T'ka'an Dispersion

The government of the New Terran Hegemony came to power by creating and then riding a wave of distrust and fear among Humans regarding the intent of the T'ka'an that were living among them.

A Brief History

The Humans of New Terra first encountered the T'ka'an just two years after establishing their colony on the planet. Initially, relationships between the two species were amicable. The New Terrans were focused on getting their one new world established. The T'ka'an were explorers and knowledge gatherers, not interested in colonization or domination. In fact, the T'ka'an proved quite helpful, ultimately allowing New Terra to reach a global level of technology on par with that of the Earth they had left almost two hundred years before the Humans of the Firstfall Collective did the same. Trade of resources, technology, and research was shared easily.

But even as the apparent friendship between the two species developed, there were factions among the Humans who deeply distrusted the T'ka'an. These "traditionalists" feared the psionic capabilities which most T'ka'an possessed - and most Humans did not. Dredging up fears and responses from ancient Human culture, they denounced such abilities as "unnatural", and perhaps even "demonic". Nevertheless, the overall relationship between the species continued on at least cordial terms for over six hundred years.

Everything changed, though, when the fear-mongering Preservers of the Destiny of Humanity took control of the government of the New Terran Confederation in the elections of the year 649. The new government moved quickly to remove protections of the rights and privileges of non-Humans within what was now called the New Terran Hegemony.

The Dispersion

Within three years, with old laws repealed and new ones passed, it became quite clear to the T'ka'an that were living within the bounds of the Hegemony that they were no longer welcome. Even those T'ka'an families that had been living side-by-side with Humans for hundreds of years were suddenly being avoided by Humans they had once deemed to be friends.

T'ka'an businesses were boycotted. There were many instances of property destruction and even street violence, and while these things were still technically unlawful, the Human thugs responsible were rarely arrested and never convicted. Not every Human agreed with this; many had long-standing T'ka'an friends. But they were afraid of the treatment that "alien collaborators" were subjected to.

Thus, in the year 652PE, the T'ka'an living within Hegemony began to pack up and leave.

Where Did They Go?

Most T'ka'an returned to the home space of their species. Most had to liquidate everything they owned in order to afford passage for their families. Many, especially those nearer the trailing border of the Hegemony, headed into Border Space, where they had heard of much more tolerant colonies, systems, and polities existing. Some of these hoped to continue on to either the Firstfall Collective or the Persean Republic.

Some T'ka'an decided to stay, however. Early on, a few attempted to challenge the Humans and their government outwardly, but these quickly "disappeared". Most of those that decided to stay - or couldn't afford to leave - gathered together into enclaves where they could better protect themselves; these enclaves tended to be established on less populated planets. It was within these enclaves that the The Hidden Mind emerged.