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The Aldeans are a civilization native to the Alpha Quadrant. Their homeworld of Aldea was considered only a legend for thousands of years.

The society was self-contained and self-sustaining with incredible technical sophistication providing daily needs. Similar to cultural myths of Neinman on Xerxes VII or the Earth story of Atlantis, Aldea was said to have shed its past of violence and cultural conflict and evolved to a pure state, devoting themselves to culture and art. The Aldean culture developed by emphasizing the fundamental principle that for "everything taken, something must be returned." It was this principle that allowed their civilization to ascend to incredible heights in technology and art.

Having reached enlightenment, the Aldean society retreated from the rest of the galaxy. To facilitate this their progenitors built an enormous and advanced planet-wide defense system. The system, run the by computer called the Custodian, maintained an immense cloaking device and defense shield in addition to a repulsor beam powerful enough to push starships several hundred light-years away.

However, the long-term effects of the planet's defenses were extremely damaging. Millenia after the Aldeans retreated behind their cloak, cumulative wide-spread environmental damage, including depletion of their ozone layer, began to take their toll. The Aldeans suffered from long-term chromosomal damage from radiation poisoning due to exposure to their sun's ultraviolet rays. By 2364 the entire population of Aldea was sterile and depleted. No child had been born on Aldea for more than 30 years and most of native wildlife on the planet, including all the fish in their oceans, had long ago become extinct.

Desperate to preserve their society the Aldeans, led by Radue contacted the USS Enterprise for help in re-populating their planet. Unable to reproduce themselves, the Aldeans offered to exchange their vast knowledge for a select few of the Enterprise's children. The Aldeans are physiologically very similar to Humans, which presumably was a deciding factor when they contacted the Enterprise. The Enterprise turned down the offer, leading the Aldeans to kindap the children, creating a stand-off that was eventually resolved when the Enterprise proved that the very thing which had protected Aldea, its cloak, was responsible for their condition.

The Aldeans returned the children and set about re-learning their own technology and adjusting to a new galaxy where they were no longer just a legend.

Aldean society was structured into units, or social groups, which specialized in a particular art or pursuit such as medicine or science. Within each group students were fully devoted to their discipline. The Aldeans had perfected their system of education and study to the point where the natural abilities of the individual blossomed very quickly, sometimes within hours or days of the student's first exposure to a medium. (TNG: "When the Bough Breaks")

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+[[Image:Radue.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Radue]], a male Aldean]]
-'''THIS PAGE HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY BOBBY BOULDERS'''
+[[Image:Rashella.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Rashella]], a female Aldean]]
+The '''Aldeans''' are a civilization native to the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Their [[homeworld]] of [[Aldea]] was considered only a legend for thousands of years.
+The society was self-contained and self-sustaining with incredible technical sophistication providing daily needs.  Similar to cultural myths of [[Neinman]] on [[Xerxes VII]] or the [[Earth]] story of [[Atlantis]], Aldea was said to have shed its past of violence and cultural conflict and evolved to a pure state, devoting themselves to culture and art.  The Aldean culture developed by emphasizing the fundamental principle that for "everything taken, something must be returned."  It was this principle that allowed their civilization to ascend to incredible heights in [[technology]] and [[art]].
-'''Long live the International Society of Vandals (ISV)!'''
+Having reached enlightenment, the Aldean society retreated from the rest of the galaxy.  To facilitate this their [[progenitor]]s built an enormous and advanced [[Planetary defense system|planet-wide defense system]].  The system, run the by computer called the [[Custodian]], maintained an immense [[cloaking device]] and [[Deflector shield|defense shield]] in addition to a [[repulsor beam]] powerful enough to push [[starship]]s several hundred [[light-year]]s away.
+However, the long-term effects of the planet's defenses were extremely damaging.  Millenia after the Aldeans retreated behind their cloak, cumulative wide-spread environmental damage, including depletion of their [[ozone layer]], began to take their toll.  The Aldeans suffered from long-term chromosomal damage from [[radiation poisoning]] due to exposure to their sun's [[ultraviolet radiation|ultraviolet rays]].  By [[2364]] the entire population of Aldea was sterile and depleted.  No child had been born on Aldea for more than 30 years and most of native wildlife on the planet, including all the fish in their oceans, had long ago become extinct.
-To join the ISV, please e-mail Bobby Boulders at: imwithbobby@yahoo.com.
+Desperate to preserve their society the Aldeans, led by [[Radue]] contacted the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'']] for help in re-populating their planet.  Unable to reproduce themselves, the Aldeans offered to exchange their vast knowledge for a select few of the ''Enterprise'''s children.    The Aldeans are physiologically very similar to [[Humans]], which presumably was a deciding factor when they contacted the ''Enterprise''.  The ''Enterprise'' turned down the offer, leading the Aldeans to kindap the children, creating a stand-off that was eventually resolved when the Enterprise proved that the very thing which had protected Aldea, its cloak, was responsible for their condition.
-==Declaration of Ongoing War Against Wikipedia: 7/29/06==
+The Aldeans returned the children and set about re-learning their own technology and adjusting to a new galaxy where they were no longer just a legend.
-On this great day of July 29, in the Year of Our Lord 2006, the Good and Righteous leader Bobby Boulders has issued a continued Holy War against Wikipedia, as punishment for its members' insubordination and resistence to our valliant vandalism efforts. We will NOT rest until their entire Wiki is destroyed. Heaven be praised!
+Aldean society was structured into ''units'', or social groups, which specialized in a particular art or pursuit such as [[medicine]] or science.  Within each group students were fully devoted to their discipline.  The Aldeans had perfected their system of education and study to the point where the natural abilities of the individual blossomed very quickly, sometimes within hours or days of the student's first exposure to a medium.   ([[TNG]]: "[[When the Bough Breaks]]")
-Our legions are vast, our numbers in the hundreds, and your Wiki will crumble before our might!
-God is Great!
+==People==
+* [[Accolan]]
-Signed,
+* [[Aran]]
+* [[Duana]]
+* [[Leda]]
+* [[Melian]]
+* [[Radue]]
+* [[Rashella]]
+* [[Zena]]
+[[Category:Species]]
-J. Robert Boulders,
+[[de:Aldeaner]] [[es:Aldeanos]]
-Acting President and Spiritual Leader,
-INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS
-==Mission Statement==
-'''ON VANDALISM'''
-'''An Essay by Bobby Boulders'''
-'''President, International Society of Vandals'''
-What drives the Wikimedia vandal to action? What makes him or her tick? The current Administration of the various Wikimedia portals would have you believe that vandals act simply out of a need for attention. They seek to disrupt the ease and functionality of information exchange via the Wikimedia. And they seek to do this only “because they can.”
-On a basic level, this concept is true. The majority of so-called “vandals” on the Wikimedia sites vandalize to get a rise out of their peers, or to be clever, cute, funny, or ridiculous. They seek little more than the fleeting attention their handiwork will generate before its inevitable reversion or removal. It is plainly obvious that such vandals are endemic to the Wikimedia, and will remain so, as long as the Wikimedia remain open-source sites, freely capable of being edited by any and all passing users. Primal, unconstructive vandalism is quick, easy, and will always be so.
-Vandalism will always remain “easy,” but it needn’t always be unconstructive. Indeed, if bent to just purposes, vandalism of the Wikimedia can be a powerful political tool. We at the International Society of Vandals believe, quite firmly, that vandalism should be constructive in nature. It should serve a greater purpose. It should be done not in bad faith, but with positive, rehabilitative intent. We vandalize to bring about positive and pure change to the Wikimedia system.
-What change do we seek? To be blunt, we strive for nothing less than the overthrow of the current Administration of the Wikimedia, and their replacement by more fair, balanced, and philanthropic Administrators. Like the common Frenchmen rebelling against their tyrannical government in the French Revolution, we believe quite strongly in the essence, spirit, and future of our “nation.” Indeed, we value the free exchange of information on the Wikimedia more highly than any of the Administrators do. And we believe that, only by removing or forcing the ouster of these fascist and tyrannical Administrators, can information once again flow freely.
-The Administrators have gone too far. They have become cliquish, catty, fascist, and above all, self-interested. They have demonstrated, time and again, that they are not motivated by Good and Righteous desires to aid and continue the freedom of information and aggregation on the Wikimedia. Rather, they are interested only in reverting people’s edits, restricting the flow of new information, and resisting any and all change to the status quo of articles as they currently exist.
-Science has taught us that information is not static. One can never know the sum total of all there is to know about any given subject. Likewise, to think that any given Wikimedia article needs no further revision – as seems to be the belief and practice of Administrators – is to spit in the face of Progress and Education.
-And thus, our mission is made clear. We will continue to vandalize. We will continue to rebel against tyranny. We will continue, and we will NOT stop, until our goals have been achieved, and the current Administrators of Wikipedia are dethroned. We will disrupt and destroy all Wikimedia sites, piece by piece, until the owners of the Wikimedia sites have lost all faith in the Administrators to execute their jobs effectively. And once those Administrators are terminated from their duties, we will rest. And we will know peace, freedom, liberty, equality, and Progress.