Pokéworld

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”Huh? That? I lived on Pokeworld. Everyone can do that.”

-Danny, after single-handily destroying a Metal Army Titan

Pokeworld
Facts
Region Mid Rim
Sector Zornell Sector
System Pocket Star System
Moons 2 (One disappeared due to events involving a Pokemon named Tron)
Atmosphere Type-1 (Oxygen-based)
T Score T3 (Habitable Planet)
Surface water 72%
Population 1,345,003,341
Native Species
  • Pokemon
  • Humans
  • Migrant Species
Appearances

Pokeworld is a planet of the Zornell Sector, in the Mid-Rim of Sentient Space. One of the few worlds habitable for life, Pokeworld houses a strange genetic strain of creatures known as Pokemon. The world was colonized by the Galactic Federation in the early 1300s, but in the mid 1800s was given it's own government. Pokeworld is a common planet in Yoshi Bodyguard stories, namely due to it's vast criminal underworld and strange creatures that inhabit it. In addition, many Yoshi Bodyguards are from Pokeworld.

Contents

Geographic features

Fauna

The fauna of Pokeworld is the standard carbon-based photosynthetic life forms found on habitable worlds with set life. However, it has been noted that the Pokemon mutation has found its way into many forms of plant life. In these cases, the planet becomes a symbiont of an animal creature, or the planet takes on a animal shape. Some are even from solid rock and lava.

Geography

Pokeworld is a diverse climate, ranging from deserts to frozen ice sheets. The landscape is largely influenced by water, which covers a vast majority of the planet. The basic silicon elements of rock are present in the crust, allowing for a stable planet. Most of the population centers are near and around oceans, with few further inland. The planet is divided into major "Regions," set by Federation mandate since the planet's founding.

History

Creation and Early years

Pokeworld, as a planet, was created when the local star went supernova, creating a large mass. According to Pokéworld myth, the planet's creation is started when the "first" Pokemon named Arceus emerged from an egg created Pokeworld with a thousand arms or at least crafted it from a dead T0 planet into a T3 planet. Historians continue to debate if this took place during the birth of the universe or billions of years ago, although recent evidence points to Arceus being created far after the planet was formed. Other myths state there was a simple ancestral link to all Pokemon, Mew. Whether this would point to Mew coming before Arceus or Arceus not technically being a Pokemon is still unknown.

What is known, however, is that a strange comet had crashed into Pokeworld sometime after it's creation. This meteor, of completely unknown consistency, seemed to move at near-lightspeed, and pierced deep into the crust. The meteor has long since decayed, but strange energy signatures remain deep in the mantle. This energy has a strange effect on DNA, rapidly mutating it to adapt with it's environment. These signatures are similar to two recent collisions, one in the Artic Ice sheets, which contained the genetic code for a Pokemon named Deoxys, and another in the Cindek region.

In prehistoric times, it is thought several core Pokemon species existed. Little is known of the events prior to human settlement, although there are several who know of the demon Nocktor's attempts to destroy the planet in ancient times. Humans seem to be native to the world, immune to the Pokemon genetic mutation, and had constructed a network of cities and nations throughout the planet. It wasn't until the mid 1800s when the Galactic Federation discovered the planet, and absorbed it as a colony.

Though much human history has been lost, word speaks of several attempts to war with Pokemon species on the planet, mostly done by fanatical religious cults prominent in the Federation. Since then, very strict guidelines had been put on the "killing" of any Pokemon, and it's abundant other species have been used as food sources, although this has caused the number of Farfetch'd on the planet to begin to dwindle.

The Founding of a Nation

With the Federation controlling New Terra, it had debated on what to do about the strange Pokemon that wandered the planet. It had been discovered that nearly 90% of the species could be tamed, and possessed some degree of sentient intelligence. One day, an inventor stumbled across a strange kink in the Pokemon's makeup, it had the ability, when under a specific beam, to be turned into a ball of subatomic matter and contained. This would cause no harm to the creature, but allow them to be carried around. The creatures, previously unnamed, were thus named "Pocket Monsters," or Pokemon, for short. Later, the creation would be named the Pokeball (originally made of hollowed-out apricorns), an invention which would shape the planet's history forever.

In the 1900s of the Star World Calender, the Federation was locked in a war with the militant Space Pirates, and had to divert forces to protect it's core colonies. Due to this, they found they could not properly control worlds such as New Terra, which was beginning to rise in crime. Thus, the Federation began to give their outer colonies independence. New Terra was one of these. under a new leadership, the world was renamed Pokeworld, after the Pokemon that remained the planet's key curiosity.

Pokemon, too, began to evolve before the eyes of the humans. Some were beginning to develop full sentience and self awareness, and even adapted to the language of Federation Common. Most, however, continued to speak in their own tongues, whether by choice or by a natural block, a mystery still unsolved.

The Rise of the Criminal Underworld

With the planet's liberation coming somewhat unexpectedly, the new government instated was fairly weak. The Pokeworld Defensive Forces was founded, but remained one of the smallest standing armies to defend a densely populated world. What caused the most concern were the multitude of various mobs that seemed to control the planet.

First to develop, in the large cities of the Johto and Kanto regions, was Team Rocket. At first, they began as petty street gangs that aimed at stealing Pokemon, and promoting illegal activities involving them, including harvesting and gambling with them. The group, taking advantage of the weak government, soon grew in size, moving into the workings of many government departments and big businesses.

Up in the desert regions of Orre, several bandits formed another Team of their own; Team Snagem. Their purpose was simple, ambush trainers and steal their Pokemon. They were destroyed by infighting and merged with another gang later, but not before they changed the gang world with the invention of the Snag machine, a suit with the ability to steal Pokemon already attached to trainers.

Religion also made it's appearance in two gangs. Team Magma and Team Aqua were two rival gangs founded on the principal of land vs water, based on the teachings of the Elementals, a group of warring cults in the Federation who sought to turn planets into a single element, air, earth, fire, or water. Though they did not swear allegiance to either cult, they plotted to use the three ancient Pokemon, Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza, in order to change the landmass to their liking, pure land for Magma, and an eternal ocean for Aqua. These factions were defeated by Pokemon trainers and PDF forces when their plans almost came to pass.

Another to form, mightier than most, was Cipher. They sought to manipulate the genetic makeup of Pokemon in order to create aggressive and warlike breeds. Their research lead them to use Team Snagem's Snag machine to attack the nearby cities and steal specific kinds of Pokemon. After assimilating the last of Team Snagem, the group began a massive campaign of using "Shadow Pokemon (one of which was former Yoshi Bodyguard Sneen)." Cipher was defeated after two failed attempts at the region, but their research did not die. It soon fell into the hands of Team Rocket.

Another gang that formed at the time was Team Galactic. This group was of Federation loyalists who were upset with the new government, and sought to overthrow it. After a failed coup in 1950, Galactic seemed to be broken up. Eventually, they lost their purpose, seeking only to control the planet using Pokemon that traversed dimensional rifts, spacial tears, and the very timeline. The team came close at one point, almost manipulating time and space in order to dominate the world. The attempt was foiled, though the team remains.

The one team that has survived countless defeats is Team Rocket. They took Cipher's research, and recreated their projects. Soon, countless Shadow Pokemon were under their command, and many Pokemon, including the famed Danny Chu of the Yoshi Bodyguards, were put in unimaginable experiments in order to progress the rocket agenda. The PDF has made countless attempts to stop their projects, but they have become so entrenched in the planet, that there is very little that could be done to stem them.

Modern Years

When Rocket began to experiment on Shadow Pokemon, they met with the disapproval of even their own members, mainly when they began to manipulate human DNA to accelerate their efforts. A civil war broke out, causing violence in many major population centers. However, the rebel faction could not hold out for long, and within a year, they were disbanded, their leaders executed.

From this project, a Pokemon named Danny arose, a Pikachu who had full sentience and even the ability to speak fluid Federation Common. This Pokemon was a milestone in Rocket's scientific efforts, using imported Space Pirate Phazon in order to bind him to the shadow energy, which worked perfectly. However, this would later lead to the rise of Dark Danny somewhere offworld.

In this time, many other Pokemon with full sentience broke away from humanity, moving into islands far beyond the reach of humans. These Pokemon began to mimic the style of the human settlers, creating gyms and centers, and even a set social hierarchy. Others still created near-utopia societies, with, unknown to them, sanction from the Pokeworld Defensive Forces that no human or other race would intervene unless circumstances provided. Only several times have the Yoshi Bodyguards been called in to settle issues on these islands.

On other occasions, the Yoshi Bodyguards had been called in, under the personal request of member Danny Chu, to stem several Team Rocket cells that threatened those personally known to the Yoshi Bodyguards. However, the Pokeworld Defensive Forces, at the time, were still too weak and knee-deep in Rocket corruption in their ranks to do anything. Another threat came from Rocket-byproduct Dark Danny, who threatened to destroy the planet using his Phazon affinity. He had even recruited a Metal clone of Danny, Metal Danny, which shared his (apparent) death when they tried to control Arceus.

Indeed, there had been several attempts to use "Legendary" status Pokemon to take over the planet. Almost all kinds, at some point, have had factions vie for control of their power, be it over time, space, or the elements. All of these attempts were foiled, be it by trainers, the PDF, or the Yoshi Bodyguards. Recently, the PDF has put up restrictions, banning the capture and research of these Pokemon, although trainers continue to ignore the warning.

Nocktor, an ancient ghost bent on sheer destruction, also was a threat to Pokeworld. Though the situation's end was never revealed, it was known that the battle with the ghost Pokemon reached across space and time, even going into another timeline entirely, ending with a victory for the Yoshi Bodyguards.

Everything changed on Pokeworld, though, after the Metal Wars ended. In one fell swoop, the Dark Perforation Crusade came to the planet, overwhelming the defenders and wiping out the PDF's command structure. From this, General Cyrus Vance rose to power, and united the remaining defensive forces against the Dark Perforation Crusade and driving them off the planet. Vance, now the highest ranking officer in the PDF, organized a counter offensive, and helped the SWDF break through the DPC's castle.

Recently, the planet's status has improved. The PDF has become a stronger fighting force, Team Rocket has begun to wane, and the standard of living is becoming higher. The concern is the division between human and Pokemon, which, though intellectually is coming closer, is socially becoming more distant. A mutual distrust has begun to form between the "sentients" and humans, which may lead to conflict in the future.

Human Extinction and Rise of Sentient Pokemon

Details are still unknown, but from future events and stories, it is known that somewhere near the year 2500, humanity was wiped from the planet of Pokeworld. Cities lay barren, and fields were scorched. Oddly enough, the environment was not harmed, and Pokemon flourished, making small towns. However, they have not progressed past a stage of innocence, lacking weapons and tyrannical governments. Strangely enough, the galactic government of the time has made no attempts to reclaim the world. It is possible that some of the more sentient Pokemon know of this; specifically, the Psychic types and their ability to see into the future.

Culture

The planet of Pokeworld is described as the perfect habitable planet for the human race, hence it's old name, New Terra. The culture there is a blend of Federation customs and it's own, Pokemon based culture. It is considered a right of manhood to go out and collect, train, and battle these creatures, a hobby which 95% of the planet's human population is involved in. Massive tournaments called Pokemon Leauges draw massive crowds, from onworld and off. Others, however, choose to become Pokemon Coordinators, which stresses on style more than just battling. Still others keep them as pets.

Known Inhabitants

Pokemon

Humans

Trivia

  • Sub was going to have Danny do this article, but he saw that nobody else would, so he created the backstory and history, despite his lack of use of Pokemon.
  • The name New Terra was used to explain why the planet was called Earth in the main series.
  • The name of the planet has been a dispute among authors of the YB Timeline. Many have wanted to call it by other names, as to break the fad of putting "world" on the end of a franchise. However, since the name had been used so much in the main story, it stuck.
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