Children of Time (DS9) - Sim City 4 Edition

[Danoz]

Every wondered what would have happened if Sisko and his crew had succeeded in returning to the planet in "Children of Time," and the world was allowed to continue? Or, if they DID continue-- but in an alternate dimension?

For those of you not familiar with the episode, while investigating a strange M-class planet's energy field, the Defiant and her crew are sucked through a temporal vortex and crash on the planet 200 years in the past-- with no hope of ever returning to the Earth they new. They are forced to rebuild from scratch. 200 years later, they evolve into a thriving farming community with clean energy, quality education, and good health.

Unfortunately, their timeline collapses when Sisko and his crew fail to complete the loop.

I propose that these people continued to exist and thrive in an alternate dimension of time. How will the society break apart? What happens to the "Sons of Mogh?"

I've started a region of mostly water, and will be building additional lands as they are "discovered" by the people. Sisko, with a bit of a smile, decided to name their new planet "Genesis."

After several months, they had at least scouted the island and succeeded in crossing to the largest of the two south of them on rafts. Jadzia Dax took over the administration of the village, O'Brien infrastructure, and Sisko continued to serve as Commander until he deemed it appropriate to step away from Starfleet titles and hold a popular election for community leader.

Here is my small farming village. It has high marks in education and health and is run entirely by wind power. As they continue to the next generation, I'm looking forward to continuing to build this region . All cities will be built in Hard mode without cheats (or excessive mods).

Comments appreciated!

 

[RoseDuneKat]

I am excited to see where this goes.

 

[Danoz]

After the 200 year mark, Genesis continues to exist.

The villagers can only imagine their plan to send the Defiant crew back in time to repeat the cycle had worked. They finish the final harvest and celebrate.

After the ceremony, much of the population, still adherent to the Bajoran faith hold their traditional yearly fast and vigil for the late Kira Nerys.

Zefram Cochrane Schools:
Students learn English, Math, Science, Art, Music, and an introduction to Federation history (with a focus on Bajoran and Earth social studies). The Genesis school system is named after the founder of warp drive, Zefram Cochrane. Much of the ship has now been used for resources throughout the town, though the original settlement is converted into a park, memorial and tourist attraction near the now flooded crater left from the ship's impact.

The continuation...
The next 50 years see extreme growth and development, and with the original Defiant crew now drifting into senality a new society begins to shape. Farming and light manufacturing expand across the entire island. A system of barter and exchange continues to evolve. Much to the dismay of Federation purists, a system of Market Capitalism is born based loosely off of Bajoran and Ferengi thought. A powerful Vedek, Kim Medra, writes to resounding success, “The Slightly Translucent Hand of Commerce: a practical look at the modern, ethical application of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition into Genesis society.” He argues that Federation communism was only made possible through extremes in technology, innovation and security, and that it has little place in a society devoid of the unfathomable luxuries believed to exist on 24th Century Earth. A class system is born, and northern elites begin to demand higher end manufacturing for transportation needs and societal growth.

Despite protests from the farming community, which begins to expand southward into new territory to keep up with food demand, the industry lobby wins and a ferry system is built, and much of the north is rezoned for new manufacturing --

The idealistic, farmers utopia is now a chapter for the Genesis history books.

 

[Kaziarl]

o.O how did you get the defiant?