Curresik

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Curresik (Fremmon IV)
Astronomical Location
Quadrant Alpha
System Fremmon
Physical Characteristic
Classification M
Equatorial Radius 6,254km
Polar Radius 6,231km
Surface Gravity 1.04 OEM
Rotational Period 24.8 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 378 Earth Days
Moons Seven
Additional Information
Affiliation Various
Native Race(s) Curresa
Population 7.1 Billion
  [Source]


Curresik is a highly fraught planet, which has only recently (in galactic terms) gained access to warp drive, currently sitting on the brink of a Warp 1.5 capable drive. The planet is a highly unusual in that it managed to achieve this stage of development without the traditional step of developing the atom bomb.

It is also distinguished in that it joins one of the few planets in the galaxy that achieved warp capability whilst still fragmented into nation states, joining others such as Earth with that somewhat doubtful honour.

Curresik comprises of three large continents, the Northern continent, which occupies most of the North Eastern hemisphere of Curresik named Araline by its inhabitants, a central continent which stradles the western and eastern hemispheres, named Curissa by its inhabitants and a third southerly continent, predominantly in the Western Hemipshere named Okinol by its inhabitants.

The three continents are linked by a large number of small islands similar to those of the Pacific Ocean on Earth, which surround the central continent and are generally considered to run from East to West diagonally, whilst on the opposite side of the planet a large ocean, devoid of all landmasses separates Okinol and Araline, usually termed the Connecting Isles, or Connectors in the common Curresan vernacular.

It is, given the geography not surprising that the Three continents game to produce three large and largely united power blocs in geo-political terms. These are all focused around a continent each with the Northern being controlled by the People's Republic of Araline, which identifies with a far left ideology roughly analogous with Communist style movements of other worlds. The Central, the largest ex-colonial power, due in part to it's large maritime superiority which enabled it to colonise the Connecting Isles is controlled by the Kingdom of Currissa, a constitutional monarchy which is the most democratic and free of the three and also the nation with the best relations with the Federation. In the South, the Republic of Okinol, controlled by a political party termed the Neo-Republicans, a far right party holds sway.

History

Curressik was a largely peaceful world until well after most planets have devolved into state on state warfare. This was in part due to the fact that weaponry was not developed until well into the planets equivalent of the Medieval Era. The Curressans developed a highly adapated physique since unlike most races, developed from Simians or Reptiles, the Curressans developed from a large predator mammal, which sat at the top of the food chain, known as the Soukar, meaning that apart from other less evolved forms of Soukar, they were able to dominate their environment, indeed this meant that until the usual population boom associated with industrialisation, traditional agriculture was primitive at best.

Fortunately when industrialisation came, the Curresans had developed the usual Omnivore's abilities, leading to farming being implemented slowly and stutteringly, to provide food after over hunting of animals lead to mass starvation on both Araline and Okinol, only Currissa with an abundant supply of fish, staved off starvation. This does however explain why Currissa remained stable whilst Araline and Okinol swung to diametrically opposed ends of the political spectrum.

The growth of these political doctrines and their eventual adoption lead to the polarisation of geo-politics, with both Araline and Okinol attempting to spread their ideologies, with the unfortunate Currissa being trapped in the middle, the only location into which the two could expand. During the period termed as the "Modern Era" by outside observers, present in a covert capacity from the beginning of the "Religous era" in the form of Vulcan and later Federation observation units, war became commonplace and despite it having taken the Curresans nearly twenty thousand years to concieve of bladed weapons and bows and arrows, they showed a remarkable aptitude for warfare and as the warfare increased, Currissa was threatened by both Araline and Okinol as well as rebel groups from both factions within it's own borders, which meant that by the time Currissa developed warp drive, it had lost most of it's colonial edifices in the connecting islands and even the main continent of Currissa was under threat.

This was until the space race, as the post-warp colonisation boom was termed. Currissa was blessed with five habitable moons, an unusual number for an M class planet, of which Currissa colonised one and Araline and Okinol colonised two each. This did for a period cease hostilities and enabled the Federation to establish ties and trade with them all, however eventually hostilities planetside broke out again in 2385. The short war lasted just six weeks before the Federation brokered a ceasefire agreement, which committed them to deploying a substantive peacekeeping force to ensure free and fair self-determination plebiscites and to ensure that the Ceasefire was kept intact. The elements began to be trained in Federation for the deployment and Federation monitors and even larger diplomatic contingents were deployed, when another crisis broke out.

This one was precipitated by the sudden outbreak of a plague in Currissa, which rapidly spread to both Araline and Okinol, with a horrendous casualty rate, nearly 99% of those infected died of the disease and within weeks millions had perished and the three nations were again on the brink of war. With the Peacekeeping force not yet ready to deploy, Starfleet deployed a stopgap to prevent things spiralling out of control and to tame the outbreak and so the USS Andoria, freshly commissioned was deployed, with additional medical elements recalled to be sent to Curresik.