Yrythny Assembly

Facts

• Full name: Yrythny Assembly
  • Name conjecture
• Center of government: Luthia, Vanìmel (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Population largely comprised of Yrythny
• Planetary government of Vanìmel (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)

Bordering territories

• Magisterial Cheka Kingdom

History

• c.14th century: Houses commonly clubbed to death any arriving hatchling of another House (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• c.20th century: Failure of House Tin-Mal, Wanderer city (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Failure of energy generation system led to contamination of Fès reef, surrounding water and land (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Ecological damage still not recovered by 24th century (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Before c.22nd century: Era known as the "Black Time", in which Wanderers were horribly mistreated, kept as slaves (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• c.22nd century: Following the Archipelago Wars, Wanderers are emancipated, are granted rights previously limited only to Houseborn (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • While rights of Wanderers expand over the following two centuries, the right to bear arms within the military or have offspring are still denied to them by 2376 (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• c.2355: Elders lose the right to eviscerate Wanderer females, in order to prevent their breeding within the spawning waters (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Instead, Wanderer females are given injections upon coming of age to prevent maturation of their reproductive systems (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• c.2376: Placed under siege by Cheka nanobot web weapon throughout surrounding space, cutting Yrythny off from interstellar trade (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Part of effort to force surrender of Yrythny Assembly to Cheka (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)

Political Structure

• Head of State: Assembly Chair (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Vice Chair immediately beneath in rank (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Advised by cabinet of ministers (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Science Minister (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Representatives on Assembly known as Delegates (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Assembly divided into two chambers (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Upper Assembly (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Representing interests of Houseborn (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Members wear sapphire robes (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Lower Assembly (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Representing interests of Wanderers (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Also led by a Chair, Vice Chair (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Members wear green robes (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)