Orion
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| Orion, Ur'eon | |
| INFORMATION | |
| Quadrant: |
Beta |
| Native System: | |
| Status: |
Extant |
| SOCIO-POLITICAL DATA | |
| Affiliations: |
Independent; Varies |
| BIOLOGICAL NOTES | |
| END OF BRIEFING | |
| Template:Species | |
At a Glance
The Orion species are native to a Rimward, Spinward series of sector straddling Klingon and Federation space: it is alternately referred to as The Borderlands, the Orion Neutrality, and the Orion Colonies. Individual Orions can be found throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants and sometimes seem ubiquitous in the seedier ports of call in the Klingon and Gorn borders of the Beta Quadrant.
While Orion merchants and tradesmen can be found across the Quadrant, they are most well known for their affiliation with piracy, slavery and the Orion Syndicate, a complex, ill-understood criminal cartel. Only a small percentage of Orions have any regular contact or affiliation with the Syndicate. It is a rare Orion, however, who does not at least know of someone who is affiliated.
As wide-ranging as individual Orions can be, as a species they are not pioneers and have little interest in either exploring or conquest. To most, their primary interest is the exchange of trade goods and services. While the Orions have institutions of higher learning, they are sometimes not well-regarded by Orions in general. The enduring stereotype of the Orion race is that they are treacherous, sybaritic, and decadent, preferring both violent bloodsports and uninhibited sexual pleasure. It is a pattern of assumption that individual Orions may embrace or combat freely, but most acknowledge the stereotype as having some truth to it. However, Orions are not monolithic- as a species they are extremely individualistic.
Orion neutrality and the Orion use of slavery are well-documented socio-political phenomena, both playing complex roles within different Orion cultures.
Anatomy & Physiology
Dietary Requirements
Sleep Requirements
Psychology
Cultural Notes
Cluros
Main Article: Orion Cluros