Exorna Regalis

## History

Originally settled in the early 15th Century, Exorna Regalis was the first world to be settled by the *Rothian Federation.* During this time, the Rothian civilisation was a representative capitalist democracy and the bountiful resources of Exorna Regalis made the colony an attractive opportunity for investors.

Almost completely unique from other Class-M worlds, Exorna Regalis completely lacks a molten core, meaning that planet has no active magnetic field. Instead, the interior of the planet contains a naturally-occurring variation of super-heated plasma which seems circulate harmlessly in the atmosphere, creating a colourless plasma field that protects life on the planet for harmful solar radiation.

This geological puzzle has been the subject of intense study by the Roth for hundreds of years, with the plasma providing a natural energy source for the inhabitants of the planet.

Exorna Regalis contains a dazzling variety of landscapes from grassy plains to swamps and jungles caused by the vast water-filled chasms beneath the planet's surface. As a result of the planet being completely uninhabited when the Roth arrived, vast corporations and private firms began to exploit the planet's resources.

Exorna Regalis did not play a major role during the *Wainara Riots* of 1905 or the formation of the Rothian Corporation and many of its colonists continued to enjoy a slow, pastoral existence on the surface while planetary development continued.

In 2001, many of the wealthiest Rothian citizens fled from the deteriorating conditions of Roth Prime to Exorna Regalis, causing a large population expansion on the surface of the planet, greatly expanding the number of cities and population centres on the surface.

At some point after, the largest city on the planet called *Vic'taris* (the Rothian word for *Victory*) became the planet's capital city.

In 2420, following the defeat of the Rothian Corporation by the United Commonwealth of Planets in the Roth/Strategos War, civil war broke out on the planet between several factions of the newly formed Rothian Union as recorded when the U.S.S. Callisto visited the planet in July 2420.

By August 2420, the U.S.S. Normandy arrived at the planet to investigate the poisoning of the Gloreen Commune and their home planet of Gloreen. The Normandy discovered that the planet had been completely conquered by the Aventis Empire during the brief Aventis/Roth War, in which the Aventis, another major power in the Zeta Quadrant and long standing enemies of the Rothian people had taken advantage of their disorganised state and invaded their territory.

As a result of this conflict, Exorna Regalis remained under Aventis occupation. The planet was later negioated by the Upper Galactic Alliance back into Rothian control in 2421.

The U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) of the Colonial Defence Force was believed destroyed in 2427, while attempting to protect Rothian Union transports from evacuating the planet during an invasion by the Aventis Empire. Despite this however, the Normandy survived and was teleported to the Immutis Pocket Universe where it tesseracted into a swamp on the planet's surface.

Exorna Regalis was brought back under Aventis control shortly after with *Empress Celia MacLowan,* travelling to the planet a few years later to receive genetic engineering from *Pu'rik Industries*, resulting in the unconventional birth of Osgar and Hild MacLowan.

The planet was annexed by the Aventis Empire in 2427 and later returned to the recently liberated Rothian Federation by Queen Hild MacLowan in 2452. In March 2453, the planet declared its independence from the Rothian state, seemingly frustrated with the administrative arm of the recovering Rothian government. However, some believe that Te'lrin Zenk of *Pu'rik Industries,* bought out governmental officials.