Mestiko

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Facts

  • Primary: Hertex
    • System name: Hertex III (MA Short Story: "The Darkness Drops Again")
  • Inhabitants: Payav
  • Two moons (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
  • Nation
    • Antiquity - 2265: Non-unified (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • 2265 - 2283 - : Unified (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")

History

  • c.2190: A devastating global conflict comes to an end, leading to the formation of the Zamestaad. (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
  • Early 2264: Mestiko becomes warp-capable following the launch of an experimental FTL vessel from the nation of Gelta. Its warp signature is detected by a passing Andorian passenger transport
    • Team of first contact specialists embed themselves by mid 2264 as a prelude to official contact. (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
  • January 2265: The detection of approaching rogue pulsar PSR 418-D/1015.3 leads to an accelerated contact time-table in efforts at averting the pending global catastrophe. (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
  • July 2265: The majority of radiation from passing PSR 418-D/1015.3 is blocked through efforts of the USS Enterprise; though over a billion Payav were killed in the disaster, planetary extinction was averted. (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")

Political Structure

  • Zamestaad established c.2190 (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Three Payav generations prior to 2265 per text
    • Initially a global security council devoted to averting wars (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
      • Seats held by individual councillors, representatives of each Mestiko nation (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Established following a devastating world conflict (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Following devastation of the Pulse, became de facto global government body (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")

Locations

Surface

  • Nations
    • Gelta (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
      • Capital: Yabapmat (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
        • First established as capital c.1260 (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
          • Thirty-eight Payav generations prior to 2265 per text, Payav generation ~25 years per other sources
      • Head of state: First Consul (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Larenda (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
      • Executive
        • Divided into councils (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
          • Atmospheric and Astronomic Council (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
      • Legislative
        • Larandan Convocation (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
          • Three hundred members (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
          • Individual members known as Servants (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
            • Full title is "Servant <personal name>" (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
          • Led by Presiding Servant (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")

Indigenous Life

Plant

  • Noggik tree (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Incredibly culturally significant to Larenda (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Rendered near-extinct following the effects of PSR 418-D/1015.3 (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")