Library Data:Solomani Hypothesis
Until the Third Imperium was established, there existed no satisfactory explanation for the many interfertile human races on many different worlds. Numerous theories on man's origins had been proposed, but none had gained complete acceptance.[1]
When the Vilani burst into the interstellar scene, they discovered many other human races, all of which were struggling with the same puzzle. A natural (and correct) theory was proposed that humanity had originated on a single homeworld and had been scattered across the galaxy by some unknown agency. Some theorized a previous human galactic empire, but the discovery of numerous Ancient ruins seemed to point to them as the likely agency. The major remaining question was the identity of humanity's home planet.[1]
Many candidates were proposed, but the one generally accepted was Urunishu in Antares sector. The world possessed a large number of species obviously similar biologically to humanity- it had rodents and baleen whales, primates and antelope. Paleontological research on Urunishu was made difficult because of local ice ages and a spectacular lack of a fossil record.[1]
The Solomani Hypothesis, first proposed by Magis Sergei haut-Devroe (64 to 141), theorised that all of the many widely scattered human races of the galaxy originated on Terra and he thought that they were transported to their current homeworlds by an alien race (called the Ancients) for purposes that even today remain unclear. The approximate date of the scattering has been established as -300,000.[1][2]
When Terra was incorporated in the Imperium in 588, a small historical mission verified much of haut-Devroe's work. The hypothesis was already generally accepted by the majority of the human population in the Imperium. [1][2]
More than 40 known human races have been located (and several more of them failed to adapt to their new worlds and are now extinct); only three of these human races have reached widespread prominence: they are the Vilani, the Zhodani and the Solomani.[1][2]
See also: Archon Thesis
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), 9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Colin Dunn. Library Data (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 47.
Other References
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (N-Z) (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 20.
- Marc Miller. The Traveller Book (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 156.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 38.
- Marc Miller. Marc Miller's Traveller (Imperium Games, 1996), 186.
- Jon F. Zeigler. Rim of Fire (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 54.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Secrets of the Ancients (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), 255.