View source for Aldean From Star Trek: Theurgy Wiki← AldeanYou do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. [[File:Rashella.jpg|right|300px|thumbnail|''Rashella, an Aldean female. Image by Paramount.'']]The '''Aldeans''' were a civilization native to [[Aldea]], which was considered only a legend for thousands of years. The society was self-contained and self-sustaining with incredible technical sophistication providing daily needs. Similar to cultural myths of [[Neinman]] on [[Xerxes VII]] or the [[Earth]] story of [[Atlantis]], [[Aldea]] was said to have shed its past of violence and cultural conflict and evolved to a pure state, devoting themselves to culture and art. The Aldean culture developed by emphasizing the fundamental principle that for "everything taken, something must be returned." It was this principle that allowed their civilization to ascend to incredible heights in technology and art. Having reached enlightenment, hundreds of centuries ago, the Aldean society retreated from the rest of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. To facilitate this, their [[Progenitors]] built an enormous and advanced planet-wide defense system. The system, run by the [[computer]] called the [[Custodian]], maintained an immense cloaking device and defense shield, in addition to a repulsor beam] powerful enough to push starships several hundred light years away. However, the long-term effects of the planet's defenses were extremely damaging. Millennia after the Aldeans retreated behind their cloak, cumulative wide-spread environmental damage, including depletion of their ozone layer, began to take their toll. The Aldeans suffered from long-term chromosomal damage from radiation poisoning due to exposure to their sun's ultraviolet rays. By 2364, the entire population of [[Aldea]] was infertile and depleted. No child had been born on [[Aldea]] for more than thirty years, and most of native wildlife on the planet, including all the fish in their oceans, had long ago become extinct. To try to rectify their dire situation, they attempted to kidnap various ''[[USS Enterprise-D]]'' children in the year 2364, including Wesley Crusher, to repopulate their planet. After the failed attempt, the Aldeans agreed to accept help from the ''[[USS Enterprise-D|Enterprise]]'' to relearn how to properly use their technology, never again to use their shield or cloaking device, and [[medical]] treatment reversed the radiation poisoning in the population, which would restore fertility in time. On that day in 2364, when the ''[[USS Enterprise-D|Enterprise]]'' deactivated [[the Custodian]] for them, the sky ceased to be purple, and took and the natural gold and and orange colours of its atmosphere. As beautiful as the planet became, it was also bared to the threats of the Galaxy. More so, since [[Starfleet]] could do little in terms of helping the Aldeans decipher and learn how to use [[the Custodian]]. ==Physiology== The Aldeans were physiologically very similar to Humans, which presumably was a deciding factor when they contacted the ''[[USS Enterprise-D]]'' in 2364. ==Culture & Customs== Aldean society was structured into unis, or social groups, which specialized in a particular art or pursuit such as medicine or [[science]]. Within each group students were fully [[devoted]] to their discipline. The Aldeans had perfected their system of education and study to the point where the natural abilities of the individual blossomed very quickly, sometimes within hours or days of the student's first exposure to a medium. The Aldeans were split into several factions after the events. One faction, lead by Radue, favored joining the [[Federation]]. Another faction wanted to ally with the Romulans. A third with the Klingons. Yet another faction wanted [[Aldea]] to remain isolated. [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Aldean Source: Memory Alpha] [[Category:Races]] Return to Aldean.
