Colony
Colony noun - A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.
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Outpost is a synonym for colony in community topic. In some cases you can use "Outpost" instead a noun "Colony", when it comes to topics like settlement, territory. popular alternative
Outpost
Outpost noun - A settlement on the frontier of civilization.
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Additionally, one episode shows that though the Xindi destroy Earth, they actually go after every single colony and outpost, literally chasing humanity down to the ends of the galaxy.
Source: Final Solution - In Losira's Apocalyptic Log about the death of her colony she says "...we who have guarded the outpost for you will be dead by the time you take possession of this planet."
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In the well-received Star Trek: Enterprise "Twilight" we see an alternate timeline in which the Xindi have succeeded in destroying the Earth and nearly every other Earth colony or human outpost.
Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave
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