Orion

Species Information

Name: Orion 

Homeworld: Orion 

Federation Membership: Allied 

Ease of Writing: Difficult 

For Character Sheets 

You can design either a green or blue Orion. 

This species is allied with the Federation. If your character applied to Starfleet Academy before 2410, they will have required a letter of recommendation from a Starfleet officer ranked Commander or higher. If this was after 2410 (with the establishment of the Khitomer Alliance,) they could apply without the letter. Alternatively, your character can be an exchange officer or a total transfer from their home faction's forces. If you go with the latter, you must include why they chose to swap to Starfleet. 

For Roleplay

The use of Orion pheremones on other characters is not allowed. 

Timeline

When you're writing a KDF species there are some things you should consider in terms of lore. Here is information from the 24th Century onwards:

24th Century

• 2346: The Khitomer Massacre occurs

• 2367: A Klingon Civil War emerges

• 2372: The Klingon-Cardassian War begins; the Klingon Empire withdraws from the Khitomer Accords

• 2373: The Dominion War begins

  • The Klingon-Cardassian War ends; the Empire re-signs the Khitomer Accords

• 2389: The Klingon Empire launches war against Romulan space

  • The Gorn officially hire the Nausicaans

• 2390: The Gorn and Nausicaans launch attacks on Klingon space

• 2399: The Klingons are condemned by the Federation for actions in the war against the Gorn; the Klingon Empire then withdraws from the Khitomer Accords.

25th Century

• 2403: The Gorn Hegemony falls to the Klingon Empire

  • It is revealed that members of the Gorn leadership were Undine infiltrators

• 2405: The Federation refuses to withdraw civilians from the Hromi cluster; a new Federation-Klingon War begins

  • Nausicaan tribes form a non-aggression pact with the Klingon Empire

• 2409: The Fek’Ihri return to attack Qo’noS

  • The Klingon Empire attempt to use temporal technology to win the Klingon-Federation War

• 2410: Peace talks begin between the Klingons, Federation, and Romulans. At the same time, the Undine launch an attack on Earth Spacedock and Qo’noS. Qo’noS is saved by Starfleet, but the Iconians then murder multiple of the High Council

  • The Klingon-Federation War ends; the Jenolan Accord between the two and the Romulan Republic is signed

  • The Iconian War begins with an attack on New Romulus and Qo’noS

• 2411: Klingon Civil War begins due to the temporal return of J’UlaL’Rell is resurrected

  • A Fek’Ihri attack on Boreth begins but is halted by the Klingon Defense Force

  • The Khitomer Alliance defend J’Ula’s side of the war and assist in battle on Qo’noS

  • L’Rell is given chancellorship by J’Ula

  • The Khitomer Alliance helps to rebuild Qo’noS.

Further Reading 

Orion on Memory Alpha

Orion on the Star Trek Online Wiki

Orion Fantasy Name Generator