Onlies

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Official UFPDOCA Colony Entry: Onlies

• Colony Name: Onlies (Indigenous Name: Earth)
• Creator:
  • Original Basis: Gene Roddenberry
  • Post-TOS Development: Art Damon

GEOGRAPHY

• System/Location: UFC 347601
• Distance to Nearest Starbase: One Terran Week from Starbase Four. (Two Days from Subspace Relay Post 25-01)
• Planet Classification: Class M
• Satellites/Space Stations: One Satellite (Indigenous Name: Moon), One Space Station (Skylab, currently being rebuilt.)
• Land/Water Ratio: 30/70 (Earth Standard)
• Climate Controlled: No.
• Native Sentient Life: Yes.

COLONY INFORMATION

• Colony Age (approximate): 90 Earth Years (Note: The indigenous sentient humans have been in place for approx. 6,800 yrs.)
• Population (approximate):
  • 10,500 Natives (Onliesians)
  • 200,000 Fed. Colonists
• Species Present: Human (Less than 5% minority of other Federation races.)
• Colony Status: UFP Colony (Note: The colony has been under UFP guidance for almost a century, and there are many parties striving for independance.)
• Government: Colonial Governorship (Note: The current governor [RADM Nancy Montague (Ret.)] was appointed by the UFP almost 20 Terran years ago, and she is currently considering handing the colony over to the Onliesians. This is currently under UFPDOCA review.)
• Major Cities/Settlements: San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Moscow... (Note: Due to the unusual circumstances of the planet itself, most of the planet's major cities match those of 20th century Terra.)

History

The planet's history corresponded exactly with Terra's exactly until the late 20th century, when a filterable virus of the order 2250-67A was released into the atmosphere by the inhabitants as part of a "Life Prolongation" program. The original program hoped that for every 100 years of real time that passed, the inhabitants would age only one month.

However, an unforseen error occured, and the virus wiped out a majority of the population. The only ones spared were the planet's children, or rather, all that had not reached puberty. These children were given lifespans on the order of 350 years, and a clan system of order developed.

Things remained this way until the 23rd century, when the USS ENTERPRISE tracked a homing signal from the planet. The signal was set by the last remaning adults, and the ENTERPRISE arrived to find the San Franciso clan of children, under the shared leadership of "Miri" and "Jahn", two of the aged children. It was there that Doctor Leonard McCoy discovered and catalogued the virus, and also discovered what had killed the adults

The hormonal balance of the youth allowed the virus to do its work, but when it entered the bloodstream of adults, the hormonal balance mutated the virus, actually accelerating the aging process and killing the victim by extreme leprosy and pain.

A cure for the virus was found, and the planet was placed under UFP protection. However, recent science has found that the virus (having resided in the Onliesian's bloodstreams for over 300 years) has permenantly altered their DNA, slowing their aging process, despite the fact that there is no trace of the virus left in their systems.

The Onliesians are concidered the "Children of the UFP", and there is currently only one Onliesian in Starfleet.

Economy

UFP Credit System (Although some underground movements still use the older bartering.)

Tech Level

• Colonized Areas: Modern
• Areas Yet To Be Colonized: Late 20th Century

Culture

The Onliesian culture has been undergoing a change within the past ten years. However, in the beginning, the Onliesians were just as many would expect them to be: A rebelious group of "children" that were used to their freedom, and resisted the UFP when they came to organize the planet.

Almost immediately, underground societies and resistance movements formed. The sole surviving group, "Only Onlies", is lead by the infamous "Jahn", the Onliesian who resisted James Kirk and his crew. This group does make for some security and social problems, but the majority of the "Onlies" have matured considerably. This makes for interesting tourist visits-- one can be approached by an apperent 10-year-old and spoken to with the quiet wisdom of a being centuries old.

The planet does have religion, although it has only really grown in the past twenty years. Called the "Hero Worship", it focuses mostly on the Triune God ideal, but also that all of the planet's "good" heroes are agents of God, sent to do his work. They are held in a high regard-- more than the saints of Roman Catholocism, but less than the many gods of the Ancient Romans.

The UFPDOCA reccomends this planet for tourists andarchaeologists interested in vintage late 20th Century Terran architecture.

=Notes

UFC 347601 and its system of ten planets are physically indistinguishable from the Sol system in every measurable parameter. The mass, size, orbital speed, and even color of every planet in the system is identical to its counterpart in Sol. The third planet, once called "Earth" by its inhabitants, has been renamed Onlies by the Federation.

Onlies is an exact duplicate of Terra, right down to its continental configurations. The very existance of the planet and its system holds uncertain ramifications for both the scientific and religious communities on Terra. One theory holds that the system is a result of a massive tear in the space-time continuum through which, at some point long ago, the Sol system passed, resulting at replication at the sub-atomic level. The Judeo-Christian line of thought implies a simultaneous, seperate creation by God.