The Confederation
The Gorn
Confederation, in the form of a three-world union began
almost 290 years ago, assuming a present time in SFC of
year 175 SFB. At this time the Gorn world of Ghdar had
progressed to the point that they where beginning to
colonize their own star system and had sent out the
first manned mission to the closest neighboring star,
Geydar.
It should
be noted here how the home worlds of the Gorn are
situated. All three worlds orbit a red star; the three
red stars all exist within 1-½ light years of each
other. While not technically a triple star system, they
share some of the characteristics of such a system. As
all three systems orbit the galaxy, they also orbit each
other. Their position between the galactic arms made
them an astronomical curiosity but probes to them would
not be available for many years from other races due to
their remote location.
When the
first Ghdar ship reached Geydar the Gorn on the ship
where very surprised. Here was a race that was nearing a
major step forward into its industrial phase. (About
late 1890’s to early 1900’s human development terms.)
The Ghdar where so amazed at finding, what appeared to
be themselves that they threw caution to the wind and
made first contact immediately. Once the away team was
down and seemed to be accepted the ship made a rapid
return to Ghdar to report their findings. The political
climate on Ghdar at this time was a race united. The
Ghdar had in fact been united under a single king for
almost 1000 years at this point. The King of Ghdar
immediately declared Geydar a colony of his imperial
court and dispatched 4 overlords to take control of the
new colony. Now due to time this meant that it was
almost 3 years from the time that the first ship had
arrived until the second ship was launched. However the
second ship used a new propulsion system. The new
propulsion system was one of the early designs of warp
power. Due to high fuel consumption and large size this
drive was only produced in limited numbers and it was
not until a more advanced design, many years later,
which the Gorn stepped out of their triple star area of
space. This new ship was able to cover the 1.3
light-year journey in about 6 months.
During
this time things on Geydar had progressed much quicker
than anticipated. The Ghdar Gorn where received as
saviors and with more awe than was expected or actually
typical. It seemed that the anthropological skills of
the Geydar where far superior to the Ghdar. As such the
Geydar already knew they had been transplanted here. The
coming of the Ghdar was seen as the parents coming home
to reclaim the children. This helped a great deal in the
eventually subjugation of the Geydar world, since they
literally handed it over. In fact they where so eager to
help the Ghdar that by the time the next ship arrived,
the Geydar had pretty much united all their minor
nations and had begun work to adopt the Ghdar language.
At the
same time this was all occurring a second interstellar
ship had landed at Gihdahr. Again the Gorn arriving
where amazed to discover a race that was in essence
themselves. However the Gorn of Gihdahr where not as
advanced as the Geydar, having only really entered a
metal age stage of development.
The
meeting here was much less cordial than the one the Gorn
had met on Geydar. Here the Gorn where still very tribal
and warlike and the Gorn landers where met with mixed
reactions. Some felt they where invaders and fought them
to the bitter end. In fact one small tribe was wiped out
as they attempted to assault the Gorn lander. Others
took the arrival as Gods falling from heaven. To their
credit, the Gorn of Ghdar did not promote this view and
rather fought against it.
In the end
a larger Ghdar force was sent to take control of this
new colony and within 5 years of initial contact the two
additional worlds where under Ghdar control. For the
next 15 to 20 years the Gorn were ruled under the
leadership of the King of Ghdar. The abundance of
natural resources from Gihdahr where exploited and the
ready labor class of the Geydar used to refine the
resources. However the Gorn where in fact a benevolent
master. All the while their education system worked with
the two less developed worlds and the Gorn quickly moved
toward being a united people.
The first such step came
with the fall that any child would experience with a
first step. It seems that an examination of the Gorn
worlds by the Geydar
Anthropologists revealed that NONE of the Gorn where
native to their three worlds. In truth all three Gorn
species were planted on the planets they had known as
home. This caused quite a stir on Geydar, since they had
allowed themselves to be easily subjugated due to a
belief that the Gorn on Ghdar had a right to rule them.
This level of public dissention created a lot of
stirring within the Gorn Monarchy. It seems at this time
the Gorn of Geydar account for almost 50% of the total
Gorn population. As such an uprising by these Gorn could
and would succeed.
In a move
to head off this problem the King of Ghdar proposed a
new government be formed. One that showed the Gorn as
three people but one race. And so the Confederation was
born. Some early strife did exist, especially among the
nobles of Ghdar, but in the end a more representative
form of government won out.
Today the
Gorn have become a truly single race. When you realize
that many of the Gorn that where a part of the early
Confederation are still alive today this is truly
miraculous. Some social classing still exists but for
the most part it has been eliminated in the society. The
Grays of Ghdar tend toward political roles and science
pursuits. The Browns of Geydar are mostly in the
industrial and middle management roles. The Greens of
Gihdahr where at first the most warlike of the Gorn
races and still today occupy most of the positions in
Gorn Space Command.
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