The Oracle of the People was the name for the central computer of the Yonada worldship built by the Fabrini. It was revered by the Fabrini as a god.

Initially, the Oracle was intended to be a guide for the people of Yonada, which would advise the leadership on Yonada on how best to run the world-ship as it made its way towards Lorina. Over the centuries, the people began to ignore the advise of the Oracle, which resulted in severe environmental problems on Yonada. This resulted in a number of violent upheavals, the last of which brought a fundamentalist regime to power.

Afterwards, the Oracle was reprogrammed with these new fundamentalist idealogy. The Oracle then enforced its will through the use of the "instrument of obedience" which could control the thoughts and actions of the inhabitants. (TOS novel: Ex Machina). During the course of Yonada's voyage, the computer had malfunctioned and diverted the worldship's course from entering into orbit over Daran IV to a collision course with Daran V.

In 2268, Captain James T. Kirk, Commander Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy successfully disabled the Oracle and corrected the worldship's course to Daran IV. (TOS episode: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")

Following the establishment of the Lorina colony in 2270, many citizens wanted to restore the Oracle's control over their lives as the early days of establishing the colony had been hard. In 2273, a group of extremists led by Dovakru succeeding in boarding Yonada and attempted to reactive the Oracle. Fortunately, they were stopped by Admiral Kirk and a team from the Enterprise. (TOS novel: Ex Machina)