Earth
Earth, or Maa, is the home-planet of the Human race in the Star Wreck universe.
Background[edit | edit source]
Earth is a rocky planet, the third from the Sun, its star; it has a single natural satellite - the Moon. It is the only celestial body in the Sol system with a natural breathable atmosphere.
History[edit | edit source]
Until the late 20st century Earth's history was roughly the same as in the real world, with two notable differences being that 1) Karl-August Fagerholm, who was thrice the Prime Minister of Finland, launched the Space Race some time between 1948 and 1959, seeking to colonise Alpha Centauri. 2) In 1999 humanity made the first documented contact with an extraterrestrial race - the Vulgars - who were attracted to Earth by the sound of rock music during the Woodstock '99 music festival. This event was followed by the establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations between Vulgarus and several of Earth's governments, and the ban on public performance of music.
In the following decades humanity developed new technologies and established several colonies around the solar system. At the same time, three more world wars were fought on Earth until it was finally unified under a single world government named United Earth, some time around 2090. The dawn of the next century saw Earth in new large scale conflicts, this time against its colonies and the Vulgars. After the Space War 2 the Sector P Political Community was established, being later merged with several other Sector P communities to form the P-Community, which was subsequently reformed into the P-Union, the P-Confederation, and finally the P-Republic. In 2219 P-Fleet under the leadership of Grand Admiral T'Tal performed a military coup on the P-Republic. Under T'Tal's rule Earth became known as the "Third World" and the "Slum Planet", and the P-Republic's capital was relocated to Vulgarus. Following the revolution of 2336, Tampere again became the capital of the P-Republic. Between these events the Plingons and the Romuclans made several attempts at invading Earth, but were rebuffed every time.
In 2366 humanity made first contact with the Korg, which resulted in an all-out war for survival. Three years later the Korg have all but defeated the P-Republic and pushed the decimated P-Fleet to Earth for a final stand, but the CPP Kickstart managed to score a victory against the invaders. In a last-ditch effort the Korg launched a mysterious object towards Earth that instantly destroyed the planet's ecosphere. The Kickstart's crew determined that the object was sent through time into Earth's past, and therefore followed it to undo the damage. It is unknown if the Kickstart was successful in saving the Earth in this timeline.
Alternate timeline[edit | edit source]
See Earth (alternate timeline) page for details.
Parallel universe[edit | edit source]
See Earth (Babel-13 universe) page for details.
Soviet timeline[edit | edit source]
The following information comes from the cancelled short film Star Wreck: Timecrash. It is currently not canon, unless the upcoming unnamed Star Wreck feature film makes it so.
See Earth (Soviet timeline) page for details.
Political information[edit | edit source]
Earth was divided into many states up until the early 21st century. These states often went to war against each other at various points in history. Eventually the planet was unified into a single state with Tampere serving as its capital.
Featured[edit | edit source]
- Star Wreck 1
- Star Wreck 2: The Old Shit (indirectly mentioned)
- Star Wreck III: Wrath of the Romuclans (indirectly mentioned)
- Star Wreck IV: The Kilpailu
- Star Wreck 4½: Weak Performance (featured in a haludeck simulation)
- Star Wreck V: Lost Contact
- Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
- Star Wreck 2π: Full Twist Now!
- Star Wreck Roleplaying Game