Arnet the Thoughtful

Arnet the Thoughtful was an Orion man and Emperor of the Orion Colonies in the 12th century, the third and last of the Three Emperors.

After the death of Emperor Renat the Old on April 30th, 1154 CE (reference stardate -9/3203.07), his nephew Arnet succeeded him to the throne. However, like the previous emperors, he reigned over a period of general turbulence in the Colonies, in the darkest days of the Reverse Reverse. One of his first acts was to implement the reforms conceived by Renat. However, soon after, a civil war at Votannis resulted in a massacre of over 40 million people, including 23.1 million Orions and the genocide of the native Trunes.


 * There appears to be an error in the chronology, in that Renat died in 1132 (reference stardate -9/3203.07) yet Renat created the Orion Provincial Senate in 1154 (reference stardate -9/5404.30). This article reverses these dates for clarity.

He also presided over the final acts of the Dispossession of the Greys, as the Botchok Planetary Congress (BPC) and representatives of the Orion Colonies met on Kammzdast to discuss how to deal with the Grey Orions. This resulted in a revision of the Codex Orion and the Grey Orions being wiped from Orion history.


 * Though not explicitly mentioned, Arnet's role as emperor and leader of the BPC at the time implies his involvement in the meeting, if not responsibility.

Arnet planned to restore the old Orion way of life, and to this end he abdicated on March 17th, 1288 CE (stardate -8/8803.17). However, he disappeared before nightfall and his family was rounded up and killed. He was the last of the Three Emperors, and afterwards the BPC didn't seek another. They restored order on Botchok and thereafter ignored the troubles of the Colonies.