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The advent of the plague has shifted the balance of culture and technology between Brekka and Ornara. Brekka's entire scientific and technological resources are geared to producing felicium pills, which are then traded with Ornara for all necessities and the additional comfort that allow the Brekkians to live a pampered life. | The advent of the plague has shifted the balance of culture and technology between Brekka and Ornara. Brekka's entire scientific and technological resources are geared to producing felicium pills, which are then traded with Ornara for all necessities and the additional comfort that allow the Brekkians to live a pampered life. | ||
While this comfortable standard of living gives the Brekkians a veneer of sophistication and refinement, it barely masks the arrogance and contempt they have for the people they exploit. It has also resulted in a stagnant society, where | While this comfortable standard of living gives the Brekkians a veneer of sophistication and refinement, it barely masks the arrogance and contempt they have for the people they exploit. It has also resulted in a stagnant society, where there is no reason to progress from a situation where all their requirements and wishes are provided by others. | ||
Generations of drug addiction resulted in loss of intelligence and technical knowledge, and by 2364, the Ornarans no longer had the ability to maintain their interplanetary freighters that they needed to transport felicium from Brekka to Ornara. As a result, the freighter Sanction was destroyed above Brekka when a drive-coil malfunction made it impossible for the ship to maintain a stable orbit. Although the malfunction was fairly minor, the Ornarans' technical ignorance made the problem disastrous. | Generations of drug addiction resulted in loss of intelligence and technical knowledge, and by 2364, the Ornarans no longer had the ability to maintain their interplanetary freighters that they needed to transport felicium from Brekka to Ornara. As a result, the freighter Sanction was destroyed above Brekka when a drive-coil malfunction made it impossible for the ship to maintain a stable orbit. Although the malfunction was fairly minor, the Ornarans' technical ignorance made the problem disastrous. | ||
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The Ornarans, along with the Brekkians, requested Federation assistance in repairing their remaining ships, but [[ma:USS Enterprise-D|USS Enterprise-D]] Captain [[ma:Picard, Jean-Luc|Jean-Luc Picard]] declined to render aid, citing [[ma:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]] considerations. Soon after the Enterprise-D left, the Ornarans went through a painful withdrawal period. | The Ornarans, along with the Brekkians, requested Federation assistance in repairing their remaining ships, but [[ma:USS Enterprise-D|USS Enterprise-D]] Captain [[ma:Picard, Jean-Luc|Jean-Luc Picard]] declined to render aid, citing [[ma:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]] considerations. Soon after the Enterprise-D left, the Ornarans went through a painful withdrawal period. | ||
Now they are struggling to try and regain all the knowledge and technical skills they lost over 2 centuries of enforced slavery to an intense drug addiction. | Now, they are struggling to try and regain all the knowledge and technical skills they lost over 2 centuries of enforced slavery to an intense drug addiction. | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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===Electrical Discharge=== | ===Electrical Discharge=== | ||
Just like the Brekkians, they have the unique ability to provide a limited electrical discharge from the hands. However this does produce a great strain to the individual discharging the electricity. On the other hand it can incapacitate the unwary. | Just like the Brekkians, they have the unique ability to provide a limited electrical discharge from the hands. However, this does produce a great strain to the individual discharging the electricity. On the other hand, it can incapacitate the unwary. | ||
===Ornaran plague=== | ===Ornaran plague=== | ||
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==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
Originally they were an intelligent, resourceful and creative people. However due to | Originally, they were an intelligent, resourceful and creative people. However due to two centuries of intense drug addiction it is no wonder that the creative and intelligent aspect seems to have been stifled and some believe permanently damaged. | ||
Federation experts are intently observing their post drug addiction recovery in the hopes that it may help shed some light on the long term adverse effects of drug addiction. | Federation experts are intently observing their post drug addiction recovery in the hopes that it may help shed some light on the long term adverse effects of drug addiction. | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Due to the effects of the felicium, the Ornarans dropped all religious concerns. It's unknown whether or not they have been able to rebuild any religious beliefs in the wake of their recovery from | Due to the effects of the felicium, the Ornarans dropped all religious concerns. It's unknown whether or not they have been able to rebuild any religious beliefs in the wake of their recovery from two centuries of intense drug addiction. However, based on what little data has been available it does not seem likely that they have or even will attempt to do so. | ||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
Due to | Due to two centuries of intense drug addiction many computer records and other historical data have been lost. This is mainly due to their slow regression and failure to maintain, repair or build newer computers or data storage devices. | ||
As a result the only historical and mythological records to survive are those that were still available in some kind of primitive, none technological form. | As a result the only historical and mythological records to survive are those that were still available in some kind of primitive, none technological form. | ||
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After two centuries of intense drug addiction, very few old traditions and productions of art and music survived. For that matter all of the various artistic art forms have been abandoned and what little art they have left is that which the Brekkians deemed to be unfit for trade. All creative pieces are new, produced by young Ornarans during the last few decades. Creative and artistic expression through music, dance and visual arts is slowly returning. | After two centuries of intense drug addiction, very few old traditions and productions of art and music survived. For that matter all of the various artistic art forms have been abandoned and what little art they have left is that which the Brekkians deemed to be unfit for trade. All creative pieces are new, produced by young Ornarans during the last few decades. Creative and artistic expression through music, dance and visual arts is slowly returning. | ||
In fact, many Ornaran cultures are being | In fact, many Ornaran cultures are being led forward by younger Ornarans who were only considered secondary victims to the dark age, witness to parental felicium addiction but saved from such pain themselves. With this experience, they are generally an accepting culture, happy to provide what assistance they can for reforming addicts from all species and cultures - the planet itself has become somewhat of a retreat from such lifestyles.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-invicta/TyBxq6PJN6I/EZiEVD8kBgAJ ''"Running out of paddles."''], LtCmdr S.Blake, {{USS|Invicta}}, SD 239309.27</ref> | ||
==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||
Just as with culture they allowed their customs to wither and die due to their | Just as with culture they allowed their customs to wither and die due to their two centuries of intense drug addiction. As a result, they currently do not seem to remember or care to try and recreate those customs that were documented in the past. This may be due to the fact that most of those records did not survive the slow deterioration of all their high tech data storage systems. | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
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==Federation Intelligence Files== | ==Federation Intelligence Files== | ||
The Delos system contains two inhabited planets: Ornara, the third planet from the sun, and its outer neighbor, Brekka. Both planets are inhabited by a race that is humanoid in appearance. The Delos system's sun is relatively unstable and is prone to periodic violent magnetic field changes producing gigantic and intense solar flares. It is speculated that the proximity of the unstable magnetic field is responsible for the innate ability of the Brekkians and the Ornarans to generate powerful electrical charges. These charges are easily capable of stunning humans, although races with similar | The Delos system contains two inhabited planets: Ornara, the third planet from the sun, and its outer neighbor, Brekka. Both planets are inhabited by a race that is humanoid in appearance. The Delos system's sun is relatively unstable and is prone to periodic violent magnetic field changes producing gigantic and intense solar flares. It is speculated that the proximity of the unstable magnetic field is responsible for the innate ability of the Brekkians and the Ornarans to generate powerful electrical charges. These charges are easily capable of stunning humans, although races with similar abilities seem better able to withstand the effects. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||