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		<title>PACT Arm Today</title>
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		<updated>2009-08-16T04:58:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Lokan: /* Independents */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==PACT==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===USA===&lt;br /&gt;
The USA lost no major world during the ZOCU war and while its overall military record during the conflict was mixed, it emerged strong.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Hope and Change/New American Millenia&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Brazil===&lt;br /&gt;
The third of the PACT&#039;s &#039;leading three&#039;, Brazil was generally removed from the conflict.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Didn&#039;t Play&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Ignore the War&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Japan===&lt;br /&gt;
Japan&#039;s offworld ambitions were stymied by the defection of Fuso and Kanon, leaving them as something of a rump state.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Corporate State&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==EU==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Germany and France===&lt;br /&gt;
Neither Germany nor France suffered significant defection and their contributions to the war - including both the famous &#039;Doppels&#039; and Germany&#039;s first genuine war hero in two centuries,  Admiral Anton Zweiker combined to put these two at the pinnacle of the EU&#039;s power structure, where they have begun to direct its attention outwards.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  New European Millenium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Britain (and the Commonwealth as a whole) lost a great deal of prestige during the war.  Affiliated worlds like New Mercia, Londinium and Transbaal all defected away, decisively weakening Britain&#039;s position in the EU.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Fraying Patchwork&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Belgium/Denmark/The Netherlands===&lt;br /&gt;
These nations were the primary backers for Vrijheid, which defected to ZOCU.  They have since retreated into more isolationist, local politics.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Credits to Society&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==ZOCU==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Londinium===&lt;br /&gt;
Londinium escaped the war without significant damage and remains the core of ZOCU.  Its philosophy of outward direction finds strong support.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Put It Behind Us&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Kanon===&lt;br /&gt;
While having suffered an early ground campaign, Kanon rebounded and maintains its position as a key ZOCU world and a center for science and engineering.  Like Londinium, it strives to keep the Union intact.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Guiding Star&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Transbaal===&lt;br /&gt;
The demands of war proved too much for Transbaal&#039;s fragile economy and some mis-steps in the immediate postwar has put the world into doldrums.  Resentment and resignation is growing among the citizens at the government&#039;s inability to properly manage the situation.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Internal Collapse&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===New Mercia===&lt;br /&gt;
New Mercia and Albion practically had to be forced apart at gunpoint after the close of the main war, and unfortunately like Transbaal, the peacetime economy has not been kind to New Mercia.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Never Forget&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Haraway===&lt;br /&gt;
Despite being the scene of brutal fighting both on the ground and in space, Haraway largely feels it came out a winner in the war. However, while the immedate threat of an EU invasion has been removed, tension continues to run high with the EU, and many on Haraway regard a second round as a question of when not if. &lt;br /&gt;
:Status: Draw&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance: House of War&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Hampshire===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Located behind the front lines, Hampshire remained untouched by the war. Their large merchant marine provided logistical support to the Combined Milita and attacked PACT and EU supplies lines with their new stealth ships. Peacetime has found Hampshire one of the wealthiest nations within ZOCU. They share Londinium&#039;s philosophy of outward expansion.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Put It Behind Us&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Horizon===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The target of several PACT naval offensives aimed at securing a backdoor into ZOCU space, Horizon experienced an attritional war for each and every major near-Euclidean object between the system&#039;s jump-safe outer regions and the Horizonan colonies around Fulcrum and its&#039; Lunar-clone moon of Euclid. When the war ended and the demand for ships to replace losses in the outer system disappeared, postwar depression left them with nothing but their hard-earned freedom and a wary outlook regarding their former, &#039;&#039;baseline&#039;&#039;, masters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Draw&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Never Forget&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sino-Russians==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Russia===&lt;br /&gt;
The collapse of the Chinese arm gave Russia an opportunity to play catch-up with the PRC, though it remains to be seen if Russia&#039;s quiet interventionism will backfire.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Transhumanize!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===China===&lt;br /&gt;
For thirty years, China had to suffer the indignity of having most of its colonies cut off.  Fresh indignities were heaped upon them with the growth of nationalist feelings in the &#039;New Taiwans&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Long March Into Space&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The League==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Minkowski and Bilad Al-Rafigayn===&lt;br /&gt;
The war allowed the systems of Minkowski and Bilad Al-Rafigayn the opportunity to flex their muscles free of Core interference, helping themselves and by extension the League achieve a position of local strength.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Be Interventionist&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Independents==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Fuso===&lt;br /&gt;
Something of a sideshow during the war, Fuso managed to be a tough enough customer that PACT signed an early seperate peace with them.  However, their particular brand of ultranationalism has found them few friends in ZOCU or elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Ideological Purification&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===SIYAN===&lt;br /&gt;
SIYAN was a major combatant in the Pac-Am arm and was one of the additional parties covered by the Treaty of Sirius.  They remain an official observer in ZOCU and to PACT planners, a worrying techno-military power at the end of the Pac-Am catapult chain.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Get Sirius&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Theia===&lt;br /&gt;
A world that remains split between pro-independence and pro-PACT nations, Theia has become militarized and is one of the more likely flashpoints.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status:  Loser&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance:  Law of the Gun&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Helicon===&lt;br /&gt;
Throwing in with ZOCU early on in the hope of decisively ridding themselves of Core interference&lt;br /&gt;
with their affairs, Helicon was able to use longstanding strategic reserves and stockpiles to alleviate the costs of the war. Suffering minimal losses outside of the Battle of Haraway, the Treaty of Sirius stands as the single sour note in what is otherwise viewed as a successful and politically popular war.&lt;br /&gt;
:Status: Winner&lt;br /&gt;
:Political Stance: Get Sirius&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Lokan</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Second Sphere PC Plans</title>
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		<updated>2009-08-16T04:46:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Lokan: /* Independent Worlds */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;===PC concept overview===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Post what you are thinking of playing here.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The aim will be to have 4-5 people per primary faction (PACT, EU, China+friends, ZOCU and the League), with a couple added spots for indies.  This is to ensure player balance so all the big groups are adequately represented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Kerrus [[Altus]].&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; League, explorationist spacenoids living on a large posthuman relic&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;WS: [[Sandorn]].&#039;&#039;&#039; (TBA)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Peel: [[Minkowski]].&#039;&#039;&#039; League, space-adapted extreme transhumans, distinctive gravitophobic religion and culture, touchy nationalists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Fivemarks: [[Bilad Al-Rafigayn]].&#039;&#039;&#039; League. Middle Eastern refugees who started anew, vowing to never again become the shithole that the middle east had become. Earthlike Planet. Giant Robots with Chemical guns. Very Expansionist. Have a somewhat bad name due to going to extremes to fight the magnates.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ent: [[Valera]].&#039;&#039;&#039; Transhuman Amazons by circumstance, some diplomatic focus, Indie/PACT/EU possible, though the last one may require some fluff changes. Also, Boobs! ^-^&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Koffee: [[Corrigedor]].   &#039;&#039;&#039; Project New American Century&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;MJ12: [[Adhara]].&#039;&#039;&#039; High-end transhumans + PACT = ?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Oseng: [[The Federation of Garun| Garun]].&#039;&#039;&#039; PACT or EU/Second Stage Colony - older, well developed colony, with close ties to several of the Core Worlds. People live in massive space colonies - system wealthy from mining etc.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;FBH: [[Haraway%27s_World]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Transhumanist Feminist ZOCU house of war &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Screwball: [[New Mercia]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ZOCU, ice world, post civil war... you all know this by now. :p &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Mal&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[Kanon]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Zeromanicus&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Fuso]], Militant Transhuman ZOCU (OTAKU) &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Dacis2: [[Pacifica]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Pacific Rim Colony&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Luoyang]] Chinese Placeholder&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;OmegaPaladin&#039;&#039;&#039; Sieg Zodiac!  Conservative Transhumans with a bit too much idealism.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Lokar: [[Hampshire]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ZOCU Thetis =o&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Singh: [[Cook&#039;s World]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Exploratory outpost zomgwtfswarmed by refugees from the war which ended up becoming a full-blown nation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Norseman: Balkans&#039;&#039;&#039; Basically a massively balkanized state filled with weirdo minorities. EU colony (still governed by a High Commissioner) Early National -&amp;gt; Dominantly Baseline -&amp;gt; Garden World - Population Boom -&amp;gt; History Volume 1 - Crisis - Muddle Through -&amp;gt; History Volume 2 - Military Action - Miner Beatdown -&amp;gt; The Breakdown - Broken-down - Civil Unrest -&amp;gt; Politics - Bureaucracy as Usual -&amp;gt; Economics - Ignore the War -&amp;gt; Military - Foreign Legionnaires&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;TA&#039;&#039;&#039; : Elysium or [[MTA Hist idea]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039;: The [[Silesian Republic]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;MW&#039;&#039;&#039;: The [[Principality of Divine Providence]] is a religiously centered state that loves to solve technological problems and meddle in the dealings of others. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;BM&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[The Daedalus Republic]]. A reformed state built on the remains of a shattered fleet and colony, its worlds covered in the wreckage of the old regime. Heavily militarized and espionage oriented, this regime jealously guards its new order against the chaos and instability of their scrap-scattered lands. (Still in development. Full Bio and Stats to come at a later time.)&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Nasdaq:&#039;&#039;&#039; The [[Lazarus Federation]] is a multicultural federal constitutional republic. Colonized a series of moons orbiting the ringed gas giant Lazarus. Drop pods, power armor, and bugs, ho! Part of the Sino-Russian Arm, borders the League and God Knows What.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Arc&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[Sarreva]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Zeke: [[Horizon]]&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;[[New_Roswell|New Roswell]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Andronicus&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Outremonde Magnus|Outremonde]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Lokan&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Helicon]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Sphere 2 NPCs|Tentative NPCs of significance]]===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Specific Breakdown===&lt;br /&gt;
Please make a note of if your desired position is 1st, 2nd or 3rd.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====PACT====&lt;br /&gt;
The Pacific-American Cooperation Treaty is an economy powerful but relatively loose associated that includes the United States of America, Japan and Brazil.  They were a co-belligerent with the EU in the ZOCU war, though a lack of population support and security concerns such as feral drones kept them from prosecuting the war as aggressively as they might have.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Koffee (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Nasdaq (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Dacis (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oseng (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:OP (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent(2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeronet (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (4th)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====EU====&lt;br /&gt;
The European Union is overshadowed only by the PACT in economic strength, though the EU is the largest unitary economy in known space.  National identities have slowly begun to be subsumed into a pan-European identity that supports inclusiveness and human rights.  Unfortunately for transgenes, Stauss-Kaserist philosophy against rampant human augmentation took hold in the aftermath of the Crazy Years and the EU&#039;s firm stance is only beginning to relax.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:G (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oseng (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rask (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Arc (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent(3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Sino-Russian Arm====&lt;br /&gt;
The Dragon was finally rising in the middle of the 21st century, just in time for the Posthumans to start their own iterative ascendance.  Coming primarily from the more open societies in the West, it is no surprise that those same societies took advantage of their technologies first.  China was beaten to the stars by the EU and the proto-PACT, and found a natural - if wary - ally in Russia.  China&#039;s time came in the 22nd century, with their Treasure Ships ranging far and wide.  For twenty years it was a golden age for China and there was talk of Pax Sinica by the end of the century.  Then the Breakdown struck without warning, and the Chinese arm fell into tatters.  Their immense Treasure Ships, triumphs of shipbuilding were stranded far from their destinations while the PACT and EU&#039;s old catapult network and merchant marines of small freighters was suddenly the new backbone of trade.  Nonetheless, despite its travails, the fraying alliance of China and Russia are the third major Earth-based power block and stand next to the EU and the PACT as a great power.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Nasdaq (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Dacis2 (2st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====ZOCU====&lt;br /&gt;
Founded as a mutual-aid organization during the Breakdown, the Zodiac Outworlds Colony Union wielded some of the most advanced technology in the galaxy during its ultimately successful bid for independence and sovereignity.  ZOCU is accomodating to most (to excess, some critics claim) and has a strong transgene population.  Unfortunately, internal pressures between various factions have started to put stress on the union and few worlds escaped the war without significant incurred debt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Mal (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:FBH (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:OP (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Lokar (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zero (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Peel (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====The Expanse League====&lt;br /&gt;
A somewhat smaller assemblage of independent systems that fought together during the Magnate War.  Having been somewhat further away from the Core Worlds than ZOCU, they ended up being ignored and in the aftermath of that war, quietly negotiated for a significant degree of autonomy.  They do not have quite the array of advanced technologies of ZOCU, but conversely they are not labouring under post-war debt and limitations and mostly &#039;fly under the radar&#039; of the superpowers.  However that does not mean they don&#039;t have their own problems to deal with.  The Magnates and worse lurk in the near Rim, on the League&#039;s doorstep.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Peel (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Arc (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Fivemarks (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Singh (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Kerrus (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Independent Worlds====&lt;br /&gt;
A number of major worlds are considered &#039;independent&#039;, be it due to distance and apathy, prexisting political arrangements or wars of liberation.  These are the wild cards in the Expanse, some wielding incredible technologies reverse-engineered from Posthuman constructs while others have amassed nearly Core World levels of industrial or military power.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:MW (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:TA (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeronet(1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Lokan (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Mal (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Peel (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Kerrus (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (3rd)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Lokan</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Second Sphere PC Plans</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://swiki.fancruft.com/index.php?title=Second_Sphere_PC_Plans&amp;diff=6240"/>
		<updated>2009-08-16T04:39:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Lokan: /* PC concept overview */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;===PC concept overview===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Post what you are thinking of playing here.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The aim will be to have 4-5 people per primary faction (PACT, EU, China+friends, ZOCU and the League), with a couple added spots for indies.  This is to ensure player balance so all the big groups are adequately represented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Kerrus [[Altus]].&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; League, explorationist spacenoids living on a large posthuman relic&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;WS: [[Sandorn]].&#039;&#039;&#039; (TBA)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Peel: [[Minkowski]].&#039;&#039;&#039; League, space-adapted extreme transhumans, distinctive gravitophobic religion and culture, touchy nationalists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Fivemarks: [[Bilad Al-Rafigayn]].&#039;&#039;&#039; League. Middle Eastern refugees who started anew, vowing to never again become the shithole that the middle east had become. Earthlike Planet. Giant Robots with Chemical guns. Very Expansionist. Have a somewhat bad name due to going to extremes to fight the magnates.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ent: [[Valera]].&#039;&#039;&#039; Transhuman Amazons by circumstance, some diplomatic focus, Indie/PACT/EU possible, though the last one may require some fluff changes. Also, Boobs! ^-^&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Koffee: [[Corrigedor]].   &#039;&#039;&#039; Project New American Century&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;MJ12: [[Adhara]].&#039;&#039;&#039; High-end transhumans + PACT = ?&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Oseng: [[The Federation of Garun| Garun]].&#039;&#039;&#039; PACT or EU/Second Stage Colony - older, well developed colony, with close ties to several of the Core Worlds. People live in massive space colonies - system wealthy from mining etc.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;FBH: [[Haraway%27s_World]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Transhumanist Feminist ZOCU house of war &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Screwball: [[New Mercia]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ZOCU, ice world, post civil war... you all know this by now. :p &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Mal&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[Kanon]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Zeromanicus&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Fuso]], Militant Transhuman ZOCU (OTAKU) &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Dacis2: [[Pacifica]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Pacific Rim Colony&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Luoyang]] Chinese Placeholder&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;OmegaPaladin&#039;&#039;&#039; Sieg Zodiac!  Conservative Transhumans with a bit too much idealism.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Lokar: [[Hampshire]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ZOCU Thetis =o&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Singh: [[Cook&#039;s World]]&#039;&#039;&#039; Exploratory outpost zomgwtfswarmed by refugees from the war which ended up becoming a full-blown nation.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Norseman: Balkans&#039;&#039;&#039; Basically a massively balkanized state filled with weirdo minorities. EU colony (still governed by a High Commissioner) Early National -&amp;gt; Dominantly Baseline -&amp;gt; Garden World - Population Boom -&amp;gt; History Volume 1 - Crisis - Muddle Through -&amp;gt; History Volume 2 - Military Action - Miner Beatdown -&amp;gt; The Breakdown - Broken-down - Civil Unrest -&amp;gt; Politics - Bureaucracy as Usual -&amp;gt; Economics - Ignore the War -&amp;gt; Military - Foreign Legionnaires&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;TA&#039;&#039;&#039; : Elysium or [[MTA Hist idea]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039;: The [[Silesian Republic]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;MW&#039;&#039;&#039;: The [[Principality of Divine Providence]] is a religiously centered state that loves to solve technological problems and meddle in the dealings of others. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;BM&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[The Daedalus Republic]]. A reformed state built on the remains of a shattered fleet and colony, its worlds covered in the wreckage of the old regime. Heavily militarized and espionage oriented, this regime jealously guards its new order against the chaos and instability of their scrap-scattered lands. (Still in development. Full Bio and Stats to come at a later time.)&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Nasdaq:&#039;&#039;&#039; The [[Lazarus Federation]] is a multicultural federal constitutional republic. Colonized a series of moons orbiting the ringed gas giant Lazarus. Drop pods, power armor, and bugs, ho! Part of the Sino-Russian Arm, borders the League and God Knows What.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Arc&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[Sarreva]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Zeke: [[Horizon]]&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;[[New_Roswell|New Roswell]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Andronicus&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Outremonde Magnus|Outremonde]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Lokan&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Helicon]]&lt;br /&gt;
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===[[Sphere 2 NPCs|Tentative NPCs of significance]]===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Specific Breakdown===&lt;br /&gt;
Please make a note of if your desired position is 1st, 2nd or 3rd.&lt;br /&gt;
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====PACT====&lt;br /&gt;
The Pacific-American Cooperation Treaty is an economy powerful but relatively loose associated that includes the United States of America, Japan and Brazil.  They were a co-belligerent with the EU in the ZOCU war, though a lack of population support and security concerns such as feral drones kept them from prosecuting the war as aggressively as they might have.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Koffee (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Nasdaq (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Dacis (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oseng (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:OP (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent(2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeronet (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (4th)&lt;br /&gt;
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====EU====&lt;br /&gt;
The European Union is overshadowed only by the PACT in economic strength, though the EU is the largest unitary economy in known space.  National identities have slowly begun to be subsumed into a pan-European identity that supports inclusiveness and human rights.  Unfortunately for transgenes, Stauss-Kaserist philosophy against rampant human augmentation took hold in the aftermath of the Crazy Years and the EU&#039;s firm stance is only beginning to relax.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:G (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oseng (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rask (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Arc (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent(3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
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====Sino-Russian Arm====&lt;br /&gt;
The Dragon was finally rising in the middle of the 21st century, just in time for the Posthumans to start their own iterative ascendance.  Coming primarily from the more open societies in the West, it is no surprise that those same societies took advantage of their technologies first.  China was beaten to the stars by the EU and the proto-PACT, and found a natural - if wary - ally in Russia.  China&#039;s time came in the 22nd century, with their Treasure Ships ranging far and wide.  For twenty years it was a golden age for China and there was talk of Pax Sinica by the end of the century.  Then the Breakdown struck without warning, and the Chinese arm fell into tatters.  Their immense Treasure Ships, triumphs of shipbuilding were stranded far from their destinations while the PACT and EU&#039;s old catapult network and merchant marines of small freighters was suddenly the new backbone of trade.  Nonetheless, despite its travails, the fraying alliance of China and Russia are the third major Earth-based power block and stand next to the EU and the PACT as a great power.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Nasdaq (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Dacis2 (2st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
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====ZOCU====&lt;br /&gt;
Founded as a mutual-aid organization during the Breakdown, the Zodiac Outworlds Colony Union wielded some of the most advanced technology in the galaxy during its ultimately successful bid for independence and sovereignity.  ZOCU is accomodating to most (to excess, some critics claim) and has a strong transgene population.  Unfortunately, internal pressures between various factions have started to put stress on the union and few worlds escaped the war without significant incurred debt.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Mal (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:FBH (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:OP (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Lokar (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zero (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Peel (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
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====The Expanse League====&lt;br /&gt;
A somewhat smaller assemblage of independent systems that fought together during the Magnate War.  Having been somewhat further away from the Core Worlds than ZOCU, they ended up being ignored and in the aftermath of that war, quietly negotiated for a significant degree of autonomy.  They do not have quite the array of advanced technologies of ZOCU, but conversely they are not labouring under post-war debt and limitations and mostly &#039;fly under the radar&#039; of the superpowers.  However that does not mean they don&#039;t have their own problems to deal with.  The Magnates and worse lurk in the near Rim, on the League&#039;s doorstep.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Peel (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Arc (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Fivemarks (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Singh (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:WS (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Kerrus (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:BM (3rd)&lt;br /&gt;
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====Independent Worlds====&lt;br /&gt;
A number of major worlds are considered &#039;independent&#039;, be it due to distance and apathy, prexisting political arrangements or wars of liberation.  These are the wild cards in the Expanse, some wielding incredible technologies reverse-engineered from Posthuman constructs while others have amassed nearly Core World levels of industrial or military power.&lt;br /&gt;
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:MW (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:TA (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ent (1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeronet(1st)&lt;br /&gt;
:Zeke (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rex (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Mal (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Peel (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:MJ12 (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Kerrus (2nd)&lt;br /&gt;
:Screwball (3rd)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Lokan</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Helicon</title>
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== National Overview  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;As Of January 2195&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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Head of State: Executor Lauren Silar&lt;br /&gt;
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Head of Government: Executor Lauren Silar&lt;br /&gt;
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Government: Authoritarian Parliamentary Democracy&lt;br /&gt;
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Political Alignment: Independent, ZOCU aligned&lt;br /&gt;
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Traits: &lt;br /&gt;
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History Paths(tentative)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A. Universal Routes&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Resource Base +PIP&lt;br /&gt;
  2. Dominantly Transgene ++Transgene&lt;br /&gt;
  3. Hell World&lt;br /&gt;
  4. Tough it Out +Morale&lt;br /&gt;
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B. History of the Colony, Part I&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Military Action +Military&lt;br /&gt;
  2. Miner Beatdown +PIP&lt;br /&gt;
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C. History of the Colony, Part II&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Crisis +Stockpiles&lt;br /&gt;
  2. Sudden Change of Government +Morale&lt;br /&gt;
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D. The Break Down&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Broken Down +PIP&lt;br /&gt;
  2. Revolution! +Military, +Doctrines, +Morale&lt;br /&gt;
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E. The Zodiac Organization&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Independence!&lt;br /&gt;
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F. Indie World Politics&lt;br /&gt;
  1. Get Sirius +Hangarize, +Morale, +Doctrines, +ZOCU relations, -debt, -Treaty of Sirius&lt;br /&gt;
  2. Transhuman Resources +Transgene, +CIP, +Tech, +Wealth&lt;br /&gt;
  3. Friends from ZOCU +++Doctrines, ++Tech&lt;br /&gt;
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Chaotic Events&lt;br /&gt;
  1. The Weak Perish +Doctrine, -Pop&lt;br /&gt;
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Totals:&lt;br /&gt;
:+++++++ Tech&lt;br /&gt;
:++++++ Doctrines&lt;br /&gt;
:++++ Morale&lt;br /&gt;
:+++ PIP&lt;br /&gt;
:+++ Transgene&lt;br /&gt;
:++ Military&lt;br /&gt;
:+ Hangarize&lt;br /&gt;
:+ ZOCU Relations&lt;br /&gt;
:+ Wealth&lt;br /&gt;
:+ CIP&lt;br /&gt;
:- Treaty of Sirius&lt;br /&gt;
:- Pop&lt;br /&gt;
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=== History  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Politics  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Dramatis Personae  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Military  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:FBH&#039;s_club]] [[category:PC States]] &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Nations and Powers|Back]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Lokan</name></author>
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