Post by Tachi on Aug 4, 2013 5:50:11 GMT
Katarina's current Terran population has been the second of the planet's lifetime. The Terran population before it were less successful than the current, but what does the "past population" mean? The past population of 7.2 billion souls were mostly extinguished when a Zerg Brood laid it's eyes upon the planet. Katarina had a standing army of 3.5 million, and as the zerg advanced through the planet, the Terran Dominion 1st Fleet was forced to fire all it's main cannons upon the planet's surface to cleanse it, but it scarred the land by turning everything into glass. Many years later, those who were lucky enough to escape the horrors that happened in Katarina returned to rebuild the civilization they had lost. With the help of master bioengineers and agricultural advisors, Katarina made due with agricultural exports.
Pioneers made several settlements which bursted into metropolises across the planet as the land was restored, and miners had found such pure minerals that the planet seemed to have become rich overnight. Military advisers from the Dominion warned the Prime Minister of Katarina that they needed a stronger and more reliable defending force in order to prevent the plague that had happened before. As such, an officer of the Dominion brought every man and woman in his command to form the Global Active Response Emergency Network, or G.A.R.E.N. From afar, Katarina would look like it had three rings, but these rings are the orbital bases that G.A.R.E.N. operatives stand by. They deal with problems before it comes to the surface of their dear planet. Originally, there had only been over a million people in G.A.R.E.N. that were ready to fight. When remnants from the first Zerg invasion resurfaced, the drop pods of G.A.R.E.N. plunged into the ground and shot at anything that was not running away or shooting at the same direction. Many were devastated, as their own people were infested and they were killed.
Men and women fell by the thousands during the first week. Katarina's Prime Minister refused to glass the planet once more, and so G.A.R.E.N. was fully mobilized. During the year long crusade to purge the planet of Zerg, the G.A.R.E.N. lost 80% of it's manpower. However, due to the fact that they cleansed the planet without a significant amount of damage to civilians, the network found itself overwhelmed with patriots who signed up to defend their beloved planet. Katarina's tallest mountain, Mount Targon, is dotted with gravestones dedicated to the men and women who gave up their lives in Katarina's defense.
Pioneers made several settlements which bursted into metropolises across the planet as the land was restored, and miners had found such pure minerals that the planet seemed to have become rich overnight. Military advisers from the Dominion warned the Prime Minister of Katarina that they needed a stronger and more reliable defending force in order to prevent the plague that had happened before. As such, an officer of the Dominion brought every man and woman in his command to form the Global Active Response Emergency Network, or G.A.R.E.N. From afar, Katarina would look like it had three rings, but these rings are the orbital bases that G.A.R.E.N. operatives stand by. They deal with problems before it comes to the surface of their dear planet. Originally, there had only been over a million people in G.A.R.E.N. that were ready to fight. When remnants from the first Zerg invasion resurfaced, the drop pods of G.A.R.E.N. plunged into the ground and shot at anything that was not running away or shooting at the same direction. Many were devastated, as their own people were infested and they were killed.
Men and women fell by the thousands during the first week. Katarina's Prime Minister refused to glass the planet once more, and so G.A.R.E.N. was fully mobilized. During the year long crusade to purge the planet of Zerg, the G.A.R.E.N. lost 80% of it's manpower. However, due to the fact that they cleansed the planet without a significant amount of damage to civilians, the network found itself overwhelmed with patriots who signed up to defend their beloved planet. Katarina's tallest mountain, Mount Targon, is dotted with gravestones dedicated to the men and women who gave up their lives in Katarina's defense.