

The Orion Syndicate took over the running of the planet and its satellite colonies as its own shadow empire, with the President and government of Orion as the legitimate, public face of the Syndicate. The need for narcotics, black market goods and prostitution, coupled with the social acceptance of these things as the norm, helped combine to topple the government in an invisible coup.

The society then rotted from within with the rise of the criminal cartels and their powerful influence.

The culture reached the same heights that the United Federation of Planets enjoys today. The planet Orion was once a highly advanced civilization.
