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To sustain life, a community of approximately eight thousand Trill resides in a sealed facility called "The Ring"; an insulated, thick-walled structure built into the side of a (mostly) dormant volcano, encircling it in its entirety and extending out for a kilometer in all directions. Energy and warmth are harvested from the rich magma veins that run below the "town", with the people there living a modest, simple, rural life below the thick, insulated roof of their facility. | To sustain life, a community of approximately eight thousand Trill resides in a sealed facility called "The Ring"; an insulated, thick-walled structure built into the side of a (mostly) dormant volcano, encircling it in its entirety and extending out for a kilometer in all directions. Energy and warmth are harvested from the rich magma veins that run below the "town", with the people there living a modest, simple, rural life below the thick, insulated roof of their facility. | ||
Secretive even by Trill standards, Ring culture is sometimes referred to as a "cult", with uncharitable parallels made to Earth luddites or neo-primitive philosophy. Sometimes wild claims are made about the local religion, including human sacrifices (with the poor unlucky "chosen ones" being hurled into the volcano), conspiracies about being "anti-joining", or even stranger claims. The truth is much more mundane: the inhabitants of The Ring simply want to be left alone to lead a simple life, and their religion is (these days) little more than folk traditions that grew out of worshipping "fire gods". They are secular and peaceful, and while they ''prefer'' to eat food they've grown themselves rather than replicating it, and while they often possess sometimes strange skills such as brewing or | Secretive even by Trill standards, Ring culture is sometimes referred to as a "cult", with uncharitable parallels made to Earth luddites or neo-primitive philosophy. Sometimes wild claims are made about the local religion, including human sacrifices (with the poor unlucky "chosen ones" being hurled into the volcano), conspiracies about being "anti-joining", or even stranger claims. The truth is much more mundane: the inhabitants of The Ring simply want to be left alone to lead a simple life, and their religion is (these days) little more than folk traditions that grew out of worshipping "fire gods". They are secular and peaceful, and while they ''prefer'' to eat food they've grown themselves rather than replicating it, and while they often possess sometimes strange skills such as brewing or ice carving, Ringers use communicators and holograms and replicators and computers and drilling phasers just like everyone else. | ||
Agriculture plays a crucial part in Ring life. Plants fill every corridor and almost every available space in most rooms and sections, heavily favouring plants that can be eaten or produce seeds, berries, or roots that can be eaten, with the green playing both an important role in providing food, morale, and also clean, warm, fresh air. Experts at growing plants in areas of dim light and poor soil, an average Ringer can coax green into almost any space, no matter how inhospitable. Accordingly, Ringers tend to hold botany in high regard and consider cooking food made from one's own plants to be a noble, "down to earth" endeavor. | Agriculture plays a crucial part in Ring life. Plants fill every corridor and almost every available space in most rooms and sections, heavily favouring plants that can be eaten or produce seeds, berries, or roots that can be eaten, with the green playing both an important role in providing food, morale, and also clean, warm, fresh air. Experts at growing plants in areas of dim light and poor soil, an average Ringer can coax green into almost any space, no matter how inhospitable. Accordingly, Ringers tend to hold botany in high regard and consider cooking food made from one's own plants to be a noble, "down to earth" endeavor. | ||