The Colony

The Colony is an alternate chakat-themed setting, created by V. Ducain, and independent from the primary Chakat Universe.
It can be considered a "realism setting", because it features characters familiar with current real-world technology and events... and some of the characters are familiar with Bernard Doove's stories, and related stories from the internet.
== Story premise ==
The story begins with some 522 unsuspecting people boarding a modified Boeing 747-400, to return to America from some hostile unnamed South American country.  In the middle of their flight, a sleeping gas puts them all out.
When they awake, they have all been transformed into chakats and left on an alien planet, without any technology at all, and only their wits and the advantages of their new (and rejuvenated) bodies to survive.  What follows is their efforts to retain their technical know-how, survive the challenges of their new home, and adapt to the unfamiliarity of their chakat bodies.
== Original Colonists ==
Adults:
*Amber  (Amberlynn)
*Autumnleaves
*Blackmane
*Black Stripe  (Machinist Mate First Class John Kidd)
*Blacky
*Blue
*Blue Eyes
*Conrad
*Copperhead
*David Millhouse
*Colonel Deering
*DiVargin  (Doctor Raymond Di Vargin... later, "Honey Tongue")
*Elizabeth
*Evens  (Sarge Evens)
*Fargone
*Fastpaws
*Faststep
*Pilot Folson
*Goldeneye
*Helen Millhouse
* Hotfoot  (Zachary Paul Gates)
*Jamie
*Jill
*Jo-jo
*Kate
*Kathrine  (Katherine Kawaguchi)
*Kathy  (Kathy Renshaw)
*Doc Lu Ming
*Louise  (Louise Bridger)
*Margaret
*May  (May Parker)
*Megan
*Night Runner
*Pitty-Pat  (Corporal William Patterson)
*Purrsia
*Ramirez  (Sergeant Ramirez)
*Red Foot
*Rodney  (Rodney Davies)
*Rosie
*Selkie
*Silver Streak
*Chaplain Simmons
*Spotter
*Sungazer
*Talaina
*Taurger
*Tigris
*Two Step
*Valeria
*Van Peer  (Heinrich "Henry" Van Peer)
*Walker  (Jason Walker)
*Wane
*Weaver
*White Tip  (Michael Smith)
*Wind Runner
*Wintry
*Doctor Wong
*Zandora  (Master Gunnery Sergeant Zander Brown)
Cubs:
*Black Tail  (Brandy Wilson, age 13, orphaned)
*Buffy  (Buffy Corbin, age 14, orphaned)
*Darrin  (Darrin Renshaw, infant)
*Jay  (Jay Corbin, age 4, orphaned)
*Loopy
*Melissa  (Melissa Wilson, age 6, orphaned)
*Randal  (Randal Corbin, age 17, orphaned)
*Smoke  (Brian, age ~13)
*Terry
*Valerie  (Valerie Avagondin, age 16, orphaned)
*Whisp  (Michelle)
== Descendants ==
*Lily
*Moth
*Orchid
*Starshine
== Story Links ==
*The Colony, by V. Ducain
*Taurger by the Tale, by Wayne Cook
*Lessons, by V. Ducain
*In Search of Identity, by Bernard Doove
*The Loner, by Bernard Doove
*Gazing, by Allen Billings
*A Letter From Cinderflurry, by Charles L. Honeycutt
*Campfire Xenobiology, by Charles L. Honeycutt
*Interlude in the Dispensary, by Verina Du'Arden
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