First Bloom

This is the third of sixteen articles outlining the history of the Vondunke civilization. It deals with the first expansion under the leadership of the former "Union of Vondunke Entities" or UVE.

The Departure to Depths
Also referred to as "The Departure to Destiny", is the time when the Vondunke civilization completed the bloom of Vorfare. They packed up their home systems bodies around their two gas giants and took them and satellites in to the great interstellar space to do the same with other stars.

"Some Vondunke still remember the days that Glanorth and Siover light up like Sea Stars and swam off into the shadows of the galaxy. The stories, shared by elders reminiscing amongst themselves of good times, times whose meanings and memories were shared with winks and smiles. As if to say to the young, this was something you'll never truly understand. They go on to tell of the excitement of that days youth as well as the pride of yesterdays old. They retell again and again the proclamations of the paradigm 'Now our destiny has begun, Eternally our destiny shall be fulfilled'. But I cannot help but wonder if the heart of the matter has been lost to even the gray. When I see galactic simulation, and rewind to the moment of the departure, I fleeting glimpse passes in and out of my mind. I glimpse a mistake, a failure claimed success and a loss claimed as won." -(Slightly Unrelated) Excerpt from "Ŧşara and Kionϑ"

The First Bloom
The blooms beginning with the first were driven by the paradigms desire to keep the species intact and to keep it from dramatically diverging culturally and genetically. The were reluctant to expand in such a fashion as a single rebellion could easily result in a offshoot which would destroy the "destiny" of the Vondunke, but with clear evidence of other sapient civilizations it was clear that one system at a time would far to slow as well as a logistical nightmare. In the end the risk was justified and the paradigm orchestrated the first Vondunke Bloom which they coined the Departure to Destiny.

Şiover (Sshyover) arrived at Aŧun Vlivoş (Atun Vlivossh) (G), Gaşaϑer (Gasshather) went to Φunf (Phunf) (M), Æϑkræk (Aethkraek) visited Veœr (Ve`oer) (M), Glanorϑ (Glanorth) mined the Ŧreə (Tee) system (K), Vakænđ I (Vakaend) came to Numvore (Numvoer) (M), and Vakænđ II went to Çveđeç (tChvedetch) (M).

Atun Vlivoş
The Star of Oblivion. When the earliest waves of ships arrived in the Vlivoş, all authorities agreed that the workforce was stretched far to thin. The drones could just not provide enough oversight to complete the bloom in the system, many of the Independents were offered increased claims and wagers to assist the drones. But even this workforce was not enough. Workers were to generalized to really be able to make the calls needed and a few archaic models for self replicating robots were designed and put into use on planets and planetoids.

Ŧreə
Ŧreə faced the same problem as Atun Vlivoş, in fact all six blossoms did. The Drones could not breed up fast enough to administrate the harvest of a star system, finally the paradigm were faced with the dilemma. Compromise their race or see the Aree and/or Selthen overrun the galaxy.

=The Union of Vondunke Entities= The Union of Vondunke Entities (UVE), or Council of Glanorth and Siover, was the precursor to the "Supreme Vondunke Council" (SVC) and Ultimately the "Supreme Entity of Vondunke" (VSE).

The UVE acted as a Confederation between the states of Glanorth, Şiovera, and other minor worlds and artificial habitats of Vorfare. It culminated in the thirteen member States Council or Entities Council. Glanorth and Şiovera each were represented by six seats, alternating between members of each supreme and traffic councils respectively. The last member was decided by general election in all other Vondunke colonies. All members of the UVE council belonged to the Paradigm Caste and all members of its executive facets belonged to either the paradigm caste uioy or elite members of the Judge caste.

The UVE was divided into two great rivalries,

The First Rivalry was the ideas of the Glanopcentric State vs the Union of Federates. The first proposed keeping just a small core of worlds while stuffing the remaining worlds around Glanorth to acts as the fleet center, Siover especially was opposed to this idea of all worlds going to Glanorth. In general the Paradigm backed the Glanopcentric State but eventually saw the necessity for larger blooms in order to keep up economically with the Eesceen Federation and the Organs of Aree. When the first great rivalry ended, the conclusion effectively ensured the end of the UVE.

Warning: Outdated
The following section has been retconned by the most recent updates of the Supreme Entity of Vondunke page.

The Second Rivalry was the contract vs common law. The Paradigm largely backed common law and traditions while the scribes and drones backed contract law, or writing a new constitution. When it became clear that the populace as a whole backed contract, The Paradigms subvertly threw their support behind the Judge caste as they already has strong ties to the caste. The paradigm also favored rule by the judge caste greatly over the scribes. The Contract was temporarily defeated, and a compromise was reached beginning with the creation of a new "Charter" which promised a new Hybrid system down the road. During this time the Paradigm began to reinforce itself among the members of the secret Iron League as plans for a new government were written.