Holdian Ark Ships

Holdian Ark Ships

With the dawn of the industrial age, the Holdian society firmly claimed their planet. Exterminated the predator life forms that shared their planet and conquered disease and hunger (for a while)

These changes caused an explosion in population that in turn led to famines, labor shortages, civil unrests and civil wars (Holdians never developed nations) The average Holdian female could produce 3­5 young two times a year. Advances in medicine and science raised the average life span to an average of 60 to ­70 years [1]. (from a life span of about 20-30 prior)

When the Holdians reached TL 3 and discovered FTL technology, not exploration but colonization was the primary goal.

30,000 Ark ships were built and sent into space. Holdian Arks were immense and much bigger than the Arks of Human history. These Arks ha no pre determined destination and simply sent "out" with the hope they would eventually reach and find a suitable world to colonize.

This massive space flight activity was noticed by other space faring civilizations.

First Contact of the Holdians with another space faring civilization immideatly escalated to war.

(See Holdian First Contact with the Vdca )

Of the 30,000 arks only 16 established contact with their mother civilization on Holda (Within 200 years of the Holdian exodus)

Over the centuries several worlds and species were discovered that have roots and connections with the Holdian Exodus.

The Holdian Exodus occured about 50.000 years ago

[1] All time refrence such as years are given in Union Standard, not local years