector]] (coordinates B31-0003-1291)  

* '''Companions''': It is the 6th of 11 planets in the system

* '''Moons''': it has 4 moons.

* '''Diameter''': 12,240 km (? miles)  

* '''Gravity''': 1.1 standard gravity with a density of 4.3

* '''Orbital Period''': 331.5 days  

* '''Rotational Period''': 30 hours

* '''Surface Water''': 22%  

* '''Atmosphere''': 1.04% is a standard pressure with 72% nitrogen, 26% oxygen, 2% trace chemicals  

* '''Climate''': Mainly a warm temperate planet  

* '''Terrain''': It has a few truly massive mountains with rocky foothills, swamps, forests and rolling plains.  

* '''Population''': Just over 7.8 billion on their homeworld and another 110 billion scattered across their Republic.

They come from the sixth planet in the Valcarian star system, virtually at the heart of their empire. They have expanded to inhabit and control every planet in their system, and have hundreds of colonies in outlying systems. A little over 1,000 years ago, the Valcarian burst forth from their homeworld on a mission of exploration within their own star system. Two hundred years later, they finally left their overpopulated system in search of suitable systems to settle and provide much needed resources.  

For the next hundred years the Valcarian easily conquered their neighbors. A third of them were totally wiped out while the rest became subject worlds, providing annual tithes to the Valcarian. The inhabitants were worked hard with many shipped off to work as slaves on other worlds controlled, occupied or colonized by the Valcarian. In this way they spread all the subject species across their entire empire making it harder for any of them to attempt to rebel. The republic kept on growing until the Valcarian had conquered or colonized over 500 worlds.

At this point, 200 years ago, the republic was spreading faster than it should have. The Valcarian had moved core ward and encountered the [[Esidran Empire]]. At the same time, several newly enslaved races, independent of one another, attempted to fight back and regain their freedom.  

Less than a year later, an aggressor race from the Gamma Quadrant tried to invade the Valcarian Republic. Calling themselves the [[Vodran]], they battled the Valcarian for the next 30 years until they were pushed back. Political infighting within the Vodran government simply cancelled the war one day and though the Valcarian would normally have taken the opportunity to invade their enemy and crush them to dust, cooler heads in the Valcarian government prevailed and brought to light their desperate situation.  

Their military was almost gone; their resources were virtually depleted. It was time to fall back and regroup. Within 3 years the empire had rebuilt its forces enough to invade the Vodran and wipe them out with a single, concentrated assault.  

It was shortly after this that the Valcarians then turned their attention towards their neighbours in the [[Par'tha Expanse]]. The [[Caraadian]]s had just rid themselves of the [[Romulan Empire]], and the Valcarians used their superior technology and unified government to fill the void seamlessly and instantly.  

The Valcarians were content to live side by side with the Caraadians, in the Expanse proper, and Freeworlds Council as long as they remembered that the Valcarians were truly the ones in charge. Their dominating military power evident in the constant patrols conducted by their warships, reminding the other inhabitants of the Par’tha Expanse constantly of this fact. This political situation continued until late 2391, when political disruptions by the Caraadians pushed too far, and the Valcarians declared war on the Expanse.

Unfortunately for the Valcarians, but fortunately for the Expanse, the Valcarian military is still weak enough that the sparse Caraadian forces have so far been equal to the task. The war has had only minor battles, skirmishes and encounters. But the Caraadians are currently attempting to enlist the aid of the Federation to their cause. If that officially happens, then the Valcarians would be forced to turn their full military attention towards the Expanse.

The dominant power in the [[Par'tha Expanse]] is the [[Valcarian Imperial Republic]], an expanding empire. The Valcarians do not have Houses, or geographically defined political areas. Instead, they still use a tribal family structure to represent the people within the government. Planets and colonies send representatives to the government, who are grouped into their tribal families in order to vote in blocks. There is very little infighting between tribal groups, and there has never been a civil war in the recorded history of the planet. Only Valcarians have a voice in the government. Non-Valcarians are subjugated, enslaved or destroyed in the empire.

Thanks to the size of their Republic and the number of individuals within it they have access to thousands of highly qualified scientists and engineers, but these people often work under stressful conditions with inadequate supplies. Valcarian military technology is researched via a 'brute force' methodology, and tends to be effective, but not especially versatile. It often competes with more advanced and cosmopolitan goverments like the Federation, who have vastly more races working well together at their disposal, by sacrificing safety and redundancy. Still, except for militarily, where the Valcarians have an ability to compete to some extent, the Federation solidly outpaces the Valcarian Republic in all areas of technology.

 

Of the 3 military power houses in the Par’tha Expanse, the Valcarian are easily the strongest with a standing fleet of more than 7,800 military vessels. They also maintain the largest standing infantry with more than 36 million troops scattered across the entirety of their Republic.  

[[Category:Beta Quadrant Species]]