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	In the immediate aftermath of the war, the surviving human nations coordinated the reconstruction and rearmament of Earth and founded the '''Earth Union''', a permanent civilian counterpart to the EUF. In this way, Earth's leaders hoped to permanently set aside their differences and be prepared for all out interstellar war if the Lunarians were ever to return. It is this same Earth Union, on the cusp of its centennial, that still governs Earthian space from Earth today.		In the immediate aftermath of the war, the surviving human nations coordinated the reconstruction and rearmament of Earth and founded the '''Earth Union''', a permanent civilian counterpart to the EUF. In this way, Earth's leaders hoped to permanently set aside their differences and be prepared for all out interstellar war if the Lunarians were ever to return. It is this same Earth Union, on the cusp of its centennial, that still governs Earthian space from Earth today.

	As years of peace turned into decades, Earth civilization recovered from near destruction to embrace a new age of spacefaring prosperity. A generation of navigational intelligences - the '''Pathfinders''' awoke from the liquid metal. They tapped into the precursor starmaps of Earth's alien benefactor and opened long trails of wormholes, pushing the ~~limits~~ of accessible ~~space~~ far into the distance. Earthian colonies followed, appearing like droplets of dew on a web. What Lunarian forces and influences they encountered over the years proved to be no more than remnants that had been abandoned and left behind. Gradually, the Earth Union drew down from its initial state of paranoid hypermilitance to a more general vigilance. The singular fear of a '''Second Lunarian War''' gave way once more to the mundane yet complex concerns of politics and economics in an expanding interstellar civilization.		As years of peace turned into decades, Earth civilization recovered from near destruction to embrace a new age of spacefaring prosperity. A generation of navigational intelligences - the '''Pathfinders''' awoke from the liquid metal. They tapped into the precursor starmaps of Earth's alien benefactor and opened long trails of wormholes, pushing the borders of the accessible universe far into the distance. Earthian colonies followed, appearing like droplets of dew on a web. What Lunarian forces and influences they encountered over the years proved to be no more than remnants that had been abandoned and left behind. Gradually, the Earth Union drew down from its initial state of paranoid hypermilitance to a more general vigilance. The singular fear of a '''Second Lunarian War''' gave way once more to the mundane yet complex concerns of politics and economics in an expanding interstellar civilization.

	==Earthian Space==		==Earthian Space==
	Earthian humans began travelling space in earnest after the end of the First Lunarian War about a century ago. Compared to the Celestials, their knowledge of the cosmos is little and many of the technologies they use, derived from alien influences, remain mysterious black boxes to them. This includes their sole method of superluminal travel, the '''Starpaths'''. A Starpath is created when a navigational intelligence subliminally accesses the precursor starmaps hidden within the liquid metal and engages her instinctive ability as a superdimensional drive. The process pulls the ship along with it and tears a wormhole in spacetime that, over a period of weeks, stabilizes enough for normal ships to transit. While often described as a network, the Starpaths are long lines of wormholes that all terminate at Sol. Since even the Pathfinder herself cannot control the direction of her Starpath, only a handful of them actually cross with another by happenstance in Crossroad systems that can become strategically important. Each of Earth's navigational intelligences are dedicated to a single Starpath and go through cycles of activity and inactivity, resulting in numerous expeditions that have pushed the horizon of human space far beyond what Earth can effectively control. End to end travel down the longest Starpaths is now a years long journey.		Earthian humans began travelling space in earnest after the end of the First Lunarian War about a century ago. Compared to the Celestials, their knowledge of the cosmos is little and many of the technologies they use, derived from alien influences, remain mysterious black boxes to them. This includes their sole method of superluminal travel, the '''Starpaths'''. A Starpath is created when a navigational intelligence subliminally accesses the precursor starmaps hidden within the liquid metal and engages her instinctive ability as a superdimensional drive. The process pulls the ship along with it and tears a wormhole in spacetime that, over a period of weeks, stabilizes enough for normal ships to transit. While often described as a network, the Starpaths are long lines of wormholes that all terminate at Sol.

	Earthian space contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of over 30 billion. The majority are thought to live ancient or neolithic lifestyles~~. Humans~~ of Earth stock account for no more than 10%.		Each of the navigational intelligences is dedicated to a single Starpath and since even they cannot control its direction, only a minority of lines actually cross with another by happenstance. These become Crossroad systems, rare nodes that often become strategically important. Pathfinders go through cycles of activity and inactivity, resulting in on-and-off waves of expeditions that have pushed the horizon of navigable space far beyond what Earth can effectively administer or control. Earthian space nominally contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of over 30 billion. The majority are thought to live ancient or neolithic lifestyles whereas humans of Earth stock account for no more than 10% of the population. Because Starpath termini are necessarily separated by a minimum distance in ordinary space and the transit itself is not instantaneous, end to end travel down the longest Starpaths is now a years long journey.

	'''Earth United Front'''<br>		'''Earth United Front'''<br>
	The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.		The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.

	The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. ~~The~~ bulk of the EUF's assets have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself, the EUF is less unpopular; the need ~~to be united~~ against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth rather than the Union Executive and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU. It maintains a monopoly as custodian of Earth's spin arsenal.		The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. Moreover, the bulk of the EUF's assets are proliferation risks that have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself however, the EUF is still less unpopular; the need for unity against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth rather than the Union Executive and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU. It maintains a monopoly as custodian of Earth's spin arsenal.

	'''Earth Union'''<br>		'''Earth Union'''<br>
	In the immediate post-war period, Earth's national leaders met repeatedly to discuss Earth's future and eventually agreed to form the Earth Union, a civilian counterpart to the EUF. Where the United Front was the bastion guaranteeing the survival of humanity, the Union would be concerned with renewing governance, reconstruction and returning some semblence of normality to day-to-day civilian life. The Union proved highly successful in this regard, ~~carrying~~ out large scale reconstruction across ~~the~~ Earth over the decades, fueled in no small part by extrasolar colonies. It also successfully maintained the peace between ~~numerous~~ states ~~that were (at least in the beginning) all in a state of vulnerability,~~ and had a strong moderating, centrist effect on politics ~~across Earth~~.		In the immediate post-war period, Earth's national leaders met repeatedly to discuss Earth's future and eventually agreed to form the Earth Union, a civilian counterpart to the EUF. Where the United Front was the bastion guaranteeing the survival of humanity, the Union would be concerned with renewing governance, reconstruction and returning some semblence of normality to day-to-day civilian life. The Union proved highly successful in this regard, having carried out large scale reconstruction across Earth over the decades, fueled in no small part by extrasolar colonies. It also successfully maintained the peace between Earth's surviving nation states and has had a strong, moderating, centrist effect on politics for many of them.

	Nearly a century after its foundation however, it still isn’t entirely clear whether the Earth Union is a federalist superstate, an intergovernmental organization or, if the latter, what sort of unit - whether states, nations or even the many interest groups with a voice - properly constitutes a member. As a result, it is a tense organization at every level. Its numerous institutions with varied, sometimes overlapping competencies deal with the divergent interests among its constituents and resistance to its inherent centralizing tendencies. There is the threat of Frexit and also the strong perception in the colonies of it as an institution of Earthbound imperialism.		Nearly a century after its foundation however, it still isn’t entirely clear whether the Earth Union is a federalist superstate, an intergovernmental organization or, if the latter, what sort of unit - whether states, nations or even the many interest groups and lobbying coalitions with a voice - properly constitutes a member. As a result, it is a tense organization at every level. Its numerous institutions with varied, sometimes overlapping competencies deal with the divergent interests among its constituents and resistance to its inherent centralizing tendencies. There is the threat of Frexit and also the strong perception in the colonies of it as an institution of Earthbound imperialism.

	'''Navigation Guild'''<br>		'''Navigation Guild'''<br>

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	Earthian space contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of over 30 billion. The majority are thought to live ancient or neolithic lifestyles. Humans of Earth stock account for no more than 10%.		Earthian space contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of over 30 billion. The majority are thought to live ancient or neolithic lifestyles. Humans of Earth stock account for no more than 10%.

	~~===~~Earth United Front~~===~~		'''Earth United Front'''<br>
	The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.		The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.

	The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. The bulk of the EUF's assets have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself, the EUF is less unpopular; the need to be united against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth rather than the Union Executive and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU. It maintains a monopoly as custodian of Earth's spin arsenal.		The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. The bulk of the EUF's assets have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself, the EUF is less unpopular; the need to be united against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth rather than the Union Executive and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU. It maintains a monopoly as custodian of Earth's spin arsenal.

	~~===~~Earth Union~~===~~		'''Earth Union'''<br>
	In the immediate post-war period, Earth's national leaders met repeatedly to discuss Earth's future and eventually agreed to form the Earth Union, a civilian counterpart to the EUF. Where the United Front was the bastion guaranteeing the survival of humanity, the Union would be concerned with renewing governance, reconstruction and returning some semblence of normality to day-to-day civilian life. The Union proved highly successful in this regard, carrying out large scale reconstruction across the Earth over the decades, fueled in no small part by extrasolar colonies. It also successfully maintained the peace between numerous states that were (at least in the beginning) all in a state of vulnerability, and had a strong moderating, centrist effect on politics across Earth.		In the immediate post-war period, Earth's national leaders met repeatedly to discuss Earth's future and eventually agreed to form the Earth Union, a civilian counterpart to the EUF. Where the United Front was the bastion guaranteeing the survival of humanity, the Union would be concerned with renewing governance, reconstruction and returning some semblence of normality to day-to-day civilian life. The Union proved highly successful in this regard, carrying out large scale reconstruction across the Earth over the decades, fueled in no small part by extrasolar colonies. It also successfully maintained the peace between numerous states that were (at least in the beginning) all in a state of vulnerability, and had a strong moderating, centrist effect on politics across Earth.

	Nearly a century after its foundation however, it still isn’t entirely clear whether the Earth Union is a federalist superstate, an intergovernmental organization or, if the latter, what sort of unit - whether states, nations or even the many interest groups with a voice - properly constitutes a member. As a result, it is a tense organization at every level. Its numerous institutions with varied, sometimes overlapping competencies deal with the divergent interests among its constituents and resistance to its inherent centralizing tendencies. There is the threat of Frexit and also the strong perception in the colonies of it as an institution of Earthbound imperialism.		Nearly a century after its foundation however, it still isn’t entirely clear whether the Earth Union is a federalist superstate, an intergovernmental organization or, if the latter, what sort of unit - whether states, nations or even the many interest groups with a voice - properly constitutes a member. As a result, it is a tense organization at every level. Its numerous institutions with varied, sometimes overlapping competencies deal with the divergent interests among its constituents and resistance to its inherent centralizing tendencies. There is the threat of Frexit and also the strong perception in the colonies of it as an institution of Earthbound imperialism.

	~~===~~Navigation Guild~~===~~		'''Navigation Guild'''<br>
	The Navigation Guild is a support organization for Earth's 72 active and inactive navigational intelligences. As the Pathfinders go through cycles of activity and bond with individuals or families rather than institutions, the Navigation Guild is necessarily a rather non-rigid affair that does its best to stay out of politics for the benefit of humanity as a whole. It organizes, recruits and trains for Pathfinding expeditions and also conducts surveys of already accessible systems. Given that it takes months or years of effort to chart even a single star system in detail and decades to fully understand its cycles and foibles, outstanding charting and research missions now form the vast, massively backlogged majority of the guild's workload.		The Navigation Guild is a support organization for Earth's 72 active and inactive navigational intelligences. As the Pathfinders go through cycles of activity and bond with individuals or families rather than institutions, the Navigation Guild is necessarily a rather non-rigid affair that does its best to stay out of politics for the benefit of humanity as a whole. It organizes, recruits and trains for Pathfinding expeditions and also conducts surveys of already accessible systems. Given that it takes months or years of effort to chart even a single star system in detail and decades to fully understand its cycles and foibles, outstanding charting and research missions now form the vast, massively backlogged majority of the guild's workload.

	~~===~~Earth Strategic Strike Force~~===~~		'''Earth Strategic Strike Force'''<br>
	The ESSF is a new military force seeded with personnel and equipment poached from the EUF and Navigation Guild. Its mission is primarily focused around "domestic issues" - incidents relating to something other than a major Lunarian adversary or all out interstellar war. Somewhat controversial even on Earth, the option of a military response to "internal" unrest is billed as necessary to maintain the unity and stability of the human race against the Lunarian threat and also to safeguard trade along the Starpaths. Predictably, the organization was accused of engaging in black ops well before its first units were even operational.		The ESSF is a new military force seeded with personnel and equipment poached from the EUF and Navigation Guild. Its mission is primarily focused around "domestic issues" - incidents relating to something other than a major Lunarian adversary or all out interstellar war. Somewhat controversial even on Earth, the option of a military response to "internal" unrest is billed as necessary to maintain the unity and stability of the human race against the Lunarian threat and also to safeguard trade along the Starpaths. Predictably, the organization was accused of engaging in black ops well before its first units were even operational.

	While technically a subdivision of the United Front, the ESSF is commanded directly by the office of the Union Executive. The formation of this second, smaller but much more flexible military force has greatly increased the power of Secretary-General ~~Getty Images~~.		While technically a subdivision of the United Front, the ESSF is commanded directly by the office of the Union Executive. The formation of this second, smaller but much more flexible military force has greatly increased the power of the Secretary-General's office.

	==Lunarian Space==		==Lunarian Space==
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	The Lunarians' principle form of superluminal travel is the Moon, a superdimensional celestial body colocated across countless systems, allowing instantaneous travel between each instance of its existence. It is not known how it is managed - either it is one of the few things the Lunarians can reach a consensus on or else it must grant the controller(s) considerable influence over other Lunarians. There are over a hundred (former?) instances of the Moon in Earthian space, including Earth's Moon. In addition, the Lunarians also have some access to a seemingly arbitrary superluminal drive that allows ships to warp independently.		The Lunarians' principle form of superluminal travel is the Moon, a superdimensional celestial body colocated across countless systems, allowing instantaneous travel between each instance of its existence. It is not known how it is managed - either it is one of the few things the Lunarians can reach a consensus on or else it must grant the controller(s) considerable influence over other Lunarians. There are over a hundred (former?) instances of the Moon in Earthian space, including Earth's Moon. In addition, the Lunarians also have some access to a seemingly arbitrary superluminal drive that allows ships to warp independently.

	~~===~~Celestial Superluminal Patrol~~===~~		'''Celestial Superluminal Patrol'''<br>
	A volunteer organization of a number of Lunarians that sought to stop the journey of Space Cruiser Amahara during the war a century ago using vessels equipped with an arbitrary warp drive. The entire fleet was apparently owned by Celestial Lord Kirtansis and it is unknown whether that technology was inherited by anyone else after his death.		A volunteer organization of a number of Lunarians that sought to stop the journey of Space Cruiser Amahara during the war a century ago using vessels equipped with an arbitrary warp drive. The entire fleet was apparently owned by Celestial Lord Kirtansis and it is unknown whether that technology was inherited by anyone else after his death.

	==Other Worlds==		==Other Worlds==
	~~===~~Arshes~~===~~		'''Arshes'''<br>
	Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.		Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.

	Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space and has a population of about 4 billion, mostly in the Arshean home system. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.		Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space and has a population of about 4 billion, mostly in the Arshean home system. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.

	~~===~~Rawa~~===~~		'''Rawa'''<br>
	With a population of over 40 billion, the lush, teeming and ''festive'' world of Rawa has a greater population than the rest of free humanity combined. The technology of genetic engineering into which Earth has taken tentative steps were taken to extremes on Rawa over thousands of years resulting in humans divided into numerous castes with morphological variation similar to Earth canines. Needless to say, Rawa is an extremely disconcerting place for outsiders and they, for their part, find the rest of humanity akin to freakish clone societies.		With a population of over 40 billion, the lush, teeming and ''festive'' world of Rawa has a greater population than the rest of free humanity combined. The technology of genetic engineering into which Earth has taken tentative steps were taken to extremes on Rawa over thousands of years resulting in humans divided into numerous castes with morphological variation similar to Earth canines. Needless to say, Rawa is an extremely disconcerting place for outsiders and they, for their part, find the rest of humanity akin to freakish clone societies.

	~~===~~Sharom~~===~~		'''Sharom'''<br>
	A distant and restive ~~system at~~ one of the handful of Crossroad systems with three or more lines.		A distant and restive planet in one of the handful of Crossroad systems with three or more lines.

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	~~==Dice==~~
	Dice are d6 in an attempt to break the d10 hegemony. The minimum difficulty is always at least 2 while the upper end goes past 6, with things impossible to do without training.		Dice are d6 in an attempt to break the d10 hegemony. The minimum difficulty is always at least 2 while the upper end goes past 6, with things impossible to do without training.

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	==Stats==		==Stats==
	The starting max is 5.		The starting max is 5 on all stats.

	===Basic Stats===		===Basic Stats===
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	'''QT'''<br>		'''QT'''<br>
	Supernatural powers. QT is spent on firing specific QT powers and rolled for results on some of them. It can also be used on Pool stats like Fate ~~can on~~ Basic stats, that is, set any roll of Willpower, Fate or QT to all sixes. The archetypical starting QT power is a perfect defense.		Supernatural powers. QT is spent on firing specific QT powers and rolled for results on some of them. It can also be used on rolls of Pool stats like Fate is used for Basic stats, that is, set any roll of Willpower, Fate or QT itself to all sixes. The archetypical starting QT power is a perfect defense.

	==Other==		==Other==
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	*Connections to Nekoheim		*Connections to Nekoheim

			==QT Powers==
			===Min QT 3===
			===Min QT 4===
			===Min QT 5===

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	'''Destroyers'''<br>		'''Destroyers'''<br>
	A destroyer is a warship built primarily around delivering spin warheads in combat, with all other functions secondary. The United Front commissioned vast numbers of these vessels over the past century as the backbone of Earth's defense. The earliest types were built immediately after the war and were essentially space torpedo boats designed for a very limited number of mission profiles - Earth orbital defense at various perimeters, and blockade of the Moon. From the 2040's onward, the United Front began setting increasing logistical capability targets for destroyers and the ships accordingly grew larger, with 15,000 tons mass now being typical. Although their cruising range has grown, they remain quite specialized warships, usually only have a hangar bay for USVs and utility launches. Their limited scope contributes greatly to their affordability but avails them poorly to scenarios that don't involve the hypothetical Second Lunarian War.		A destroyer is a warship built primarily around delivering spin warheads in combat, with all other functions secondary. The United Front commissioned vast numbers of these vessels over the past century as the backbone of Earth's defense. The earliest types were built immediately after the war and were essentially space torpedo boats designed for a very limited number of mission profiles - Earth orbital defense at various perimeters, and blockade of the Moon. From the 2040's onward, the United Front began setting increasing logistical capability targets for destroyers and the ships accordingly grew larger, with 15,000 tons mass now being typical. Although their cruising range has grown, they remain quite specialized warships, usually only have a hangar bay for USVs and utility launches. Their limited scope contributes greatly to their affordability but avails them poorly to scenarios that don't involve the hypothetical Second Lunarian War.

			'''Cruising Destroyer'''<br>
			An expanded destroyer capable of much longer cruises than ordinary destroyers. They are sometimes called "light cruisers" out of tradition, although they have much less flexibility and much lighter conventional weapons than true cruisers. Their mission is to engage and destroy remnant Lunarian robotic forces still scattered throughout Earthian space. They average about 25,000 tons.

	'''Frigates'''<br>		'''Frigates'''<br>
	Frigates are similar in size to destroyers but have a very different role, acting as anti-piracy vessels or dedicated escorts to larger long range ships.		Frigates are similar in size to destroyers but have a very different role, acting as anti-piracy vessels or dedicated escorts to larger long range ships. Unlike destroyers, they are not spin armed and the space normally devoted to warheads is instead given over to the storage and accomodations required for long cruises.

	Unlike destroyers, they are not spin armed and the space normally devoted to warheads is instead given over to the storage and accomodations required for long cruises. In practice, larger Frigates add more and more capabilities and blend somewhat smoothly into light cruisers.		'''Cruiser'''<br>
			Full cruisers are extended range warships with expanded capabilities.
	'''~~Cruisers~~'''<br>
	~~Cruisers~~ are ~~long~~ range ~~combat ships~~

	'''Battleships'''<br>		'''Battleships'''<br>
	The EUF line of battle is designed to fight Lunarians head to head using a variety of methods (most notably survivability at close range) to defeat any potential defenses against lobbing spin missiles from range.

	~~Most~~

	'''Strategic Carriers'''<br>		'''Strategic Carriers'''<br>
	~~A ship with a role both in the main fleet and the main colonies. For a time, they proved some of the only vessels useful far out on the Starpaths.~~

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	The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.		The United Front was formed in June of 2015 as a military alliance of Earth’s human nations against the Lunarians. While all international conflicts were defunct by the end of 1999 as over 90% of human population was lost in the Lunarian invasion, the catalyst for formalizing the EUF proved to be the revelation of mass superluminal travel by Ruruie the first Pathfinder, and the advent of the tampered spin bomb which made military success against Lunarians a realistic matter. The United Front won the First Lunarian War in late 2016 when the Lunarians sealed the Moon and withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.

	The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. The bulk of the EUF's assets have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself, the EUF is less unpopular; the need to be united against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU.		The vast majority of the EUF's great fleet of destroyers and capital ships is posted around Earth itself as an enormously expensive insurance against Lunarian attack. Long term quiet and taken-for-granted necessity has led to organizational decay and corruption. The bulk of the EUF's assets have limited application for low scale conflicts where spin weapons are inapplicable, hence the relatively recent foundation of the Earth Strategic Strike Force. Compared to the Union itself, the EUF is less unpopular; the need to be united against the possibility of further Lunarian attack is less controversial than the need - or the justice - of the Union's Earth-centric economic policies. The EUF is commanded through the consensus of the permanent members of the Council of Earth rather than the Union Executive and does what it can to remain aloof from the politicking that goes on in the EU. It maintains a monopoly as custodian of Earth's spin arsenal.

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	'''Destroyers'''<br>		'''Destroyers'''<br>
	A destroyer is a warship built primarily around delivering spin warheads in combat, with all other functions secondary. The United Front commissioned vast numbers of these vessels over the past century as the backbone of Earth's defense. The earliest types were built immediately after the war and were essentially space torpedo boats designed for a very limited number of mission profiles - Earth orbital defense at various perimeters, and blockade of the Moon. From the 2040's onward, the United Front began setting increasing logistical capability targets for destroyers and the ships accordingly grew larger, with 10,000 tons mass now being typical. Although their range has grown, they remain quite specialized warships, usually only have a hangar bay for USVs and utility launches. Their limited scope contributes greatly to their affordability but avails them poorly to scenarios that don't involve the hypothetical Second Lunarian War.		A destroyer is a warship built primarily around delivering spin warheads in combat, with all other functions secondary. The United Front commissioned vast numbers of these vessels over the past century as the backbone of Earth's defense. The earliest types were built immediately after the war and were essentially space torpedo boats designed for a very limited number of mission profiles - Earth orbital defense at various perimeters, and blockade of the Moon. From the 2040's onward, the United Front began setting increasing logistical capability targets for destroyers and the ships accordingly grew larger, with 15,000 tons mass now being typical. Although their cruising range has grown, they remain quite specialized warships, usually only have a hangar bay for USVs and utility launches. Their limited scope contributes greatly to their affordability but avails them poorly to scenarios that don't involve the hypothetical Second Lunarian War.

	'''Frigates'''<br>		'''Frigates'''<br>
	Frigates are similar in size to destroyers but have a very different role~~. They have been commissioned since the 2070's to act~~ as dedicated escorts to larger long range ~~vessels~~. Unlike destroyers, they are not spin armed.		Frigates are similar in size to destroyers but have a very different role, acting as anti-piracy vessels or dedicated escorts to larger long range ships.

			Unlike destroyers, they are not spin armed and the space normally devoted to warheads is instead given over to the storage and accomodations required for long cruises. In practice, larger Frigates add more and more capabilities and blend somewhat smoothly into light cruisers.

	'''Cruisers'''<br>		'''Cruisers'''<br>
			Cruisers are long range combat ships

	'''Battleships'''<br>		'''Battleships'''<br>
	The EUF line of battle is designed to fight Lunarians head to head using a variety of methods (most notably survivability at close range) to defeat any potential defenses against lobbing spin missiles from range.		The EUF line of battle is designed to fight Lunarians head to head using a variety of methods (most notably survivability at close range) to defeat any potential defenses against lobbing spin missiles from range.

	~~'''Fleet Carriers'''<br>~~		Most
	~~A ship with a role both in the main fleet and the main colonies. For a time, they proved some of the only vessels useful far out on the Starpaths.~~

	'''Strategic Carriers'''<br>		'''Strategic Carriers'''<br>

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			A distant and restive system at one of the handful of Crossroad systems with three or more lines.

	=Space Carrier Amahara=		=Space Carrier Amahara=

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	==Other Worlds==		==Other Worlds==
	===Arshes===		===Arshes===
	Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival~~, a point of some resentment among the 3.8 billion Arsheans~~. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.		Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.

	Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.		Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space and has a population of about 4 billion, mostly in the Arshean home system. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.

	===Rawa===		===Rawa===

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	With a population of over ~~120~~ billion, the lush, teeming and ''festive'' world of Rawa has ~~several times the~~ population of the rest of free humanity combined. The technology of genetic engineering into which Earth has taken tentative steps were taken to extremes on Rawa over thousands of years resulting in humans divided into numerous castes with morphological variation similar to Earth canines. Needless to say, Rawa is an extremely disconcerting place for outsiders and they, for their part, find the rest of humanity akin to freakish clone societies.		With a population of over 40 billion, the lush, teeming and ''festive'' world of Rawa has a greater population than the rest of free humanity combined. The technology of genetic engineering into which Earth has taken tentative steps were taken to extremes on Rawa over thousands of years resulting in humans divided into numerous castes with morphological variation similar to Earth canines. Needless to say, Rawa is an extremely disconcerting place for outsiders and they, for their part, find the rest of humanity akin to freakish clone societies.

	===Sharom===		===Sharom===

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	==Lunarian Space==		==Lunarian Space==
	Lunarian humans, who refer to themselves as the Celestials, have had access to space travel for thousands of years. Lunarians are involuntarily immortal and can phase through almost all physical phenomena. They cannot be killed or held against their will except by spin weapons and liquid metal respectively. Because of this, they lead distant and independent lives and have found it difficult to sustain much organization or society. Their core population is thought to be stagnant at only a few million but they rule over vast subordinate empires of humans that, in totality, greatly outnumber free humans. They primarily project power with robotic forces; real Lunarian ships are as much palace as battlestation and are rare overall. At the end of the '''First Lunarian War''', the Lunarians withdrew from all contact with Earthian space.		Lunarian humans, who refer to themselves as the Celestials, have had access to space travel for thousands of years. Lunarians are involuntarily immortal and can phase through almost all physical phenomena. They cannot be killed or held against their will except by spin weapons and liquid metal respectively. Because of this, they lead distant and independent lives and have found it difficult to sustain much organization or society. Their core population is thought to be stagnant at only a few million but they rule over vast subordinate empires of humans that, in totality, greatly outnumber free humans. They primarily project power with robotic forces; real Lunarian ships are as much palace as battlestation and are rare overall. At the end of the '''First Lunarian War''', the Lunarians withdrew from all contact with Earthian space. According to interview of the sole Lunarian known to reside among Earthians, the Celestials abandoned about 8% of their empire.

	The Lunarians' principle form of superluminal travel is the Moon, a superdimensional celestial body colocated across countless systems, allowing instantaneous travel between each instance of its existence. It is not known how it is managed - either it is one of the few things the Lunarians can reach a consensus on or else it must grant the controller(s) considerable influence over other Lunarians. There are over a hundred (former?) instances of the Moon in Earthian space, including Earth's Moon. In addition, the Lunarians also have some access to a seemingly arbitrary superluminal drive that allows ships to warp independently.		The Lunarians' principle form of superluminal travel is the Moon, a superdimensional celestial body colocated across countless systems, allowing instantaneous travel between each instance of its existence. It is not known how it is managed - either it is one of the few things the Lunarians can reach a consensus on or else it must grant the controller(s) considerable influence over other Lunarians. There are over a hundred (former?) instances of the Moon in Earthian space, including Earth's Moon. In addition, the Lunarians also have some access to a seemingly arbitrary superluminal drive that allows ships to warp independently.
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	===Arshes===		===Arshes===
	Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival, a point of some resentment among the ~~two~~ billion Arsheans. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.		Arshes is a long inhabited world of broadly comparable or slightly superior advancement to Earth before being likewise invaded by the Lunarians. However, they never received further alien technological assistance and were thus never able to do more than cling on to survival, a point of some resentment among the 3.8 billion Arsheans. The Lunarian invasion of Arshes was abandoned around the same time as that of Earth (indicating the Lunarians immediately regarded it as part of Earthian space long before Earthian explorers arrived). Thereafter, Arshes rebuilt itself as the Arshes World Republic in a similar fashion, heavily reverse engineering Lunarian technology as well as further developing their own. However they did not have superluminal travel or extrasystem colonies until the Starpath reached the Arshes system in 2084 when it became the terminus of the Elodia line. Arsheans have advanced spacecraft but their only superluminal travel for the time being is through the Starpath system administered nominally by Earth.

	Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.		Compared to the vast Earth Union, Arshes is only a regional power. The Arshean Armada is much smaller than the EUF but is spin armed. Considering its distance from Earth and the difficulty of projecting power that far it is not known where the line of balance between the two powers actually is. The area of space under obvious Arshean influence is known as Arshes space. Earth-Arshes relations are a prickly issue.

			===Rawa===
			With a population of over 120 billion, the lush, teeming and ''festive'' world of Rawa has several times the population of the rest of free humanity combined. The technology of genetic engineering into which Earth has taken tentative steps were taken to extremes on Rawa over thousands of years resulting in humans divided into numerous castes with morphological variation similar to Earth canines. Needless to say, Rawa is an extremely disconcerting place for outsiders and they, for their part, find the rest of humanity akin to freakish clone societies.

	===Sharom===		===Sharom===

	~~===Rawa===~~

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	Earthian humans began travelling space in earnest after the end of the First Lunarian War about a century ago. Compared to the Celestials, their knowledge of the cosmos is little and many of the technologies they use, derived from alien influences, remain mysterious black boxes to them. This includes their sole method of superluminal travel, the '''Starpaths'''. A Starpath is created when a navigational intelligence subliminally accesses the precursor starmaps hidden within the liquid metal and engages her instinctive ability as a superdimensional drive. The process pulls the ship along with it and tears a wormhole in spacetime that, over a period of weeks, stabilizes enough for normal ships to transit. While often described as a network, the Starpaths are long lines of wormholes that all terminate at Sol. Since even the Pathfinder herself cannot control the direction of her Starpath, only a handful of them actually cross with another by happenstance in Crossroad systems that can become strategically important. Each of Earth's navigational intelligences are dedicated to a single Starpath and go through cycles of activity and inactivity, resulting in numerous expeditions that have pushed the horizon of human space far beyond what Earth can effectively control. End to end travel down the longest Starpaths is now a years long journey.		Earthian humans began travelling space in earnest after the end of the First Lunarian War about a century ago. Compared to the Celestials, their knowledge of the cosmos is little and many of the technologies they use, derived from alien influences, remain mysterious black boxes to them. This includes their sole method of superluminal travel, the '''Starpaths'''. A Starpath is created when a navigational intelligence subliminally accesses the precursor starmaps hidden within the liquid metal and engages her instinctive ability as a superdimensional drive. The process pulls the ship along with it and tears a wormhole in spacetime that, over a period of weeks, stabilizes enough for normal ships to transit. While often described as a network, the Starpaths are long lines of wormholes that all terminate at Sol. Since even the Pathfinder herself cannot control the direction of her Starpath, only a handful of them actually cross with another by happenstance in Crossroad systems that can become strategically important. Each of Earth's navigational intelligences are dedicated to a single Starpath and go through cycles of activity and inactivity, resulting in numerous expeditions that have pushed the horizon of human space far beyond what Earth can effectively control. End to end travel down the longest Starpaths is now a years long journey.

	Earthian space contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of ~~about 13~~ billion ~~ranging from the 3 billion Earthians on Earth~~ or ~~its colonies to an estimated 1-1.5 billion dwelling on a hundred worlds at a~~ neolithic ~~level~~. ~~Most~~ of ~~the number are populations of humans on other worlds either formerly controlled or ignored by the Lunarians~~.		Earthian space contains over thirteen thousand systems with a total population of over 30 billion. The majority are thought to live ancient or neolithic lifestyles. Humans of Earth stock account for no more than 10%.

	===Earth United Front===		===Earth United Front===