Objective:
Update the The Phods and their homeworld Ohara because it is long overdue.
Summary:
The Phods and their homeworld Ohara have not been substantially updated since the early 2010's, and in the case of the Phods themselves, not since shortly after the inception of the wiki. Although not numerous, they are a longstanding member of the Empire, and their homeworld is well within the core systems. A largely self-governing and autonomous protectorate, though they have Senate representation, the Phods had, at the time of the writing, a population of about six and a half billion by the species article, but a mere 50 million in the system article. They had a 20th Century Cold War-era technology level natively, and a similar geopolitical situation (much like the Kodians). Their first contact was with a crashed Nepleslian ship's crew, at this point going on about 175 years ago, and a religion came up around the captain's philosophies and teachings. Yamatai had given them advanced agricultural technology when they joined but strictly regulates the presence of other advanced technology, particularly weapons technology on the planet's surface, and limits contact between non-native Star Army personnel and natives, and what native personnel can talk about or take off the single base. Due to the religious status of humans among Phods, humans and human-looking species are very disruptive, drawing large and often unruly crowds.
Given that Ohara joined the Empire in the late YE20's, and we are now in the mid 40's, their technology would have advanced greatly, especially considering the Phods went from the equivalent of the early modern era to the equivalent of mid 20th century over less than a century before contact. The presence of Nepleslian technology and thought over nearly a century before that likely had significant influence on that, and even the limited advanced technology Yamatai has shared and the education to operate and maintain it would have had a profound effect over the last 18 IC years, as would the firm knowledge of the existence of examples of even more advanced tech in action, plus what inevitably slips from SAoY Phods among their families and spreads. It was mentioned that in the early 30's Ohara was exporting large amounts of food to help the effort against the Mishhuvurthyar.
Proposal:
Have a discussion among Yamatai FMs and interested players in the community about how the Phods would have developed on their own, culturally, politically, and technologically, and how outside events, despite how much Yamatai tries to insulate and protect thhe Phods from them, would have affected them. Do some roleplay about it. Update the wiki articles with the results for posterity. Reconcile the species and system articles. Encourage people to play Phods because they're adorable.
Note:
We need to remove relative time references like "about 60 years ago" and say something more like "about 32BYE" with a timeline link to the appropriate year (in this case, the BYE article).
Update the The Phods and their homeworld Ohara because it is long overdue.
Summary:
The Phods and their homeworld Ohara have not been substantially updated since the early 2010's, and in the case of the Phods themselves, not since shortly after the inception of the wiki. Although not numerous, they are a longstanding member of the Empire, and their homeworld is well within the core systems. A largely self-governing and autonomous protectorate, though they have Senate representation, the Phods had, at the time of the writing, a population of about six and a half billion by the species article, but a mere 50 million in the system article. They had a 20th Century Cold War-era technology level natively, and a similar geopolitical situation (much like the Kodians). Their first contact was with a crashed Nepleslian ship's crew, at this point going on about 175 years ago, and a religion came up around the captain's philosophies and teachings. Yamatai had given them advanced agricultural technology when they joined but strictly regulates the presence of other advanced technology, particularly weapons technology on the planet's surface, and limits contact between non-native Star Army personnel and natives, and what native personnel can talk about or take off the single base. Due to the religious status of humans among Phods, humans and human-looking species are very disruptive, drawing large and often unruly crowds.
Given that Ohara joined the Empire in the late YE20's, and we are now in the mid 40's, their technology would have advanced greatly, especially considering the Phods went from the equivalent of the early modern era to the equivalent of mid 20th century over less than a century before contact. The presence of Nepleslian technology and thought over nearly a century before that likely had significant influence on that, and even the limited advanced technology Yamatai has shared and the education to operate and maintain it would have had a profound effect over the last 18 IC years, as would the firm knowledge of the existence of examples of even more advanced tech in action, plus what inevitably slips from SAoY Phods among their families and spreads. It was mentioned that in the early 30's Ohara was exporting large amounts of food to help the effort against the Mishhuvurthyar.
Proposal:
Have a discussion among Yamatai FMs and interested players in the community about how the Phods would have developed on their own, culturally, politically, and technologically, and how outside events, despite how much Yamatai tries to insulate and protect thhe Phods from them, would have affected them. Do some roleplay about it. Update the wiki articles with the results for posterity. Reconcile the species and system articles. Encourage people to play Phods because they're adorable.
Note:
We need to remove relative time references like "about 60 years ago" and say something more like "about 32BYE" with a timeline link to the appropriate year (in this case, the BYE article).
