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The Ritorians have been known to Starfleet as often looking to expand their borders. When the Archanis Sector (current location of Starbase 332) was discovered, the Archa system was controlled by the native Archaan Royal Family. However, when the system was next visited during the USS Excelsior’s 3-year mission the system seemed to be under the control of a new group calling themselves the Ritorian Confederacy - an occupation which the Excelsior’s crew ended.

It is alleged that the Thane system has resisted the advances of the Ritorians on five separate occasions but have always been the acid-test for Ritorian aggression in the area. Unfortunately for the people of the Thane system, their government has always been hostile to Starfleet stationing protective forces in their space.

Little is known about how long the Ritorians had been in control of the Archa system, but it was quickly established that they were using a form of psyonic radiation to control the population of the system. Investigation by the Excelsior crew established that this was the Ritorians’ primary method of population control in areas they invaded.

The psyonic generators were placed throughout the planets of the system and controlled by an orbital facility above the central planet. According to studies carried out by Starfleet’s top scientists in Galactic South, over a period of time the psyonic radiation would placate the population to a point where they all but forgot that they were ever independent of the Ritorian Confederacy. Over this period (indiscernible by Federation scientists) the link could be broken by knocking out the Orbital facility from which the radiation is monitored and controlled.

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