[b]Hach Evacuation[/b]
"Well, Earth religions were never as tolerant as your own one. Human history is littered with wars like the one between you and the Sazkarjhit. The Common Sense War was basically a relapse of earlier religious wars, brought on by increasing tension and the ability of religious leaders to make their followers do anything they wanted done. On our planet, religions weren't created due to actual events like most non-Terran ones. Religion first began as a way to explain things that humans could not comprehend at the time, but it soon morphed into nothing more than a way of controlling people. That's why the wars were fought. The soldiers thought it was over truth and proving they were right, but the leaders knew it was only so they could have more people under their control. Since the Doctrinal Conflict, we've somewhat banned organized religion. All religious meetings need to rotate priests to prevent power corruption, and they have to add equality for people of all religions into their holy texts. It really is too bad that human religion didn't evolve like yours did, they could have advanced so fast without all the wars getting in their way."

[b]Encyclopedia Entry, Fergus McClain[/b]
[u]NOTE: Article moderated due to importance.[/u]
Fergus McClain was born on September 5th, 2000 on the planet Earth (Terra), in a territory held by the United States of America. In 2023, when the 3rd World War broke out, he was drafted by the United States Navy to fight in the Pacific Theater. Not willing to kill innocents (The USA had attacked first due to claims fabricated by the incredibly racist president at the time), Fergus went AWOL off the coast of Canada. Stealing a lifeboat, he landed in British Columbia and was rescued by an underground resistance movement fighting the Americans (Whom had attacked Canada as well due to their opposition to the Asian war). The movement was led by a radical supporter of civil rights, who had moved to Canada to escape the prejudice of America. Her name was Lia Sora, with a relation to the current Admiral Yuuki Sora. While still living with them in Canada, they got news that the vessel Fergus was stationed on (the USS Freedom) was destroyed by a Chinese fleet sent in a desperate attempt to destroy essential USA Naval production facilities. Taking advantage of the situation, Fergus took the original lifeboat he had with him and headed for California. Once he arrived, he told them he was the only survivor and had lived on the lifeboat for months. Reports are disputed, but it is likely that he implied the destruction of multiple Chinese troop transports by himself in the last hours of the ship. Though the President didn't believe him, he decided to use the story as propaganda to get more recruits. The president invited Fergus to a banquet in his honor, but Fergus' whole story was nothing more than a ruse to get close to the President and his cabinet. He poisoned the food and drink with Cyanide, killing the President along with his cabinet within hours. With the organizational structure temporarily in disarray, the Chinese were able to launch successful attacks on production facilities, crippling the US military. The resistance movement then swept through the USA, taking a large chunk of their land. Many years later, in 2047, Fergus McClain announced the completion of an interstellar drive system in orbit of Earth (Terra) by KeyTech, a company that had bought out nearly all other private spaceflight firms. Being the CEO and somewhat eccentric, he appointed himself as the commander of the mission that would utilize the Matter/Antimatter drive system. The mission went exactly as planned, and Fergus McClain returned as the first human to set foot on an exosolar planet. Since then, he has become on eof the most prominent leaders in Federation history. He has given credit to good luck for most of it.