Day 19-Any 'Must See' sites?
"Hmm. We covered some of the most spectacular sight-seeing spots the Tango-8 and 9 sectors have to offer in our entry on Day 10 but let me see...what else is here that you absolutely shouldn't miss?
Oh! I know one you have just got to see!"
USS Prosperity approaches the Vasor Space Ark at 44 Eta Librae II.
The Vasor Space Ark
44 Eta Librae II, 44 Eta Librae System
A very warm Class M planet covered with vast stretches of tropical rainforest and dense jungle, 44 Eta Libra had a small Federation agricultural colony on the planet. Approximately 10 years ago, the farming operations sufferred from an invasion of insects that was not only threatening to the harvests but causing the side effect of altering the soil and atmosphere as they died off.
The situation was becoming dangerous enough to the colonists that a Federation Xenobiologist specializing in invasive species, Dr. Tengar Nal of Catulla, was called in to investigate. She eventually theorized that the insects weren't just from a different region but a different planet. These aliens bugs were going to be a serious problem.
Dr. Tengar Nal, Federation Xenobiologist and the Vasorian Locust About 5 years after beginning her research, a massive alien starship approached the planet and the USS Prosperity was dispatched to deal with it. After exploration of the vessel and first contact with its occupants, the ship was discovered to be a Vasor Space Ark. The Vasorians had sent the Vasorian Locusts ahead of their colony ship 50 years earlier to assist in terraforming the planet, which they had observed at that time to be unihabited.
Vasorian and Vasorian 'Locust' next to two Human Starfleet Officers for scale.
After an initially hostile misunderstanding, Captain Fletcher was able to negotiate with the Vasorian Leader who did not want to endanger the inhabitants of 44 Eta Librae nor did he intend to conquer another people's home. However, the star of the Vasor home system had gone nova and they were only able to develop this Space Ark and the plan they'd committed to before departing. With the help of the Prosperity, the Federation Colonists, and Federation Diplomats, an accordance was reached giving the Vasorian refugees an island continent where they could work with environmental scientists to adapt the land to their biology and the Vasorians' constitutions to the land.
All this to say that the Vasorian Space Ark, which remains in orbit of 44 Eta Librae II, is open for public viewing via scheduled tours, with Vasorian and Federation guides. The interior of the Colony Ship is amazing to behold, with circular corridors surrounding the central power plant and control deck, before reaching the primary deck's 'Biome Domes'. Within each of these domes is a separate ecology simulating an extinct environment that once existed on the Vasorian homeworld. These biomes include animals and plants once native to their original world that the Vasorians were able to save.
It is sad to think that this is all that remains of their planet. At the same time, it is quite impressive to see what they've been able to accomplish and promising for their future that they're flexible enough to ask for help and work with the Federation to ensure the continued well-being of their people.
When you are finished exploring a massive starship that contains 8 different alien biomes from a world that no longer exists, go down to the beautiful beaches and wonderous flora of 44 Eta Librae II. The planet is benefiting from the increased tourism brought in by the orbiting Vasor Space Ark, with a tropical resort built on the surface of the world, purposely constructed far from the farming communities as not to interfere with them.
From the Season 7 episode, 'All That Remains'.
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