Orion Colonies

Orion Colonies
Basic Information
Major Species	Orion
Homeworld(s)	Orion (Beta Orionis IV) Vondem (Beta Orionis II) Kolar (Beta Rigel VI) Botchok (Mu Rigel VIII)
Official Language(s)	Orion Standard, Vondem
Official Currency	Gold-Pressed Latinum
Political Information
Governance Type	Orion: Federal Republic (Independent) Vondem: Trade Confederacy (Federation Member) Kolar: Imperial Monarchy (Independent) Botchok: Decentralized Clans (Klingon Subject)
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The Orion Colonies consists of an area of space encompassing several dozen stars. Among them are fourteen inhabitable systems. Formerly called the "Borderlands," the Orion Colonies was once an area of wild space between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.

Largely subsumed by those two powers by the end of the twenty-fourth century, the Orion Colonies retain a distinct flavor from both the Klingon Empire and the Federation. These worlds are what remain of what was once a much larger string of Orion colonies and settlements. In ancient Antiquity, these star systems made up the core worlds of successive Orion Empires.

Associated Worlds

The Orion Colonies straddle both Federation and Klingon space and the Orions no longer value the idea of a cohesive "Orion State." A "member" of the Orion Colonies is a misnomer- it only means that it is a star system that falls within this area of space. These worlds, thousands of years ago, were under a series of common governments.

Orion (Beta Orionis IV)

Orion is considered to be the original homeworld of the Orion species and is governed by the Orion Free States. An independent world, Orion did not have a unified world government until the 2370s, although an international organisation known as the Orion Union - comprised of the majority of Orion's nation states - had existed since at least the 22nd century. Like its predecessor, the Orion Free States places a strong emphasis on its own independence and diplomatic neutrality in interplanetary affairs. It was not until 2375, after the formation of the Orion Free States, that slavery was officially outlawed on Orion.

Vondem (Beta Orionis II)

Vondem was the first Orion colony established outside of the homeworld. Vondem became the world where the Orions were most comfortable allowing aliens to interact with them. Orions, to this day, are deeply choosy about which species they wish to make contact with. Vondem was an interface world, a place they viewed as hopelessly polluted by alien traders, politics, and ideas- but it kept them away from the Orion homeworld. It is the only world of the former Empires that have accepted Federation affiliation.

Kolar (Beta Rigel VI)

Kolar, called Beta Rigel, is an independent star system that rests on the Federation side of the former Borderlands. Of the major worlds in the Orion Colonies, it can claim to be the most common "capitol." Up until 2394, Kolar was the last remaining vestige of the Twelfth and final Orion Empire.

Botchok (Mu Rigel VIII)

Botchok is under presumptive Klingon control, having been occupied by the Empire sometime before the Praxis explosion. In orbit of Botchok is a Klingon station with a Klingon garrison, but their warriors seldom set foot on Botchok itself any longer. The Botchoki never explicitly gave the Klingons any reason to fear insurrection and have worked to maintain a separate society that pays the Empire its annual tribute in return for relative autonomy.

In Play

• Slavery:
• Pheremones:
• Orion Free Traders:
• Orion Syndicate:

External Information

• Orion at Memory Alpha
• Orion (planet) at Memory Alpha
• Orion Free Traders at Memory Alpha
• Orion Syndicate at Memory Alpha