Among the Stars - Organizations

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"The Solar Empire"
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Human Empire aka Home
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Despite what the name suggests, we actually don't have an emperor, and the official name would be the Social, Democratic and Parliamentary Confederation of the Republics of Earth and the Planar Colonies. Commonly it is referred to as the Solar Empire though, including by non-human alien legislations and monarchies. The truth is that the system is very very intricate, complete with higher and lower presidents, partial monarchies, and even military and alien leaders meddling into the political scene. Entire studies could be made to fully understand the political scene of this world, but sadly that time isn't available, therefore I shall leave it at a small excerpt that will get the general idea across.

- Lower Senates and Presidents -
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Each planet, and sometimes even colony has their own senate and presidents, which rule over their assigned territory, but are limited to a constitution and an unwritten moral socialistic/democratic idea. They are kept in check by the High Senate directly, as their president is part of it, but are also controlled by outer institutes and internal institutes. The senators are picked directly by the public, and can be anyone, even from the common people. Each runner up candidate is given an equal amount of advertising space and time on different media, including the holoviews. Sometimes there will be a bit of cheating with richer candidates bribing into more airtime, but in general the colonies uphold the equal television time.


A strange thing is that in this system the candidate does not need to be human, there can be contested by any allied or integrated alien race, though it will be harder to get votes because of prejudice amongst the people. Lower senators choose a president every three years, with a limit to four total terms, even when broken up. The senate is of course democratically chosen by the inhabitants of a planet, but the president also has to pass a popularity check, though it does not happen often, the public can vote in disagreement with the Senate and reject the chosen president.


Distant colonies that aren't kept as clean and democratic as should be sometimes fake this vote though, even if there are harsh crackdowns on this practice. Some would say that a few colonies would apply for the term "dictatorship" or "second range politic system" and are looked down on immensely. Sometimes the higher senate decides to send military forces to these colonies to assure a fair vote is held. A few times riots have led to overthrown governments, but in recent decades this has rarely happened, with only three or four colonies.

- The High Senate and President -
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The High Senate is made up out of all the Lower Presidents, which are in that function called Planar Representatives, and no longer Lower President. This High Senate chooses a new president every two years, with a limit to three consecutive terms, but exceptions have been made in times of war with alien forces. In the current system it can and has happened that an alien gets voted the High President, though the majority of the senators and Planar Representatives are human, up to 90-99%, depending on the year. This could also be seen as a part of human and alien races are getting closer together in a single unity, which is further aggravated by the many intertwined alliances in our part of the solar system.


In the current political system, there hasn't been an interstellar or interplanetary war amongst the allies for nearly three centuries. Of course hostile exterior forces have been reckoned with and assimilated, sometimes even exterminated, but if there are any left, they are in hiding, as for now the Solar Empire and her allies are an unstoppable, all-consuming force.


Some are sceptic of the system and immense firepower that humanity has gained, with reason, and the extermination of some alien races has been the point of discussion and argument. To prevent such things from happening, all alien races have first to be noted and studied, and there has to be a 70% or higher vote in favour of extermination and the declaration of total hostility and inability of assimilation of a race. For the last five decades no race has been completely exterminated, although some have been forcefully assimilated and scattered from their homes. It is argued that such things simply happen when a force of this power exists, and that it can't be prevented by neither the senators nor the president.

 

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"The Solar Empire Military"
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Those Bastards Again
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You do not want to have these people against you, they are legislated directly by the senate and president, but have an interior mechanism that controls the police and safety in the colonies. Though their interests differ immensely, the military has always been a close partner of the scientists, and their weapons are top notch.

- The Outliners -
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These are the "real" military, as they like to call themselves, and are tasked solely with the defence of the empire against exterior (or powerful interior) forces. These are the people you call in when things truly go awry, and they do not skip around. The most hardy men and women the empire has to offer, they tend to not take any bullshit, and to nearly religiously abide by their ranks. Aside from the Solarnauts, these are the people furthest away from peaceful society, being stationed near the border and on lonely outpost across our arm of the galaxy. Some bases are located more strategically closer to the centre of the empire, so they can form a defensive line aswell. Often they are called to deal with uprisings that have gone out of hand, and sometimes they are sent to keep the Xyvir exterminated within the borders of the empire. They generally got nothing to do with diplomacy or politics, and are merely doing the dirty work for the rest of the empire. Do not think reason or pleading for mercy is going to work, if their orders say you are to be killed you will be, no questions asked. Many of the INANES models are sent into this squadron, and the humans are ought to behave similar to them, blindly being guided by orders with disregard for anything but them.

- The Space Division -
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Technically the space division isn't a part of the military, but they rely so closely on eachother that it might as well could be. The space division is where the SSE Lullaby takes it's orders from, though those orders are heavily influenced by the top of the military, so they aren't entirely free to do what they want. Science comes at the first place in this case, with different teams looking for habitable planets and history. Anything that could be interesting for science has a priority, and finding habitable planets is seen as an extra, and not per se necessity. The Solar Empire has enough living space as it is, and habitable planets aren't a requiem, neither are minerals, but alien intelligent species are the main target. You cannot trade if you have no partners to trade with. These intelligent species can be friendly and alive, in best case, but it is not strange to find died out planets with ruins, or even planets with hostile alien life forces. The hostile forces also have to be studied, for programs like making the INANES, and experimenting with genetical engineering and DNA. Saami is a direct result of their experiments.

- The Military Police -
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You could say these are the SWAT of the stars, a tougher, better equipped version of the normal police a colony has. In this case the Military Police is one, well organised machine, tasked with keeping the entirety of the empire safe. Where the normal police of a colony is only tasked with keeping order in their immediate area. They take orders from the lower senators and presidents, and one department doesn't necessarily have anything to do with another, even if cooperation is expected. The military police will instead directly take orders of the high president and the highest ranks of the military only. They are stationed in fairly rough areas of the solar system, places where uprisings or revolutions are happening or about to happen.


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"The Illuminated Revolution"
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Not as Bright as The Name Suggests
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In the last year a lot has been going on in the Solar Empire. Most notorious the grand reveal of IR, which came in with a bang; these are the latest flavour of terrorists and saboteurs, but it might not be a seasonal offer. It appears that they both have a counterpart in parliament, and an armed force, but those rumours have not yet been confirmed.

- The Propaganda -
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Robots and aliens are a blemish to the purity of mankind. They might wrap it up in nicer words, pretend they stand for the glory and greatness of the solar empire, but in their core the goal has always been to purge anything non-human. By saying that the halt in the economic growth of the world is halted by 'militarising projects' such as the INANES and Androids, and the 'stealing cultus' of aliens they have gained quite some momentum amongst disgruntled civilians. Though they offer no solutions, they do know <em>exactly </em>what is wrong with everything. Officially the Iridescent Party isn't linked to the Illuminated Revolution, and they have been denying this adamantly, but the similarities are slightly too large to be coincidental. Lately they have been branching their ideals out, stating even humans are in the wrong as they have lost ideological morality. Those that will not agree are said to be traitors, alien-siders, robolovers. Slowly but certainly the political field is radicalising.

- The Rebels -
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These are the people to whom just yelling obscenities in parliament isn't enough. They want to see action: practicality. Starting as disorganised groups attacking androids, INANES and aliens, they have now united under the banner of IR. Originally hiding in further edges of the empire, they have grown bold and more brutal. Not only murders and the destruction of technology is happening though, terrorist strikes have hit more and more often. The most first and most famous on their name being the Free Earth Space Acadamy bombing, that left at least 50 dead and over 300 wounded. Even with crackdowns it seems impossible to catch them tough, their guerrilla tactics allowing them to make quick escapes and never show their faces. Process on capturing them through legal means has been slow, with only a few small hideouts caught. The trails are frail like paper, and burnt behind the true masterminds meticulously. There have not yet been any leads to those that made the banner of IR, and not the ones waving it.

- The Illuminated -
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Or so they call themselves, these are the mysterious three leaders of IR, who act behind aliases, masks and distortions. Whenever an official demand is made on the terrorist side these people appear on camera, but only behind a mask. It is not even sure if there are only three leaders, or if there are multiple people pretending to be these three caricatures. As of now the internet has nicknamed them Ladybunny, Face-off and Three. What the internet does not know however is a strange, out of place video being send to the authorities that shows a few seconds of Three begging an unknown figure for his life.

 

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"Free For All"
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Better at Freedom Than Names
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After the display of blaring ineptitude in finding the leaders of the Illuminated Rebellion and combating the terrorist attacks a new counter-rebellion rose. Beginning as a raise for awareness on the necessity of equal and fair rights for all, but as of late also taking an somewhat illegal but vigilante stance in stopping slave/sex-trade and exploitation of workers. Yet they still operate above the law, and know full well that none of their members are anything more than people fighting for a cause just as the opposition does

- The Ideal -
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Instead of taking a direct attempt by creating a political party, Free For All tries to encourage critical thinking on a more broad scale of society. Awareness is their weapon: trying to spread facts and information so eventually the whole of the Solar Empire turns more tolerant and humane, and not just the ruling party. In their official stance tolerance is something cultivated, not forced, and though the change for more fair rights is necessary, they want it to happen good rather than quick. However, the time is ticking, and though slow baby steps might appeal to more people, the vocal minority of IR shouts louder. Right is not always the most popular thing, and for now the underdog factor of IR is slowly getting lost. Many civilians demand change right now and here, without them having to make any sacrifices. IR is playing on that initial, emotional demand and desire for more without effort. Meaning that more and more the message that Free For All spreads gets lost.

- The Vigilantes -
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Just like with IR, in FFA too there are people who demand more action to be undertaken. It was never a secret though that the organisation operated with vigilantes: crashing in on illegal operations that the police and military could not trace through legal means. Anything from trafficking to smuggling to preventing the terrorist attacks of IR. In their illegal actions they do however drag all the others that are secretive out: revealing to the light what else is going on. Many condemn FFA for their actions, but their goal is to make them condemn all the actions by IR, cartels and any other illegal operation as well. To them it doesn't matter that they out themselves, or who they reveal. Nothing is sacred or safe for the vigilantes' desire for total truth.

- The Command-
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The command is constituted of many different people, working in different facets of the organisation. A requirement is that the leadership is always known with name and face to the public; even if their actions or roles aren't. This has led to the command consisting out of anyone brave enough to fight for their beliefs, and not just those that belong to the right group. Furthermore it is a technocracy inspired system, where those with the most expertise are in command of their field of expertise. Ex-military and police lead the vigilantes, IT leads the hacking, businessmen manage the finances, etc. They are kept at headquarters to physically converse with eachother every month on the stance of things, and then decide on their next actions. The second aspect of the command runs on merit: if you prove yourself to be trustworthy you will attain more resources and freedom to pick who and what you work with, and how. However, abuse in power leads to immediate demotion, no matter how high you are up in the chain.