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'''Earth''', the third planet in the [[Sol]] system, is the name the [[Human]]s have given to their [[list of homeworlds|home planet]]. As such, it is the origin of the alternative name for Humans, [[Earthling]]s. It is also the original home of the [[Androsynth]] clone race, who fled the planet en masse in 2085. Earth is a [[List of planet types#Water|Water World]] with a single moon ([[Luna]]).

Although other races were aware of Earth and its emerging human civilization as early as the twentieth century, the first official contact with another space-faring race occurred in 2115. By some accounts, the [[Hierarchy]] did not initially consider Earth much of a threat. However, this opinion apparently changed during the course of the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], and according to some records the Hierarchy planned a massive assault on Earth during the War.{{ref|1}} 

Earth fell to the Hierarchy sometime in 2134 or 2135, and the planet was soon [[slave shield|slave-shielded]] by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]. Prior to the erection of the slave shield, Ur-Quan [[Dreadnought]]s laid waste to sections of the planet's surface including the city of Buenos Aires, human constructions older than five-hundred years, and other locations of unknown significance. As part of the subjugation process, the Ur-Quan established a [[Hierarchy]] [[Earth Starbase|Starbase]] in orbit around Earth and also left a battegroup of [[Ilwrath]] and [[Spathi]] forces, called the [[Earthguard]], to keep watch on the new [[fallow slave|fallow species]]. Following the destruction of the [[Sa-Matra]], the [[Chmmr]] successfully removed the slave shield that had briefly cut Earth off from the rest of the galaxy.

[[Image:Sc2 end free earth.png|left|thumb|[[The Captain]] and [[Talana]] gaze upon a free Earth from orbit.]]
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==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Ur-Quan Slave War#Campaigns|campaign scenario]] '''Target Earth''' from the Sega release of [[Star Control I]].''

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