Lost Colony

The Lost Colony is a region along the western shore of the Gamial Peninsula that is predominantly inhabited by Humans. It covers 36 million square miles of area in a somewhat irregular shape, with natural borders formed by mountain ranges, rivers, and coastline. Today Tetro is home to over 1 trillion Humans, about half of which live within the Lost Colony.

Origins
In the years before the Roanoke Resettlement, the region that would become the Lost Colony was uninhabited and geographically isolated from Star City by enormous mountain ranges. When the Dramilian Federation transported 116 Human colonists from Earth to Tetro in Earth-year 1588, they set up an enclosure for them around several hundred square miles near the center of the region. The Federation did not interact with the Humans, but secretly observed every aspect of their lives. Little is known about the fate of the original group of colonists, but it is suspected that after a period of observation, they were interrogated and subjected to medical experiments until their death by natural or unnatural causes. With information gained through study of this small Human society, the Federation began to genetically engineer the first generation of Humans created on Tetro. They were grown in artificial wombs and raised by Frelians until the age of 10 when they were released into the enclosure to fend for themselves, using the skills taught to them by their Frelian guardians. This process allowed the Dramilian Federation to influence the lifestyle and technology used by the Humans on their planet, while still allowing a unique culture to develop organically. Upon reaching child-rearing age, the Federation's scientists engineered a second generation of Humans which were raised by the first generation. The population continued to be grown in this way, until reaching its current size of 1 trillion.