History and Culture

FROM PREHISTORY TO MODERN DAY

Unlike early human scavengers, it is highly speculated that we evolved from the natural predators of our home world. Our hunting skills were so advanced that our food-supply was facing extinction due to our growing population. Because of this, similar to humans, we learned how to cultivate food. We became aware, in these early stages of development, that our environment was fragile. Our enlightenment was not spiritual, it was ecological. The ages that would follow bore many naturalists who promoted a new lifestyle, one that would allow us to become one with our natural surroundings. Our desire to understand the natural world brought forth an era of discovery. From environmentalism was born genetics and we began mapping the blueprints of life. In turn, naturalist organizations were established to safeguard our ecosystem. Due to our independent nature, the concept of governmental control was never formulated. Our matriarchs made their transition from tribal leaders to Earth Mothers and it became their responsibility to ensure that nature remained untainted. We soon made contact with an alien species who visited our world during the known height of our civilization. We tolerated their presence and allowed them to established trade with us. Throughout the years, our interactions increased drastically and we eventually entered an alliance with them. It was also brought to our attention that this off-world species felt our knowledge in ecology could assist them in salvaging their failing ecosystem and requested our presence aboard a galactic expedition. Seeing this as an opportunity to examine the natural habitats of distant worlds, many of us left our homes. Most of us had no idea that we would never return. The Great Divide would leave us stranded on various planets, including Earth.

SOCIETY AND CULTURE

We were born in a matriarchal society, meaning that our mothers were the undisputed source of authority and wisdom. Our fathers were polygamous but often supportive of all their heirs. We were born free and there were no laws, other than what nature dictated. It was through nature that we found honor. Because of this, we came to aggressively support freedom, equality and tolerance. From our perspective, to stand against these natural rights was to stand against life itself. Any opposing claims and/or conflicts of interest were settled through combat (natural selection). The ritual of combat itself was observed by everyone (male and female) regardless of condition, age and/or purpose. However, combat did not always result in death. While we agreed that nature embodied both benevolent and destruction qualities, we had the utmost respect for living things and their desire to survive. In this, we had developed a primitive form of compassion. Our lives were often marked with personal honors and achievements in contributing to the longevity of our species and its ecosystem. However, we never directly compared the worth of any two individuals. Forms of indirect worth were often determined during our courtship rituals, since the female was the one to initiate the relations, not the male. Unlike humans, we have no sense of gender or sexual orientation. Intimacy was often shared between members of the same sex. Intercourse could be viewed as both personal and impersonal, being the sole means of reproduction. Regardless of the circumstances, the primary focus of such interactions was pleasure.

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