Changes: Yonada

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Yonada was a multi-generational world ship that was built in 7500 B.C. by a group of Fabrini, when they realized that their home star was about to enter a nova phase and would eventually destroy all life on Fabrina. (RPG reference: All Our Yesterdays) This group, known as the Creators would later come to be worshipped as gods by the Fabrini. They constructed Yonada out of a hollowed-out asteroid and was sent on a computer-controlled course to a habitable planet 32 light-years away, in sector 54R's Daran star system, with approximately 40 million Fabrini residing inside the shell. The Federation starship USS Yonada was named for this world.

The journey was not an easy one. Over the centuries the Fabrini had difficulty maintaining Yonada's environment, which led to several violent upheavals. During one of the last of these violent upheavals, a group of religious fundamentalists took control of Yonada, and reprogammed the Oracle of the People to suit their ideology. Instruments of Obedience were then implanted in all Fabrini. Over the centuries of travel, Yonada's computer, known as the "Oracle", had degraded and the worldship's course altered from an orbital course for Daran IV, to a collision course with Daran V. Meanwhile within a few generations the Fabrini had forgotten that they were on a spaceship and soon developed a religion around the "Oracle" and its mission to find them a new world. (TOS novel: Ex Machina)

In 2268, the USS Enterprise encountered the worldship when it was fired upon by the automated defense systems of the Yonada. A landing party consisting of Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy helped Natira, the leader of the Yonada colonists, to understand that their world was actually a ship, and corrected the worldship's course to its intended destination. (TOS episode: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")

In 2270, Yonada arrived in orbit and the population moved down to establish a colony on Daran IV, with assistance from the Federation. Yonada was kept in orbit of Daran IV, but proved a symbol for some who wished to return to the old ways of worshipping the "Oracle." As part of the peace process, plans were discussed regarding moving Yonada into a higher orbit, but covering it with reflectors or painting it white so that those wishing to worship the ship could still do so. (TOS novel: The Lost Years and Ex Machina)

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 [[Image:Yonada.jpg|thumb|The [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] before ''Yonada'' {{small|([[For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]])}}]]
-'''''Yonada''''' was a multi-generational world ship that was built shortly after 8000 B.C.E. by a group of [[Fabrini]], when they realized that their home [[star]] was about to enter a [[supernova|nova]] phase and would eventually destroy all life on [[Fabrina]]. This group, known as the [[Creators (Fabrini)|Creators]] would later come to be worshipped as gods by the Fabrini. They constructed ''Yonada'' out of a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] and was sent on a [[computer]]-controlled course to a habitable [[planet]] 32 light-years away, in [[sector 54R]]'s [[Daran]] [[star system]], with approximately 40 million Fabrini residing inside the shell. The [[Federation]] [[starship]] {{USS|Yonada}} was named for this world.
+'''''Yonada''''' was a multi-generational world ship that was built in 7500 B.C. by a group of [[Fabrini]], when they realized that their home [[star]] was about to enter a [[supernova|nova]] phase and would eventually destroy all life on [[Fabrina]]. ({{r|RPG|All Our Yesterdays}}) This group, known as the [[Creators (Fabrini)|Creators]] would later come to be worshipped as gods by the Fabrini. They constructed ''Yonada'' out of a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] and was sent on a [[computer]]-controlled course to a habitable [[planet]] 32 light-years away, in [[sector 54R]]'s [[Daran]] [[star system]], with approximately 40 million Fabrini residing inside the shell. The [[Federation]] [[starship]] {{USS|Yonada}} was named for this world.
 The journey was not an easy one. Over the centuries the Fabrini had difficulty maintaining Yonada's environment, which led to several violent upheavals. During one of the last of these violent upheavals, a group of religious fundamentalists took control of Yonada, and reprogammed the [[Oracle|Oracle of the People]] to suit their ideology. [[Instrument of Obedience|Instruments of Obedience]] were then implanted in all Fabrini. Over the centuries of travel, ''Yonada'''s computer, known as the "[[Oracle]]", had degraded and the worldship's course altered from an orbital course for [[Daran IV]], to a collision course with [[Daran V]]. Meanwhile within a few generations the Fabrini had forgotten that they were on a spaceship and soon developed a religion around the "Oracle" and its mission to find them a new world. ({{n|TOS|Ex Machina}})
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 In [[2270]], ''Yonada'' arrived in orbit and the population moved down to establish a [[colony]] on Daran IV, with assistance from the [[Federation]]. ''Yonada'' was kept in orbit of Daran IV, but proved a symbol for some who wished to return to the old ways of worshipping the "Oracle." As part of the peace process, plans were discussed regarding moving ''Yonada'' into a higher orbit, but covering it with reflectors or painting it white so that those wishing to worship the ship could still do so. ({{n|TOS|The Lost Years}} and ''[[Ex Machina]]'')
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