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	Still, pockets of stability remain to open to travelers. Chief amongst these oasis is Tykhestan. The administrative machinery of Tykhestan is essentially that of a District of the Solar Commonwealth: a Logothete and his staff acting as the head for a number of lower magistrates and various officials. The Provisional Government insists all traffic through Tykhestan space must obey ancient Commonwealth era Navigation Law and Procedure. To this day, its citizens continue to maintain that the Provisional Government is simply a region of the Commonwealth, not an independent nation-state.		Still, pockets of stability remain to open to travelers. Chief amongst these oasis is Tykhestan. The administrative machinery of Tykhestan is essentially that of a District of the Solar Commonwealth: a Logothete and his staff acting as the head for a number of lower magistrates and various officials. The Provisional Government insists all traffic through Tykhestan space must obey ancient Commonwealth era Navigation Law and Procedure. To this day, its citizens continue to maintain that the Provisional Government is simply a region of the Commonwealth, not an independent nation-state.

	Conversely the majority of military, the so called Provisional Armed Forces, is manned almost entirely not by native citizens but by a Beyonder nomadic comet-rider coalition known as the Setarehzan Paradraya, claiming descent from Commonwealth outrider patrols of the Kuiper, who settled peacefully in Tykhestan - living under their own military law and internal government. Voluntarily “registered” for service as an emergency military force, the Setarehzan are skilled combatants in their long, needle hulled dromons. Their energetic patrols of the belt seek to expand the envelop of Tykhestan space in every direction against the myriads of marauders and		Conversely the majority of military, the so called Provisional Armed Forces, is manned almost entirely not by native citizens but by a Beyonder nomadic comet-rider coalition known as the Setarehzan Paradraya, claiming descent from Commonwealth outrider patrols of the Kuiper, who settled peacefully in Tykhestan - living under their own military law and internal government. Voluntarily “registered” for service as an emergency military force, the Setarehzan are skilled combatants in their long, needle hulled dromons. Their energetic patrols of the belt seek to expand the envelop of Tykhestan space in every direction against the myriads of marauders and rival techno-barbarians.

	In practice the operation of Provisional Government in union with the Setarehzan is oft remarked to resemble a constitutional elective monarchy, with the Logothete acting akin to the prime minister of a technocratic bureaucracy for the Rauka of the Setarehzan.		In practice the operation of Provisional Government in union with the Setarehzan is oft remarked to resemble a constitutional elective monarchy, with the Logothete acting akin to the prime minister of a technocratic bureaucracy for the Rauka of the Setarehzan.

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	\| Ladislauvia Kolodowicz		\| Ladislauvia Kolodowicz
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	''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>		''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>
	- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>		- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>


	'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>		'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>
	'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms		'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms


			==Today==
	In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. It is hard to imagine the provenance of the appellate today for it is now a blighted ruin, lawless and violent.		In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. It is hard to imagine the provenance of the appellate today for it is now a blighted ruin, lawless and violent.

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	Rumors of a supposed “Salvation Council” are absolutely untrue hearsay and rumor.		Rumors of a supposed “Salvation Council” are absolutely untrue hearsay and rumor.

	==The Tykhestan ~~Reef Zone~~==		==History==
			===The Tykhestan Interim District Provisional Government===
	''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>		''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>
	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers <br>
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	The main belt was the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading attempts beyond earth orbit as a natural extension of various waystation projects and mining operations. The region’s runaway development soon made it highly attractive to the mother nations in the Earth sphere and soon enough paid witness to the first brushfire wars and proxy conflicts. While the Solar Girdle emerged as the industrial heartland of the Solar System the Great Powers jockeyed all the more violently with each other for influence and control over the colonies.		The main belt was the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading attempts beyond earth orbit as a natural extension of various waystation projects and mining operations. The region’s runaway development soon made it highly attractive to the mother nations in the Earth sphere and soon enough paid witness to the first brushfire wars and proxy conflicts. While the Solar Girdle emerged as the industrial heartland of the Solar System the Great Powers jockeyed all the more violently with each other for influence and control over the colonies.

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	Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kubileya Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.		Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kubileya Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.

	The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of its local officers and revising their areas of responsibility. It would appoint Soffiya Poklonskaya to the post of Logothete Hōrai.		The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of its local officers and revising their areas of responsibility. As part of these changes it would appoint Soffiya Poklonskaya to the post of Logothete Hōrai.

	Various factions under the direction of fragments of LOGOS attempted to seize control of polities in the main belt in a blinkered effort to secure industry and resources to pursue futile survival plans. In the self-immolation of the Commonwealth, the Solar Girdle became a particularly ferocious battleground as manned fleets clashed with each other and the wrath of terrible engines locked away in secret arsenals were turned loose. War, against all by all, trampled the Solar Girdle with bloody footsteps. It is a grim irony that while it was the Solar Girdle that most vulnerable to the cometary bombardment, the fury of the Civil War robbed the vast majority its population to secure themselves in proper safeholds of the Polis type before the vanguard of Nemesis had arrived.		Various factions under the direction of fragments of LOGOS attempted to seize control of polities in the main belt in a blinkered effort to secure industry and resources to pursue futile survival plans. In the self-immolation of the Commonwealth, the Solar Girdle became a particularly ferocious battleground as manned fleets clashed with each other and the wrath of terrible engines locked away in secret arsenals were turned loose. War, against all by all, trampled the Solar Girdle with bloody footsteps. It is a grim irony that while it was the Solar Girdle that most vulnerable to the cometary bombardment, the fury of the Civil War robbed the vast majority its population to secure themselves in proper safeholds of the Polis type before the vanguard of Nemesis had arrived.
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	Tykhestan entered the Long Night.		Tykhestan entered the Long Night.

	==The Beyonders==		===The Beyonders===
	~~Amongst~~ the ~~fractious Comet Riders~~ of the ~~Kuiper and far Oort are certain loose group identities that formed~~ in the ~~aftermath~~ of ~~Nemesis and~~ the ~~hostility of Monster~~ to all ~~unidentified traffic. Of these~~ the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers~~) are amongst~~ the ~~greatest~~ of the ~~intensely xenophobic~~ and ~~secretive Beyonders~~. ~~Claiming descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of~~ the ~~far Oort~~, ~~these nomads sail~~ the ~~dark sea~~ beyond the ~~shores~~ of the ~~Sun on glittering sails~~ and ~~live~~ in ~~social structures very much like military units~~. ~~It is~~ the ~~atypical discipline~~ and ~~organizations that has allowed them to consistently defeat~~ other ~~Comet Riders for possession~~ of ~~contested orbits.~~
			In an age of legends it is said that by the will of LOGOS our great ancestors traveled far from shores of the Sun in the long ships to chart the Sea of the Deep Black on glittering sails, lances at the ready. They would come to call the Deep Black their new home for few came back ashore at all; we were already the Setarehzan then, Star Trail Lancers, we who ride the Comet’s Tail! We knew each of the comets in the Kuiper and the Oort far beyond as though they were sheep. The laws they lived under, which they passed down to us, was the military law. For we were more than shepards, but warriors also, outriders shielding the shore in concert with Monster.

			Alas could our ancestors have known that the enemy to come was beyond the power of their lances to vanquish? Woefully our lances were stained with bloody kinstrife and the Deep Black was lit by the brief candlelight of the dying, but no amount of brother and sister killing would set aright what had gone awry in the Commonwealth, traitors though they be. And all the while Nemesis came ever closer; we and other comet riders could survive easily enough her passing in the seas Beyond. Those ashore, though, could any of them truly survived?

	~~Several~~ centuries ~~ago~~ the ~~great Setarehzan Staff agreed~~ that ~~a splinter~~ of the ~~Setarehzan should follow a Comet deep into~~ the ~~System~~ to ~~see if any fragments~~ of ~~the Commonwealth yet remained~~.		For centuries we bode our time in the dark seas, hunting traitors amidst the shower of comets and the lingering tears they left behind whilst Monster raged blindly. Many generations of Raukas discussed what if anything should be done. Finally, it was decided that of our Raukas would lead their division to scour the Sunlit shores, and we were picked: our long ships were the swiftest and our Rauka’s mind the keenest, as sharp as our lances. Riding the Comet’s Tail we flew ashore and there found naught but evil to every side. For a moment we despaired of finding anything left to save, till we found Good Fortune waiting for us.

	~~These Setarehzan are known by themselves and by their~~ cousins in the ancestral homeland as the ~~Setarehzan~~ Paradraya, beyond the ~~sea~~.		In her embrace we have lived ever since. Our cousins in the ancestral homeland and all the world know us as the Paradraya, beyond the Sea. We shall not see them again until the Commonwealth is restored.

	==Tykhestan ~~Reef Zone~~ Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==		==Tykhestan Provisional Government Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==
	===The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government===		===The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government===
	'''Population''' <br>		'''Population''' <br>

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	~~''“Heaven grant thee good,” said Arthur. “And where, Iddawc, didst thou find these little men?”'' <br>~~
	~~''“I found them, lord, up yonder on the road.” Then the Emperor smiled.'' <br>~~
	~~''“Lord,” said Iddawc, “wherefore dost thou laugh?”'' <br>~~
	~~''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>~~
	~~- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>~~

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			''“Heaven grant thee good,” said Arthur. “And where, Iddawc, didst thou find these little men?”'' <br>
			''“I found them, lord, up yonder on the road.” Then the Emperor smiled.'' <br>
			''“Lord,” said Iddawc, “wherefore dost thou laugh?”'' <br>
			''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>
			- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>

	'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>		'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>
	'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms		'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms

			In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. It is hard to imagine the provenance of the appellate today for it is now a blighted ruin, lawless and violent.

			For those seeking to journey across the Solar System, the band of space between Mars and Jupiter is often one of the most dangerous stretches of their journey. The Civil War and Long Night reduced to techno-barbarism and brigandry many of those trapped outside of polises.

			Still, pockets of stability remain to open to travelers. Chief amongst these oasis is Tykhestan. The administrative machinery of Tykhestan is essentially that of a District of the Solar Commonwealth: a Logothete and his staff acting as the head for a number of lower magistrates and various officials. The Provisional Government insists all traffic through Tykhestan space must obey ancient Commonwealth era Navigation Law and Procedure. To this day, its citizens continue to maintain that the Provisional Government is simply a region of the Commonwealth, not an independent nation-state.

			Conversely the majority of military, the so called Provisional Armed Forces, is manned almost entirely not by native citizens but by a Beyonder nomadic comet-rider coalition known as the Setarehzan Paradraya, claiming descent from Commonwealth outrider patrols of the Kuiper, who settled peacefully in Tykhestan - living under their own military law and internal government. Voluntarily “registered” for service as an emergency military force, the Setarehzan are skilled combatants in their long, needle hulled dromons. Their energetic patrols of the belt seek to expand the envelop of Tykhestan space in every direction against the myriads of marauders and

			In practice the operation of Provisional Government in union with the Setarehzan is oft remarked to resemble a constitutional elective monarchy, with the Logothete acting akin to the prime minister of a technocratic bureaucracy for the Rauka of the Setarehzan.

			Tykhestan is a major industrial powerhouse in the system. While much reduced in efficiency by the Civil War and the Long Night, it retains extensive manufactory infrastructure in all fields related to ships. Unfortunately centuries of desperately necessary central control related to military quotas and laboring under limited resources stunted the production of non-military goods.

			Rumors of a supposed “Salvation Council” are absolutely untrue hearsay and rumor.

	==The Tykhestan Reef Zone==		==The Tykhestan Reef Zone==
	''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>		''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>
	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers
			The main belt was the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading attempts beyond earth orbit as a natural extension of various waystation projects and mining operations. The region’s runaway development soon made it highly attractive to the mother nations in the Earth sphere and soon enough paid witness to the first brushfire wars and proxy conflicts. While the Solar Girdle emerged as the industrial heartland of the Solar System the Great Powers jockeyed all the more violently with each other for influence and control over the colonies.

	In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. Colonized extensively, the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading beyond earth orbit, it was collectively the most industrious region in the Solar System. It is hard to find any provenance, for much it is now blighted ruin.		The formation of the Solar Commonwealth freed many colonies from the control of their parent nations. To better adjudicate localized conflicts amongst the newly emerging political units of the Main Belt and administrate services, LOGOS divided the Solar Girdle into a number of Districts which defined the jurisdiction of specialized staff headed by a special magistrate known as the Logothete. It was their function to handle the daily minutiae of Commonwealth government for the member states of the Solar Girdle. While many of these Districts were reorganized, partitioned, or disbanded over the centuries a few core districts remained more or less in their original shapes, such as Hōrai District.

	~~Once a battleground where the great powers jockeyed for influence and control, the~~ formation of the Solar Commonwealth freed many colonies from the control of their parent nations. To better adjudicate localized conflicts amongst the newly emerging political units of the Main Belt and administrate services, LOGOS divided the Solar Girdle into a number of Districts which defined the jurisdiction of specialized staff headed by a special magistrate known as the Logothete. It was their function to handle the daily minutiae of Commonwealth government for the member states of the Solar Girdle. While many of these Districts were reorganized, partitioned, or disbanded over the centuries a few core districts remained more or less in their original shapes, such as Hōrai District.

	Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the ~~Kybele~~ Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.		Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kubileya Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.

	The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of ~~the Logothete~~ and ~~reshuffling~~ their areas of responsibility. ~~Early that decade,~~ Soffiya Poklonskaya ~~was appointed~~ Logothete Hōrai.		The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of its local officers and revising their areas of responsibility. It would appoint Soffiya Poklonskaya to the post of Logothete Hōrai.

	Various factions under the direction of fragments of LOGOS attempted to seize control of polities in the main belt in a blinkered effort to secure industry and resources to pursue futile survival plans. In the self-immolation of the Commonwealth, the Solar Girdle became a particularly ferocious battleground as manned fleets clashed with each other and the wrath of terrible engines locked away in secret arsenals were turned loose. War, against all by all, trampled the Solar Girdle with bloody footsteps. It is a grim irony that while it was the Solar Girdle that most vulnerable to the cometary bombardment, the fury of the Civil War robbed the vast majority its population to secure themselves in proper safeholds of the Polis type before the vanguard of Nemesis had arrived.		Various factions under the direction of fragments of LOGOS attempted to seize control of polities in the main belt in a blinkered effort to secure industry and resources to pursue futile survival plans. In the self-immolation of the Commonwealth, the Solar Girdle became a particularly ferocious battleground as manned fleets clashed with each other and the wrath of terrible engines locked away in secret arsenals were turned loose. War, against all by all, trampled the Solar Girdle with bloody footsteps. It is a grim irony that while it was the Solar Girdle that most vulnerable to the cometary bombardment, the fury of the Civil War robbed the vast majority its population to secure themselves in proper safeholds of the Polis type before the vanguard of Nemesis had arrived.

	By the end of it all Hōrai District had somehow ~~survived~~ more or less intact, if battered, having accrued the detritus of other districts and a few orphaned warships with no orders anymore. All other lights in the Solar System it seemed had winked out and the survivors were alone in the sea of static, the lingering backwash of weapons.		By the end of it all Hōrai District had somehow escaped more or less intact, if battered, having accrued the detritus of other districts and a few orphaned warships with no orders anymore. All other lights in the Solar System it seemed had winked out and the survivors were alone in the sea of static, the lingering backwash of weapons. As Nemesis approached, Logothete Soffiya Poklonskaya declared the dissolution of the Hōrai District and the institution of an interim District of Tykhestan, defiantly named after the sister of Nemesis, officially encompassing the whole of its constituency.

	Tykhestan entered the Long Night.		Tykhestan entered the Long Night.

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	'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms		'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms

	~~The Belt is a troubled, unstable region. Few strong polities exist, and they are the .~~

	~~The citizens of Tykhestan Reef maintain that the Provisional Government is simply a temporary administrative zone of the Solar Commonwealth, not an independent nation-state.~~

	==The Tykhestan Reef Zone==		==The Tykhestan Reef Zone==
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	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers

	As the ~~threat~~ of ~~Nemesis loomed heavily~~ in the ~~future~~, ~~LOGOS began dividing the Belt into new administrative units~~. ~~In years past~~ the ~~habitats~~ and ~~stations had participated in~~ the Commonwealth ~~as direct member states~~, the ~~new reforms placed these individual bodies under~~ the jurisdiction of ~~regional Magistrates~~. ~~Whether this extensive reorganization~~ was ~~informed by some inscrutable design or merely~~ the ~~first symptom~~ of ~~its fatal schizophrenia is hard to say. What can be said~~ for ~~certain is that~~ the ~~nucleus~~ of ~~what would become Tykhestan~~, the ~~Eunomian~~ Reef ~~Zone~~, ~~was formed as a result of these designs~~.		In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. Colonized extensively, the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading beyond earth orbit, it was collectively the most industrious region in the Solar System. It is hard to find any provenance, for much it is now blighted ruin.

			Once a battleground where the great powers jockeyed for influence and control, the formation of the Solar Commonwealth freed many colonies from the control of their parent nations. To better adjudicate localized conflicts amongst the newly emerging political units of the Main Belt and administrate services, LOGOS divided the Solar Girdle into a number of Districts which defined the jurisdiction of specialized staff headed by a special magistrate known as the Logothete. It was their function to handle the daily minutiae of Commonwealth government for the member states of the Solar Girdle. While many of these Districts were reorganized, partitioned, or disbanded over the centuries a few core districts remained more or less in their original shapes, such as Hōrai District.

			Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kybele Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.

	~~Terrible engines~~ .		The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of the Logothete and reshuffling their areas of responsibility. Early that decade, Soffiya Poklonskaya was appointed Logothete Hōrai.

	As the ~~embers~~ of the Commonwealth Civil War ~~cooled,~~ the ~~Logothete declared~~ the ~~Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government~~		Various factions under the direction of fragments of LOGOS attempted to seize control of polities in the main belt in a blinkered effort to secure industry and resources to pursue futile survival plans. In the self-immolation of the Commonwealth, the Solar Girdle became a particularly ferocious battleground as manned fleets clashed with each other and the wrath of terrible engines locked away in secret arsenals were turned loose. War, against all by all, trampled the Solar Girdle with bloody footsteps. It is a grim irony that while it was the Solar Girdle that most vulnerable to the cometary bombardment, the fury of the Civil War robbed the vast majority its population to secure themselves in proper safeholds of the Polis type before the vanguard of Nemesis had arrived.

	~~It is~~ a ~~grim irony that while~~ the ~~Belt would be~~ the ~~most vulnerable to catastrophic damage~~, ~~relatively little~~ of ~~its population managed to secure themselves in proper Polises~~.		By the end of it all Hōrai District had somehow survived more or less intact, if battered, having accrued the detritus of other districts and a few orphaned warships with no orders anymore. All other lights in the Solar System it seemed had winked out and the survivors were alone in the sea of static, the lingering backwash of weapons.

	Tykhestan ~~had~~ entered the Long Night.		Tykhestan entered the Long Night.

	==The Beyonders==		==The Beyonders==
	Amongst the fractious ~~Beyonder comet riders~~ are certain loose group identities. Of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers)~~, claiming~~ descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort, are ~~amongst~~ the ~~greatest~~.		Amongst the fractious Comet Riders of the Kuiper and far Oort are certain loose group identities that formed in the aftermath of Nemesis and the hostility of Monster to all unidentified traffic. Of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest of the intensely xenophobic and secretive Beyonders. Claiming descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort, these nomads sail the dark sea beyond the shores of the Sun on glittering sails and live in social structures very much like military units. It is the atypical discipline and organizations that has allowed them to consistently defeat other Comet Riders for possession of contested orbits.

			Several centuries ago the great Setarehzan Staff agreed that a splinter of the Setarehzan should follow a Comet deep into the System to see if any fragments of the Commonwealth yet remained.

			These Setarehzan are known by themselves and by their cousins in the ancestral homeland as the Setarehzan Paradraya, beyond the sea.

	==Tykhestan Reef Zone Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==		==Tykhestan Reef Zone Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==

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			The Belt is a troubled, unstable region. Few strong polities exist, and they are the .

			The citizens of Tykhestan Reef maintain that the Provisional Government is simply a temporary administrative zone of the Solar Commonwealth, not an independent nation-state.

	~~To this day the Tykhestan Reef maintains that the Provisional Government is simply a member republic of the Solar Commonwealth.~~		==The Tykhestan Reef Zone==

	==The ~~Civil War and the~~ Tykhestan Reef Zone==
	''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>		''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>
	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers

	As the ~~Solar Commonwealth violently self destructed~~ habitats and . ~~Many~~ of the ~~remainder fell out~~ of ~~contact with each other~~.		As the threat of Nemesis loomed heavily in the future, LOGOS began dividing the Belt into new administrative units. In years past the habitats and stations had participated in the Commonwealth as direct member states, the new reforms placed these individual bodies under the jurisdiction of regional Magistrates. Whether this extensive reorganization was informed by some inscrutable design or merely the first symptom of its fatal schizophrenia is hard to say. What can be said for certain is that the nucleus of what would become Tykhestan, the Eunomian Reef Zone, was formed as a result of these designs.

			Terrible engines .

			As the embers of the Commonwealth Civil War cooled, the Logothete declared the Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government

			It is a grim irony that while the Belt would be the most vulnerable to catastrophic damage, relatively little of its population managed to secure themselves in proper Polises.

			Tykhestan had entered the Long Night.

	==The Beyonders==		==The Beyonders==
	Amongst the ~~various Beyonders~~ are ~~various~~ loose~~, fractious~~ group identities ~~which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of~~ these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) ~~are amongst the greatest. The claim~~ descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.		Amongst the fractious Beyonder comet riders are certain loose group identities. Of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers), claiming descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort, are amongst the greatest.

	==Tykhestan Reef Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==		==Tykhestan Reef Zone Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==
	===The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government===		===The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government===
	'''Population''' <br>		'''Population''' <br>
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	'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>		'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>
	Rank 3 (+3 points) <br>		Rank 2 (+2 points) <br>
	- ''Ascended Barbarians'' <br>		- ''Ascended Barbarians'' <br>
	- ''Barbarian Backyard'' <br>		- ''Barbarian Backyard'' <br>
	~~- ''The Scourge''~~

	'''Economy:''' <br>		'''Economy:''' <br>
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	Rank 0		Rank 0

	==0==		==Listen!==
	''Oh wicked ones we, Tykhe who braved the shower of heavenly darts and the Lancers who rode the Comet's tail, say this: The evil sway of Invidia has stolen the the children of the Sun. Who know remembers the Common Weal? The world is wracked by kinstrife, good things are stolen from the mouths of the unborn, nothing passes the lips save awful calumny. All have forgotten though the shadow of Nemesis has passed. ~~Listen you~~ faithless ones, LOGOS is not silent~~, the Commonwealth is not suspended~~. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''		''Oh wicked ones we, Tykhe who braved the shower of heavenly darts and we the Lancers who rode the Comet's tail, say this: The evil sway of Invidia has stolen the the children of the Sun. Who know remembers the Common Weal? The world is wracked by kinstrife, good things are stolen from the mouths of the unborn, nothing passes the lips save awful calumny. All have forgotten the sweet voice of LOGOS though the shadow of Nemesis has passed. You faithless ones; the Commonwealth is not suspended, LOGOS is not silent. Listen! If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''

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	Amongst the various Beyonders are various loose, fractious group identities which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest. The claim descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.		Amongst the various Beyonders are various loose, fractious group identities which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest. The claim descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.

	==The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government==		==Tykhestan Reef Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==
			===The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government===
	'''Population''' <br>		'''Population''' <br>
	Major Polis (26 points to spend): A large Polis with a substantial, diverse population and possibly satellite habitats outside of the Polis proper. Adds an additional 250 Military Points, 300 Military Support, 25 Wealth and 25 Construction Rate but suffers -1 to Growth Potential. <br>		Major Polis (26 points to spend): A large Polis with a substantial, diverse population and possibly satellite habitats outside of the Polis proper. Adds an additional 250 Military Points, 300 Military Support, 25 Wealth and 25 Construction Rate but suffers -1 to Growth Potential. <br>
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	- x4 Infrastructure Cost		- x4 Infrastructure Cost

			'''Espionage:''' <br>
			Rank 3 (4 points) <br>

			'''General Advancement:'''<br>
			Rank 0

			===Setarehzan Paradraya===
			"Star Trail Lancers Beyond the Sea"

	'''Military Size:''' <br>		'''Military Size:''' <br>
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	'''Military Support:''' <br>		'''Military Support:''' <br>
	Rank 5 (5 points) <br>		Rank 4 (4 points) <br>
	- Military Support ~~950~~ + 300		- Military Support 825 + 300

	'''Military Quality:''' <br>		'''Military Quality:''' <br>
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	'''Superweapons:''' <br>		'''Superweapons:''' <br>
	Rank 0		Rank 0

	~~'''Espionage:''' <br>~~
	~~Rank 3 (4 points) <br>~~

	~~'''General Advancement:'''<br>~~
	~~Rank 0~~

	~~==Setarehzan Paradraya==~~
	~~"Star Trail Lancers Beyond the Sea"~~

	==0==		==0==
	''~~Are there any longer those~~ who ~~have not fallen under~~ the evil sway of ~~Nemesis~~? The world is wracked by kinstrife ~~and~~ nothing passes ~~from~~ the lips ~~of the living~~ save awful calumny. ~~Oh wicked~~ ones, LOGOS is not silent, the Commonwealth is not suspended ~~forever. We who braved the shower of heavenly darts and we who rode the comet's tail say this~~. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''		''Oh wicked ones we, Tykhe who braved the shower of heavenly darts and the Lancers who rode the Comet's tail, say this: The evil sway of Invidia has stolen the the children of the Sun. Who know remembers the Common Weal? The world is wracked by kinstrife, good things are stolen from the mouths of the unborn, nothing passes the lips save awful calumny. All have forgotten though the shadow of Nemesis has passed. Listen you faithless ones, LOGOS is not silent, the Commonwealth is not suspended. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''

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	==The Civil War and the Tykhestan Reef Zone==		==The Civil War and the Tykhestan Reef Zone==
	''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''		''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>
	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers

	As the Solar Commonwealth violently self destructed habitats and . Many of the remainder fell out of contact with each other.		As the Solar Commonwealth violently self destructed habitats and . Many of the remainder fell out of contact with each other.

	==The ~~Setarehzan, Star Trail Lancers~~==		==The Beyonders==
	Amongst the various Beyonders are various loose, fractious group identities which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest. The claim descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.		Amongst the various Beyonders are various loose, fractious group identities which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest. The claim descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.

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	'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>		'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>
	Rank 2 (+2 points) <br>		Rank 3 (+3 points) <br>
	- ''Ascended Barbarians'' <br>		- ''Ascended Barbarians'' <br>
	- ''Barbarian Backyard'' <br>		- ''Barbarian Backyard'' <br>
			- ''The Scourge''

	'''Economy:''' <br>		'''Economy:''' <br>
	Rank 3 (3 points) <br>		Rank 2 (2 points) <br>
			- Wealth Rating 70 + 25

	'''Infrastructure:''' <br>		'''Infrastructure:''' <br>
	Rank 5 (5 points) <br>		Rank 4 (4 points) <br>
			- Construction Rating 110 + 25

	'''Growth Potential:''' <br>		'''Growth Potential:''' <br>
	Rank 3 - 1 (3 points) <br>		Rank 3 - 1 (3 points) <br>
			- x4 Infrastructure Cost

	'''Military Size:''' <br>		'''Military Size:''' <br>
	Rank 3 (~~Rank~~ 3) <br>		Rank 3 (3 points) <br>
			- Military Points 490 + 250

	'''Military Support:''' <br>		'''Military Support:''' <br>
	Rank 5 (5 points) <br>		Rank 5 (5 points) <br>
			- Military Support 950 + 300

	'''Military Quality:''' <br>		'''Military Quality:''' <br>
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	==0==		==0==
	''Are there any longer those who have not fallen under the ~~shadow~~ Nemesis~~-Invidia, and the~~ world is wracked by awful calumny. Oh wicked ones, LOGOS is not silent, the Commonwealth is not suspended forever. We who braved the shower of heavenly darts and we who rode the comet's tail say this. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''		''Are there any longer those who have not fallen under the evil sway of Nemesis? The world is wracked by kinstrife and nothing passes from the lips of the living save awful calumny. Oh wicked ones, LOGOS is not silent, the Commonwealth is not suspended forever. We who braved the shower of heavenly darts and we who rode the comet's tail say this. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''

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	~~'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Soissons~~
	~~'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas with Uniforms~~

	~~==Civil War~~ and ~~the Setarehzan==~~		'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>
			'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms


	==The ~~Tykehstan~~ Reef Provisional Government==
			To this day the Tykhestan Reef maintains that the Provisional Government is simply a member republic of the Solar Commonwealth.

			==The Civil War and the Tykhestan Reef Zone==
			''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''
			- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers

			As the Solar Commonwealth violently self destructed habitats and . Many of the remainder fell out of contact with each other.

			==The Setarehzan, Star Trail Lancers==
			Amongst the various Beyonders are various loose, fractious group identities which the nomadic Comet Riders belong to, of these the Setarehzan (Star Trail Lancers) are amongst the greatest. The claim descent from human crewed Outrider patrols of the far Oort.

			==The Tykhestan Reef Provisional Government==
	'''Population''' <br>		'''Population''' <br>
	~~Midsized~~ Polis (25 points to spend): A ~~fairly typical midsized~~ Polis. Adds an additional ~~125~~ Military Points ~~and 150~~ Military Support. <br>		Major Polis (26 points to spend): A large Polis with a substantial, diverse population and possibly satellite habitats outside of the Polis proper. Adds an additional 250 Military Points, 300 Military Support, 25 Wealth and 25 Construction Rate but suffers -1 to Growth Potential. <br>

	'''National Advantages:''' <br>		'''National Advantages:''' <br>
	Rank 2 (2 points) <br>		Rank 2 (2 points) <br>
	- ''Barbarian Allies'' <br>		- ''Barbarian Allies'' <br>
	- ~~[Eggs in Different Baskets]~~<br>		- ''Excellent Diplomats''<br>

	'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>		'''National Disadvantages:''' <br>
	Rank 2 (+2 points) <br>		Rank 2 (+2 points) <br>
	- ''~~Social Contract Dispute~~'' <br>		- ''Ascended Barbarians'' <br>
	- ''~~The Scourge of Space~~'' <br>		- ''Barbarian Backyard'' <br>

	'''Economy:''' <br>		'''Economy:''' <br>
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	'''Growth Potential:''' <br>		'''Growth Potential:''' <br>
	Rank 3 (3 points) <br>		Rank 3 - 1 (3 points) <br>

	'''Military Size:''' <br>		'''Military Size:''' <br>
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	==Setarehzan Paradraya==		==Setarehzan Paradraya==
			"Star Trail Lancers Beyond the Sea"

			==0==
			''Are there any longer those who have not fallen under the shadow Nemesis-Invidia, and the world is wracked by awful calumny. Oh wicked ones, LOGOS is not silent, the Commonwealth is not suspended forever. We who braved the shower of heavenly darts and we who rode the comet's tail say this. If the living will not heed, we will break in the doors and smash the bolts; there will be confusion of people, those above with those who slumbered below. We shall bring up the sleepers to drink the light like the living; and the hosts of the sleepers will outnumber the living.''

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	''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>		''“Iddawc,” replied Arthur, “I laugh nor; but it pitieth me that men of such stature as these should have this Island in their keeping, after the men that guarded it of yore.”'' <br>
	- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>		- '''The Dream of Rhonabwy''' <br>


	'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>		'''Theme:''' The Ostrogothic Kingdom of Space Soissons <br>
	'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms		'''Sub-Theme:''' Juntas and Uniforms


	==Today==		==Today==
	In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. It is hard to imagine the provenance of the appellate today ~~for~~ it is ~~now~~ a blighted ruin~~, lawless and violent~~.		In better days the orbits between Mars and Jupiter were inhabited by billions living in artificial habitats and hollowed out asteroid colonies, some clustered together to form vast shoals and reefs, scattered along a glittering torus. Standing on any of the major solar bodies the human occupied asteroid belt seemed like a river of lights encompassing the Sun, for which it was named the Solar Girdle. It is hard to imagine the provenance of the appellate today: it is a blighted ruin now.

	For those seeking to journey across the Solar System, the band of space between Mars and Jupiter is often one of the most dangerous stretches of their journey. The Civil War and Long Night reduced to techno-barbarism and brigandry many of those trapped outside of ~~polises~~.		For those seeking to journey across the Solar System, the lawless and violent band of space between Mars and Jupiter is often one of the most dangerous stretches of their journey. The Civil War and Long Night reduced to techno-barbarism and brigandry many of those trapped outside of Poleis proper.

	Still, pockets of stability remain to open to travelers. Chief amongst these oasis is Tykhestan. The administrative machinery ~~of Tykhestan~~ is essentially that of a ~~District~~ of the Solar Commonwealth: a Logothete and ~~his~~ staff ~~acting as the head for a number of lower magistrates~~ and ~~various officials. The Provisional Government insists all traffic through Tykhestan space must obey ancient Commonwealth era Navigation Law and Procedure~~. To this day, its citizens continue to maintain that ~~the Provisional Government~~ is simply ~~a region~~ of the Commonwealth, not an independent nation~~-state~~.		Still, pockets of stability remain to open to travelers. Chief amongst these oasis is Tykhestan. The administrative machinery is essentially that of a provincial office of the Solar Commonwealth: a Logothete and their staff arbitrating between member states and providing services. To this day, its citizens continue to maintain that Tykhestan is simply an interim District of the Commonwealth, not an independent nation. A remarkable . The Provisional Government insists all traffic through Tykhestan space must abide by ancient Commonwealth era Navigation Law and Procedure.

	~~Conversely~~ the ~~majority~~ of ~~military~~, ~~the so called Provisional Armed Forces~~, ~~is manned almost entirely~~ not by native citizens but by a ~~Beyonder~~ nomadic comet-~~rider coalition known as the Setarehzan Paradraya, claiming~~ descent from ~~Commonwealth~~ outrider patrols of the Kuiper~~, who settled peacefully~~ in ~~Tykhestan - living under their own military law and internal government~~. ~~Voluntarily “registered” for service as an emergency military force,~~ the Setarehzan are ~~skilled combatants~~ in their long, ~~needle hulled dromons. Their energetic patrols~~ of the ~~belt seek to expand~~ the ~~envelop~~ of Tykhestan ~~space in every direction against~~ the ~~myriads~~ of ~~marauders and rival techno-barbarians~~.		The physical task of waging the long war against the myriad marauders and hostile techno-barbarian kingdoms of the belt, however, falls most heavily not on the native citizens of Tykhestan but on a ''vasht''of the nomadic comet-riders from Beyond who claim descent from military outrider patrols of the Kuiper sent in the days of the Commonwealth. Called the Setarehzan Paradraya, they are a nation unto themselves in their long ships, under separate military law, the authority of the Rauka, and their own customs over which the civilian officials of Tykhestan have relatively little influence. Nevertheless while the Logothete and the Rauka hold independent sovereignty the two offices formed a flexible but strong union; the Rauka is charged with the Military Tally, collective authority over the respective National Guard forces of the Districts. In practice the daily operation of the union oft remarked to resemble a constitutional elective monarchy, with the Logothete acting akin to the prime minister of a technocratic bureaucracy for the Rauka.

	In practice the operation of ~~Provisional Government in~~ union ~~with the Setarehzan is~~ oft remarked to resemble a constitutional elective monarchy, with the Logothete acting akin to the prime minister of a technocratic bureaucracy for the Rauka ~~of the Setarehzan~~.

	Tykhestan is a major industrial powerhouse in the system. While much reduced in efficiency by the Civil War and the Long Night, it retains extensive manufactory infrastructure in all fields related to ships. Unfortunately centuries of desperately necessary central control related to military quotas and laboring under limited resources stunted the production of non-military goods.		Tykhestan is a major industrial powerhouse in the system. While much reduced in efficiency by the Civil War and the Long Night, it retains extensive manufactory infrastructure in all fields related to ships. Unfortunately centuries of desperately necessary central control related to military quotas and laboring under limited resources stunted the production of non-military goods.
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	''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>		''"But soon Khronos that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of Tykhe will turn as they fall and lie with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house."''<br>
	- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers ~~<br>~~		- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers
	~~<Br>~~
	The main belt was the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading attempts beyond earth orbit as a natural extension of various waystation projects and mining operations. The region’s runaway development soon made it highly attractive to the mother nations in the Earth sphere and soon enough paid witness to the first brushfire wars and proxy conflicts. While the Solar Girdle emerged as the industrial heartland of the Solar System the Great Powers jockeyed all the more violently with each other for influence and control over the colonies.		The main belt was the site of humanity’s earliest successful homesteading attempts beyond earth orbit as a natural extension of various waystation projects and mining operations. The region’s runaway development soon made it highly attractive to the mother nations in the Earth sphere and soon enough paid witness to the first brushfire wars and proxy conflicts. While the Solar Girdle emerged as the industrial heartland of the Solar System the Great Powers jockeyed all the more violently with each other for influence and control over the colonies.

	The formation of the Solar Commonwealth freed many colonies from the control of their parent nations. To better adjudicate localized conflicts amongst the newly emerging political units of the Main Belt and administrate services, LOGOS divided the Solar Girdle into a number of Districts which defined the jurisdiction of specialized staff headed by a special magistrate known as the Logothete. It was their function to handle the daily minutiae of Commonwealth government for the member states of the Solar Girdle. While many of these Districts were reorganized, partitioned, or disbanded over the centuries a few core districts remained more or less in their original shapes, such as Hōrai District.		The formation of the Solar Commonwealth freed many colonies from the control of their parent nations. To better adjudicate localized conflicts amongst the newly emerging political units of the Main Belt and administrate services, LOGOS divided the Solar Girdle into a number of Districts which defined the jurisdiction of specialized staff headed by a special magistrate known as the Logothete. It was their function to handle the daily minutiae of Commonwealth government for the member states of the Solar Girdle. While many of these Districts were reorganized, partitioned, or disbanded over the centuries a few core districts remained more or less in their original shapes, such as Hōrai District.

	Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kubileya Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones.		Hōrai District originally encompassed in its demesne the Eunomia Republic, the Kubileya Reef Union States, the New Vraspakania and Horizon Shoal Zones and just under a six hundred thousand citizens.

			[[File:hightranshuman.jpg\|Soffiya Poklonskaya\|thumb]]

	The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of its local officers and revising their areas of responsibility. As part of these changes it would appoint Soffiya Poklonskaya to the post of Logothete Hōrai.		The golden days of the Commonwealth seemed infinite but nothing truly lasts forever, and the shadow of Nemesis suddenly loomed over the Solar System. Whether a symptom of its increasingly erratic schizophrenia or in service of some inscrutable design it never fully accomplished LOGOS began a series of sweeping reforms and restructuring of the District system, expanding the powers of its local officers and revising their areas of responsibility. As part of these changes it would appoint Soffiya Poklonskaya to the post of Logothete Hōrai.
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	Alas could our ancestors have known that the enemy to come was beyond the power of their lances to vanquish? Woefully our lances were stained with bloody kinstrife and the Deep Black was lit by the brief candlelight of the dying, but no amount of brother and sister killing would set aright what had gone awry in the Commonwealth, traitors though they be. And all the while Nemesis came ever closer; we and other comet riders could survive easily enough her passing in the seas Beyond. Those ashore, though, could any of them truly survived?		Alas could our ancestors have known that the enemy to come was beyond the power of their lances to vanquish? Woefully our lances were stained with bloody kinstrife and the Deep Black was lit by the brief candlelight of the dying, but no amount of brother and sister killing would set aright what had gone awry in the Commonwealth, traitors though they be. And all the while Nemesis came ever closer; we and other comet riders could survive easily enough her passing in the seas Beyond. Those ashore, though, could any of them truly survived?

	For centuries we bode our time in the dark seas, hunting traitors amidst the shower of comets and the lingering tears they left behind whilst Monster raged blindly. Many generations of Raukas discussed what if anything should be done. Finally, it was decided that of our ~~Raukas~~ would ~~lead their division to scour~~ the Sunlit shores~~, and we were picked~~: our long ships were the swiftest and our Rauka’s mind the keenest, as sharp as our lances. Riding the Comet’s Tail we flew ashore and there found naught but evil to every side. For a moment we despaired of finding anything left to save, till we found Good Fortune waiting for us.		For centuries we bode our time in the dark seas, hunting traitors amidst the shower of comets and the lingering tears they left behind whilst Monster raged blindly. Many generations of Raukas discussed what if anything should be done. Finally, it was decided that of our vasht would follow one of the darts of Nemesis onto Sunlit shores: our long ships were the swiftest and our Rauka’s mind the keenest, as sharp as our lances. Riding the Comet’s Tail we flew ashore and there found naught but evil to every side. For a moment we despaired of finding anything left to save, till we found Good Fortune waiting for us.

	In her embrace we have lived ever since. Our cousins in the ancestral homeland and all the world know us as the Paradraya, beyond the Sea. We shall not see them again until the Commonwealth is restored.		In her embrace we have lived ever since. Our cousins in the ancestral homeland and all the world know us as the Paradraya, ''beyond the Sea''. We shall not see them again until the Commonwealth is restored.

	==Tykhestan Provisional Government Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==		==Tykhestan Provisional Government Annual Report, 4500 A.D.==