Orion Diaspora

(Second?) Orion Diaspora
INFORMATION
Quadrant(s):	Beta
Governments Involved:	Varies Various Orion Caju
Affected Systems:	Orion; Kolar, Botchok systems
Timeline:	First wave began around 208,100 BCE; concluded in 207,700 BCE
Status:	Concluded
Outcome:	Spread of the Orion civilization across the Borderlands; initiation of the Orion Dark Age; eventual rise of the First Thakolarivaj
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At a Glance

The Orion Diaspora is a series of immigrations, displacements and exiles which ultimately led to the colonization of the Borderland sectors by Orion civilization. It was not a single, mass event but happened over a series of centuries as the climate-fueled political turmoil on Orion forced poorer Caju to abandon territory that could no longer sustain their numbers, along with forced exiles of minorities and deportations by powerful corporations, influential Caju and an overburdened penal system. While many of the largest migrations were forced (such as the Partreidi Exile), some immigrations were voluntary. The Orions' reasons for leaving their homeworld were as myriad and complex as their species.

The Orion Diaspora is historically broken up into three major events, but exile and immigration from the home planet was sporadically constant throughout the timeline. It accelerated in the Third Wave as Orion's Ice Age set in and more wealthy Caju began to flee.

Precipitating Events

Climate Change

Resource Wars

Social Strife

Extreme Wealth Divide

"Vandi" Contact

Orions have legends of previous alien contacts just as many other civilizations do. But the first recognized, modern Orion contact with alien intelligence took place as Orion was grappling with "dirty fusion" as a power source. The species they contacted is unknown- and it most certainly contacted them. The Orions labeled them as "Vand" or "Vandi" - "foreign." The records have long since been obscured by 2,000 centuries of time, but it is likely that these aliens sought trade and resource exploitation from the Orions, and these aliens did not practice any kind of Prime Directive or hands-off approach to prewarp contact.

Technological Advances

Major Phases of Diaspora

Phase One: The Vondemi Schism

Vand Contact and the Vondemi

Banishment of the Xo-a Kulkaadi

Phase Two: The Partreidi and Qolaadi Wars

Qolaadi Banishment

Phase Three: Flight of the Tha'qadi

Minor Phases of Diaspora

Jeycidari Diaspora

Orion Two Venture

Xo-a Kulkaadi Moon Conflicts

Retaining Pax

Xueri and Fallendi Colonization of Chi Orionis

Koalai Failed Colonization of Tavar

The Tandi Resource Wars