Tholian Assembly: Difference between revisions

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Full name: Great Castemoot Assembly of Tholia (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
Center of government: Tholia
Population largely comprised of Tholians
Spans Alpha and Beta Quadrants (VAN; TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- Space borders Taurus Reach (VAN)
- Near to Romulan space (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
  - By planet killer on course for Tholian space near Borg encounter

Antiquity: The First Assembly is gathered (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- Predates the establishment of the Klingon Empire as an interstellar nation c.14th century by text
c.18th century: Tholian Assembly begins exploratory expansion into surrounding space, with the singular exception of the Shedai Sector, whose transit is barred by the Laws of the First Assembly (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- Date conjecture; described as "several hundred generations" ago, with estimated Tholian lifespan of 6-8 months
November 16, 2152: First contact with United Earth via the Enterprise NX-01 (ENT: "Future Tense")
2232: War threatened between Federation and the Tholian Assembly following a firefight in the Corwin system (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
- Averted upon withdrawal of Tholians into their own space (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
c.2255: The Assembly prepares to repel Klingon encroachment into the Shedai Sector (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- 17 generations prior to early October 2265, or approximately 120 months
Late December 2366: Federation overtures requesting aid to fend off Borg attack at Wolf 359 are rejected. (TNG Novel: Vendetta)

Led by the Ruling Conclave of the Political Castemoot (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- Members known as High Magistrates (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
- Government rules both over the Tholian Assembly and the Tholian Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- Decisions made within a subsection of the Political Castemoot SubLink of the Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
Founding principles of the Assembly were established by the First Assembly, the first generation of High Magistrates in the distant past (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
- Known as the Laws of the First Assembly (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
Annexed neighboring star systems occupied by humanoids are relegated to second-tier citizens, socially below even the lowest caste of Tholian (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
- Such territories normally positioned as servile provinces (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)

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 * c.18th century: Tholian Assembly begins exploratory expansion into surrounding space, with the singular exception of the [[Taurus Reach|Shedai Sector]], whose transit is barred by the Laws of the First Assembly (VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
 ** ''Date conjecture; described as "several hundred generations" ago, with estimated Tholian lifespan of 6-8 months''
+* November 16, 2152: First contact with [[United Earth]] via the [[Enterprise NX-01]] (ENT: "Future Tense")
 * 2232: War threatened between [[Federation]] and the Tholian Assembly following a firefight in the [[Corwin]] system (TNG Novel: ''A Time for War, A Time for Peace'')
 ** Averted upon withdrawal of Tholians into their own space (TNG Novel: ''A Time for War, A Time for Peace'')