Treaty of Kammzdast

The Treaty of Kammzdast was an agreement between the many ancient races frequenting the Rigel system. It was primarily concerned with the use of Orion slaves, and its signing marks the beginning of the Orion Era.

When Orion slavery began to take off, circa 16,000 BCE, slavers considered it easier to capture Orions that had already been enslaved by other races, as they would have been "broken" already. As a precaution against this, one of the slavers, P'tak of the Sugg, armed his own slaves with slugthrowers, thinking that their fear of being separated from their homes and families would make them their own best protectors. The other slavers began arming their slaves in reprisal, and soon, proxy wars waged between groups of increasingly-better-armed groups of Orion slaves threatened to overrun the planets near Rigel.

In 15,956 BCE, delegates from every Orion-using race gathered on the planet Kammzdast to discuss the problem. The result was the Treaty of Kammzdast, which strictly regulated the transfer of technology to Orions, with ever signatory monitoring the others for violations.

The treaty stipulated that Orions could not bear arms outside of the Rigel system, though the slaves could be taken from the planet for other purposes. Proxy combat was only permitted on the "unsettled" Rigel worlds, which included the Orion homeworld of Botchok.

The Treaty of Kammzdast remained in effect for over ten thousand years, maintaining a general peace in the area around Rigel. As old civilizations collapsed and new ones came to the Rigel system, the signatories to the treaty would gradually change; by the end of the Long Winter in 12,237 BCE, none of the original signatories were still around. The treaty was modified to suit the changing situation over the years by a series of successive Rigel Conferences, the first of which occurred in 15,839 BCE. 

Known signatories

 * Buban
 * Nine Worlds Confederation
 * Sugg