Sphere 2 NPCs

This is a selection of the more well-known or important NPCs, providing an example of some history paths.

PACT

Van Lang

Originally hailed as proof that Vietnam had finally entered the galactic economy as a major player, the colonization of Van Lang has caused something of a predicament for Vietnam. Van Lang has its own distinct biosphere, with complex life having existed on the world's landmasses for approximately 700 million years, longer than Earth. While not (normally) actively toxic to Earth-derived life, in most cases the biochemistry was sufficiently different that no nourishment could be attained from it. It was found though that relatively simple genetic alterations would allow for digestion; while modifying livestock was acceptable, the increasing voices among the colonists who would prefer to better fit their world has ignited a storm of controversy over non-therapeutic alterations. So far, the relevant authorities have mostly ducked the issue by requiring overly-stringent testing.

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Late National (+ pop, + logistics)

Initial Colony Population

Dominantly Baseline (+ pop)

Destination World

Garden World

Cash Crop (+ Wealth)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Military Action (+ Military)

Feral Drone Attack (+ military)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Crisis Situation! (+ stockpiles)

Get Help from Earth (+ logistics)

The Breakdown

Catapulted (+ wealth)

Quiet (+ Wealth, + pop)

The Zodiac Organization

Sign the PACT (+ CIP, + Aerospace Technology, + ECM Technology, + Pulse Tech, + Carrier Technology)

PACT World Politics

Transhumanize! (+ transgene, + CIP, + tech, - Morale)

PACT World Economics

Postwar Depression (+ Logistics, + military, + CIP, ++ PIP, -- Wealth)

PACT World Military

Send in the Marines (+ ground tech, + military, ++ ground doctrines)

Totals

+++ Pop

+ Transgene

++ PIP

+++ CIP

+ wealth

+ RP

+ Dust

++++ Military

++ Doctrines

+++ Logistics

+++++ Specific Techs

+ Techs

+ stockpiles

- Morale

EU

Kemal

Paranoid Turks!

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Early National (+ CIP)

Initial Colony Population

Dominantly Baseline (+ pop, + logistics)

Destination World

Terraformable World

Get To Work (+ pop)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Crisis Situation! (+ stockpiles)

Sudden Change of Government (+ morale)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Military Action (+ Military)

Feral Drone Attack (+ military)

The Breakdown

Catapulted (+ wealth)

ARROWS Staging Area (+ logistics, + military)

The Zodiac Organization

The EU Includes Us (+ Wealth, + Naval Technology, + Ground Tech, + Railgun Technology, + Defensive Technology)

EU World Politics

New European Millenium (+ Military, + Tech, + Morale, - Rim relations)

EU World Economics

Neo-Luddite Movement (+ Pop, + logistics, ++ PIP, - CIP)

EU World Military

Foreign Legionnaires (+ ground tech, + military, + ground doctrines, + logistics)

Totals

+++ Pop

++ morale

++ PIP

+ Wealth

+++++ Military

+ Doctrines

++++ Logistics

+++++ Specific Techs

+ Tech

+ stockpiles

ZOCU

Londinium

A lush garden world with a surface gravity of approximately 1.2 G, Londinium is the de facto capital and bureaucratic center of ZOCU, where most of the union's various agencies maintain their primary offices. One of the most populous worlds in the Expanse, Londinium has a minority transgene population that makes up much of the 'aristocracy' that is both a relic and contemporary expression of the original primarily-transgene settlement. The ratio of transgenes is steadily increasing as Londinium (like most ZOCU worlds) subsidizes the cost of genetic upgrades. This large, capable population also allowed Londinium to get an edge up on industrialization, and until recently was one of the few worlds in the Expanse capable of building large warships. Nonetheless, it remains an economically and scientifically important world.

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Early National (+ CIP)

Initial Colony Population

Mixed (+ transgene, + SP)

Destination World

Garden World

Population Boom (++ pop, - wealth)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Transgene Migration (+ transgene, + population)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Artifacts! (+ dust)

Active Machinery (+ theta, - dust)

The Breakdown

Broken-down (+ PIP)

Become energy independent (+ Helium, + dust)

The Zodiac Organization

Solidarity! (+ dust, Treaty of Sirius, + Mecha Tech, + Mega-Particle Tech, + Shield tech, + propulsion tech, + Hangarize, - shipbuilding, - debt)

ZOCU World Politics

Put It Behind Us (+ Wealth, + Pop, + stockpiles)

ZOCU World Economics

Arms Production Center (+ PIP, + RP, + weapon tech)

ZOCU World Military

Giant Robots Rule (+ ground doctrines, + air doctrines, + fleet doctrines, + mecha tech)

Government Type

Multiparty Democracy (+ Morale, + Tech, + Wealth/CIP)

Totals

+ SP

++++ Pop

++ Transgene

+ Morale

++ PIP

++ CIP

+ RP

++ Dust

+ Theta

+ Helium

+++ Doctrines

+++++ + Specific Techs

+ Techs

- shipbuilding

Treaty of Sirius

Hangarize

Transbaal

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Early National (+ CIP)

Initial Colony Population

Dominantly Transgene (++ transgene)

Destination World

Terraformable World

Artifact Rush (+ PIP)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Transgene Migration (+ transgene, + population)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Military Action (+ military)

Narco-Warfare (+ military, + doctrines, - pop)

The Breakdown

Broken-down (+ PIP)

Get UN Aid/Refugee Center

The Zodiac Organization

Solidarity! (+ dust, Treaty of Sirius, + Mecha Tech, + Mega-Particle Tech, + Shield tech, + propulsion tech, + Hangarize, - shipbuilding, - debt)

ZOCU World Politics

Internal Collapse (+ military, + SP, + logistics, + stockpiles, - morale)

ZOCU World Economics

Center for Research (++ RP, + tech, + CIP, - PIP)

ZOCU World Military

Crush them WITH YOUR MIND (+ transgene, + CIP, ++ tech)

Government Type

Multiparty Democracy (+ Morale, + Tech, + CIP)

Chaotic Events

Immoral Breakthrough (+ tech, - Pop, - morale)

Totals

+ SP

++++ Transgene

Wealth

+ PIP

++++ CIP

++ RP

+ Dust

- morale

+++ Military

+ Doctrines

+ Logistics

++++ Techs

++++ Specific Techs

- shipbuilding

Treaty of Sirius

Hangarize

League

Finnegan's Folley

Finnegan's Folley is aptly named and arguably the most unlucky world in the Sphere. A planet host to a particularly vicious biosphere, it was settled to get at the Theta dust in several posthuman constructs. Continued problems arose and the colony barely outputted enough Theta dust for a single cruiser a decade until the Breakdown and the Magnate invasion. The Magnates were well aware of the presence of the Theta dust on Finnegan's Folley and it was one of the first worlds attacked for this precious resource. The conflict was long and grinding, with the Magnates unable to pacify the world or meaningfully wear down the locals, though they soon were exporting Theta dust back to their homeworld. Eventually the Magnates were removed by League forces, and Folley put back into some semblance of shape, though to this day it remains a poor world with its primary export being a trickle of Theta dust for the League.

The decades-long warfare hardened the locals into, in the words of one League general, 'the hardest asses to ever ass hardly.' Finnegan's Folley secondary export is hardened fighters for the League.

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Resource Base (+ PIP)

Initial Colony Population

Dominantly Baseline (+ pop, + logistics)

Destination World

Garden World

Terraforming Failure (Defensible)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Crisis! (+ stockpiles)

Tough it Out (+ Doctrines)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Artifact Find (+ dust)

Active Machinery (+ theta, - dust)

The Breakdown

Isolated (+ Stockpiles)

Transgene Invasion II: The Boys from Brazil (+ Military, + doctrines, + PIP, - Transgene)

The Zodiac Organization

Make My Own Bloc (+ PIP, + Ground tech, + Defensive tech, + Technology (any), - shipbuilding)

League World Politics

Still Alive (and out there!) (++ PIP, + Dust, - tech)

League World Economics

Basketcase (+pop, ++PIP, ++military, + logistics, --wealth)

League World Military

Battlefield World (+ military, + stockpiles, + defensive stuff, ++ ground doctrines, - pop)

Totals

+ Faber

+ Pop

++++ PIP

-- Wealth

+++++ Military

++ Logistics

++++ Doctrines

+ Dust

+ Theta

++ Techs

++ Stockpiles

Defensible

- shipbuilding

Treaty of Sirius

Independent

SIYAN

SIYAN (conventionally written in all caps) is the nation of Erebus, a cold world being brought out of an 'icebox Earth' environmental scenario by local terraforming efforts. Originally settled by Pacific Rim transgenes, mostly from North America, the locals eventually uncovered some machinery that had not been completely shut down after the Posthumans' first wave of terraforming. This was a timely boon, and during the Breakdown SIYAN became one of the few worlds that could produce Theta drives. As the Pac-Am arm opened up again, SIYAN entered the war as a ZOCU co-belligerent, though it never officially joined the organization like a number of other breakaway colonies. It did however coordinate both military operations and technical developments. SIYAN has maintained a small yet worryingly effective military in the postwar, one that sits squarely on the primary Pac-Am route to the rim.

Initial Colonization Mission Type

Longshot (+ Fabers)

Initial Colony Population

Dominantly Transgene (++ transgene)

Destination World

Resource Rich World

Relic Dust (+ Dust)

History of the Colony, Volume 1

Artifact Find (+ dust)

Active Machinery (+ theta, - dust)

History of the Colony, Volume II

Artifact Find (+ dust)

Active Machinery (+ theta, - dust)

The Breakdown

Broken-down (+ PIP)

Theta Hub (+ theta, + wealth, - dust)

The Zodiac Organization

Independence! (++++ Technology (any), - shipbuilding)

Indie World Politics

Get Sirius (+ hangarize, + morale, + doctrines, + ZOCU relations, - debt, - Treaty of Sirius)

Indie World Economics

Transhuman Resources (+ transgene, + wealth, + CIP, + tech)

Indie World Military

Hypertech Bullshit (+ theta, +++ tech)

The Business of Government

Multiparty Democracy (+ Morale, + Tech, + CIP)

Chaotic Event

Kinderfaber Surprise! (+ drexlers, - fabers)

Totals

+++ Transgene

++ Morale

+ PIP

++ CIP

++ Wealth

+ Doctrines

++++ Theta

+ Drexlers

+++++ ++++ Techs

- shipbuilding

- debt

Treaty of Sirius

Hangarize