Deridous IV
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Categories: Simulations | Planetary Bodies | Outposts | Colony
Created in June 2002, Deridous IV was a colony-based simulation founded around the crash site of the USS Lancelot. The sim was reinvented as the New Deridous simulation in 2007.
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[edit] Command Lineage
- 2002-2003 - Thomas Coonradt
- 2003-2003 - Justin Williamson
- 2003-2005 - Nick Gustavsson
- 2005-2006 - Michael Brittain
- 2006-2007 - Edward A. Davidson
[edit] Location
Fourth planet in the Deridous star system.
Terran Star designation: H 64356, 330 LY from Earth.
The Crossroads: A notorious and vast wasteland of space separating the Gorn Confederation; the Romulan Star Empire, Lyran Democratic Republic, Klingon Empire, and the edge of known space in the Alpha quadrant.
[edit] Planet Information
The planet itself is barely in the M class. It is completely covered by jungle. There are no real Oceans but plenty of lakes and rivers. There are mountains but they are rare. This planet apparently had a mild tectonic period that resulted in the lack of continental plates. It is more stable then perhaps any planet found and explored to date, another scientific wonder. As far as life there are literally gazillions of lifeforms on the planet. From bugs to the Fierce Gi-Ants. The cataloging of these species may take decades.
There are no advanced lifeforms beyond the Sloth-Monkeys however there is evidence of previous inhabitation in the form of ruins spread about the planet. These ruins are completely alien to any known culture and remain a mystery.
[edit] History
153,635 BC
156 thousand years ago, an advanced race inhabited the world known as Deridous IV. Their civilization spanned across the surface, and even seeded life on other worlds. So advanced were they that they thought they had become invulnerable: there was nothing their technology couldn't cure, solve, or resolve. Or so they thought.
A plague struck the civilization, tearing their culture apart. Carnage reigned, and piece by piece, the mighty race crumbled into the dust, its legacy lost within the jungles of Deridous IV for a hundred millennia.
2375
A group of Scientists discovered a New World absolutely teeming with life. This heavily Jungled world was the 4th planet in the Deridous system. This system contained 5 Planets and two large asteroid belts. The possibilities this planet offered for scientific research was too much to pass up. Another exciting aspect of this was its location on the very edge of Federation space in an area known of as the Crossroads.
To make things even more interesting in this area, several of the larger Orion Pirate cartels operate from the crossroads raiding frequently into the neighboring races. Finally, the Borg made use of this corridor of space to invade the Alpha quadrant; it was here that the Romulans fought their own version of Wolf 359 to much the same conclusion.
The Scientists settled this colony and prospered for about two months before they mysteriously disappeared. The USS Lancelot was tasked with finding out exactly why this colony had stopped all communications. As the Lancelot arrived it was targeted by saboteurs and crashed into the planet. The survivors established a base camp on a nearby ridge and waited for rescue. This took about three months in which time they discovered the reason for the disappearance of the colonists. They had inadvertently laid their colony on the breeding grounds of an insect like Creature dubbed Gi-Ants for their similarity to Terran Ants. These Gi-Ants averaged very similarly in size to Large Terran Bulls and did indeed resemble their six-legged namesakes from Earth. The Gi-Ants proved to be very territorial and killed every colonist.
Another species discovered on the planet was the Sloth Monkey. These creatures seemed very intelligent and it turned out that the main source of food for these creatures was the Gi-Ants. These Sloth monkeys were capable of using simple tools and seemed to have a fairly advanced family based society very similar to the African Gorilla. It is postulated that these creatures can communicate among themselves telepathically however Starfleet was unable to establish any communications with them.
As Lancelot's crew was rescued it was determined to establish a Starfleet Colony and forward base of operations for several reasons, chief of which was the desire to keep an eye on the Romulans. Another reason is because of the vast amount of Pirate activity in the system. Beyond that there is a vast amount of raw materials that could benefit many systems, and the sheer amount of scientific possibilities that a planet of this nature may provide.
2379
Federation colony established.
2383
An over-curious Sloth Monkey inadvertantly activates a Doomsday device created by 'Ancient' extremists as a counter to the plague. It had lain dormant, but its activation set into motion a predetermined chain of events. High-magnitude earthquakes have begun, the Guinevere Township shaken to its very core. No known ships are in range to mount a rescue, and Camp Lancelot - the only Starfleet presence in the system is no more - destroyed in seconds by a massive volcanic eruption.
A general evacuation was ordered, and the deadline for Deridous IV's destruction was set: 20 hours, and counting. In the end only approximately 10,000 citizens survived.
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