Esperança
Federated Communities of Esperança
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Overview
Archetype: Ambitious Liberal-to-Centrist Brazilian Military Power.
Head of State: Tatiana Rosenfeldt
Government: Federated Communities
Political Alignment: PACT
About Esperança
Officially the Comunidades Federadas de Esperança, Esperança is the ruling government of Esperança, the large earthlike moon of the São Galvão gas giant. While most of the population resides on Esperança, the planet's orbital infrastructure does contain a sizable population, mostly clustered in habitats at the top of the Céu-Coluna Orbital Elevator. The colony's fertile soil and vast, wide open spaces have made it a prime location for food production. Located at the hub of multiple jump-routes, Esperança has a fairly large population at 42 million people, and has extensive 0g and ground based industries and power infrastructure, as well as what some consider to be one of the top tier non-earth military forces in the Pacific Arm, a reputation gained from their experiences during the ZOCU war; the backbone of Esperança's military might is the Espaça Federal da Esperança(Esperança Federal Spacy, EFE). Esperança is one of the main voices of opposition in PACT to both ZOCU and the Libertadors, as well as one of the most diplomatically and involved nations of the pacific arm.
Climate and Geography
Esperanca is the largest and most habitable moon of São Galvão, and orbits in just the right way to recieve enough sunlight from Lusitania and enough background radiation from São Galvão to enjoy a temperate, vegetation friendly climate. Seeded eons ago by the Precursors, Esperanca's native life while not earth-related, is sufficiently close enough that there were no difficulties in habitation by humanity. The planet's gravity is actually slightly higher than earth-standard, but due to various environmental factors, it does not cause much problems for baseline humans. Most of Esperanca's soil is highly fertile, allowing the small farming communes which contain most of the planet's population to produce large amounts of food. The average Esperancan year is roughly 1.5 earth years, while it takes Esperanca three months to make a full orbit of São Galvão.
Biointegrity
Flora and Fauna
Owlbears and DuckLions, holmes
System Astrography
Lusitania HD 37124 is a G4V yellow dwarf, approximately 108 LY away from earth, somewhat smaller, cooler and younger than Sol. It is located along the PACT arm of the Sphere; the interstellar catapult path reached it in 2178.
Granma (HD 37124b) is the first planet out from Lusitania. Massing in at 0.61 Mj, it orbits at 0.53 AU for a period of 156 earth days. Granma is classified as a Jovian planet, and has numerous uninhabited moons.
São Galvão (HD 37124c) is the second planet of the Lusitania system. A Jovian planet like its sisters, Sao Galvao has a mass of more than twice that of Saturn, and its position 1.22 AU away from the star means that it is directly in the habitable zone. Sao Galvao has 40 moon sized celestial objects in orbit, one of which is currently inhabited. The planet also has nine rings consisting of ice particles, debris, and dust. The lack of a strong magnetic field around the planet itself, combined with its position on the jump network and its easily accessible Helium 3 reserves made its moons a strong contender for colonization.
Fidel (HD 37124d)
History
Discovery Era [2083-2086]
The system that would officially be named Lusitania(After the ancient name for Portugal) by its inhabitants was originally cataloged as part of the Henry Draper Catalog as HD 37124, a G-type main sequence star similar to Sol, approximately 108 light-years away. Pre-determined in 2005 to have at least three planets all within the star's habitable zone(eventually all realized to be Jovian planets with large amounts of moons). The first human entry to the system was on January 1st 2083 by the Challenger-Class DSS Álvares Cabral. Although lacking any true inner-terrestrial planets, and with HD 37124 b and HD 37124 d being too hot and too cold respectively(according to ancient discoveries of exoplanets), and with HD 37124 c only having a slim possibility of having a habitable moon, the system was one of the first star systems explored inside the Brazilian-claimed sector. The truth of the system, however, was a complete shock.
Vastly differing from the expected barely inhabitable system HD 37124 was predicted to be, first hand exploration revealed that the system was incredibly habitable, and more than prime for colonization. Although the star itself was somewhat dimmer than Sol, evidence suggests that HD 37124c was actually nudged closer in the distance past, changing its believed distance from the star (combined with inaccurate data) from 1.64 AU to 1.22 AU, close enough for it's many moons to be habitable after terraforming and seeding by the precursors.
Officially named São Galvão, the gas giant's moons were explored for two years by the Alvares and the Galileo-class planetary exploration ship Rafael Perestrello. At the end of the initial survey, the results were in: out of Sao Galvao's 40 moons, the most habitable one was also the largest: Esperança, a roughly earth sized, terracompatible moon in a stable orbit. The remaining would be habitable with application of terraforming techniques, or were otherwise too hot or too deadly to be considered for anything other than mining. Following intense and heated negotiations and bidding on the colonization rights, ownership of the system was handed over to the Brazilian government.
The first wave of colonists on-board the colony ships Empress Maria and Emperor Pedro, accompanied by the General Secretary-class ship the Javier Pérez de Cuéllar arrived in early 2086, carrying one million and twenty thousand colonists. The two colony ships made landfall near the coastal equatorial regions of Esperança, founding the first city and what would later become the capital of the nation, Primeira Aterragem (First Landing).
Colonization Era & The Esperançan Civil War [2101-2151]
In the first two decades after the founding of the colony, more and more transport ships arrived in system, carrying colonists and equipment from earth. With its favorable climate and biosphere combined with its stellar position(Which offset the low amounts of Delta Dust), Esperança rapidly grew in population, with its industry and economy rising alongside it. Alongside the rapid population growth, there was a rise in anti-transgene feeling on the colony, leading to a series of laws to prevent the rise of any sizable transgenic group. During this time, Roman Catholic churches in Brazil also began to migrate to Esperança, with the first finished cathedral on the planet being completed in 2110. Like Brazil, Esperança has a large population of European, Asian, and African descended citizens,with most of them self-identifying as Brazilian or Esperança.
By the year 2140, Esperança was a rich and prosperous colony, with a burgeoning cultural identity. The Orbital Elevator that Primeira Aterragem was built around, the Céu-Coluna, had been completed, linking up to the Céu-Coluna Counterweight Station which served as the main center of orbital industry and commerce for the colony. The construction of experimental power stations in orbit, meant to harness power from the tidal stresses generated by São Galvão, were both fully operational and proving the feasibility of the process, with plans in motion for construction of additional power plants to provide cheap and clean power. A technologically advanced and mature system of orbital power, communication, and habitation satellites filled Esperançan space; and the new Estaleiro Novo do Titã shipyards had just launched the luxury liner Da'Cruze. However, heavy taxes imposed by Brazil's federal government, and a lack of representation were still problems that would soon boil over.
Unfortunately, all was not peaceful. As the colony's population grew, and it became more and more self sufficient, tensions between the earth-based colonial administration and Esperançan colonists began to sour. Although a majority of Esperançans favored the status quo, that number was shrinking more and more as a loose coalition of pro-independence forces, calling themselves the Partido Trabalhista para a Liberdade (Workers Party for Freedom) or PTL, gained more and more members as popular opinion swung against the increasingly conservative and reactionary Brazilian government. As the calender moved forward into 2140, things were reaching a head.
On April 1st of 2140, during a peaceful protests in the city of Refúgio da Liberdade against unfair taxation and no political representation, as well as against the refusal of the government to subsidize healthcare for colonists, things got heated when Brazilian Military Police boxed protesters in. From there, the police refused to let the crowd move, effectively holding them captive which had the effect of causing tempers to flare; this led to someone throwing a rock at an officer, and things spiraled out of control, with the MP's brutally arresting all of the protesters. The widespread news coverage of the crackdown ignited the tensions brewing among the colonists, causing riots to break out, as well as the PTL leaping into action. Along with local military units, partisan forces, and the chaos of the so called "April Fool's Rage", the PTL managed to not only seize the majority of the rural farming communes and small towns from Loyalist forces, but also seized the Estaleiro Novo do Titã shipyards as well as Céu Calmo BFA. As the day dawned on April 2nd, the stage was set for the Civil war, which would last from its start in April 2140, to its abrupt end in 2151. The war itself, while longlasting, was fairly tame compared to the Corporate War on Haraway, and most of the fighting took place in either 2141, 2145, or just at the beginning of the breakdown in 2143.
Breakdown Era [2152-2180]
Esperança was one of the furthest of UNASUR's colonial holdings, and without a catapult, the colony was cut off from earth with the onset of the breakdown. Although the civil war continued to wage on till 2153, with mop-up operations continuing into the following year, both the PTL and the colonial government knew that things needed to change if the isolated colony was to survive. Negotiating a cease-fire, the PTL officially disbanded their armed wing, which was integrated into the newly formed Serviços com Armas Federais da Esperança (commonly referred to by its acronym, SAFE). Funding that was previously slated for military forces was dedicated entirely to getting Esperança on its feet. Already nearing self sufficiency before the start of the civil war, the colony was able to become fully functional within a decade, partially due to new breakthroughs in science and technology, and thanks to policies enacted by the Worker's Party, had managed to become remarkably self-sufficient and capable when recontacted by Brazilian Naval Vessels in 2178, similar to ZOCU (Albeit without the use of posthuman bootstrapping)
While recontact was initially tense, the developing situation with the Zodiac Outworlds Colony Union and the Alliance of Che and Liberacion proved to be the thing that saved Esperança from annexation. While independently-minded, the bioconservative and fairly liberal nature of the nation led to then president Elizar Deranio publicly insulting Che at a press conference, calling it a planet of "Transgenic Neo-fascists, descended from one of the worst mistakes of the 21st century." While a political scandal that permanently soured relations with Che and Liberacion, the declaration was the start of a political relationship that continues to this present day, with Esperança as a recognized sovereign state within the PACT.
ZOCU War Era [2180-2188]
As tensions between the core and ZOCU began to boil over, it looked as though UNASUR and its colonies would be left out of any conflict. This perception was absolutely shattered when, in 2182, a combined military force from Che and Liberacion seized control of the colony world Carabellas, renaming it Malvinas. With what was effectively a Sword of Damocles hanging above its head, it was obvious that Esperança, with its strategic position just four jumps away from Malvinas would play a major role in any future conflicts. Starting in 2183, the Programa Federal da Modernização do Equipamento dos Serviços com Armas (Federal Armed Services Equipment Modernization Program) program was instituted to research and develop advanced weapons and technologies to place Esperancan forces on the same level as the ZCM and the combined militaries of Che, Liberacion, and Malvinas,; along with an increase in the military's funding. From 2183 to 2186, SAFE saw a massive increase in the number of FTL capable vessels laid down and launched. With the likelihood that aerospace forces would be required to operate on many fronts much like in the civil war thirty years past, it was decided to invest in the development of new aerospace fighters and combat frames. Formally rolled out in 2184, the CF-84 Puma served throughout the entire war, and is the basis for all Esperançan Combat Frames.
As war broke out in 2186, Esperançan forces stayed out of the fighting against ZOCU, being kept in reserve to fight the Libertadors as well as running interdiction and escort missions on the vital trade-lane to Valera. Unfortunately, with the withdrawal of Japanese and Korean forces in 2187, the SAFE found itself spread to thin to prevent invasion.
Launching a two pronged strike, Libertador forces managed to penetrate and gain a foothold in the Lusitania system, seizing control over SAFE's main fleetbase, Asteroid Solomon; as well as capturing Esperanca's orbital elevator. The Libertador invasion force having lost its initial momentum, dug into their possessions and refused to leave without a fight, with it taking over a year for the SAFE to push the invaders out of the system. By the time Lusitania was clear of hostile forces, the ZOCU War was officially over, and there would be no counterattack; the news that Liberacion, Che, and Malvinas were effectively untouchable angered many Esperancans, who had seen their planet scarred from the fighting and from the use of ortillery by Liberacion's forces to target airbases. The Esperanca campaign saw some of the heaviest fighting in the pacific arm, comparable to Haraway and New Mercia.
Postwar Era [2188-2195]
In the years following the ZOCU War, Esperança has seen moderate growth in both the size of the SAFE and in the capabilities of its native industry. Still sore from being politically restrained by UNASUR, but burgeoning with prestige from its performance in the war, Esperança is beginning to act on its new position in the expanse. Though considered "imperialistic" and "Expansionist" by some commentators, the actions of SAFE in ensuring the security of its neighbors, the Expanse, and the Rim is generally seen to be a positive thing by most people; although there has been some discontent on certain rim worlds at the attempts of Esperança to play police.
Politics
While classified as a Representative Democracy, the Comunidades Federadas de Esperança's democratically elected government is unique in the way it is organized. At the lowest level of government, essentially mall towns and other communities, decisions are made by councils headed by respected community leaders, which also allows members of the community to have a more direct involvement with local governance. A step up from that is County Governance, in which the various community councils of the count send one member elected by their community to represent the people at the Council, which in turn does the same for Prefecture-level governance. The General Assembly of the Federation is therefore made up of representatives from each prefecture. The Populace directly elects the President and Vice President, who nominates his choices for cabinet to be voted on by the General Assembly.
Generally speaking, Esperançan politics tend to be strongly leftist-socialist, with a not-inconsiderate influence from bioconservative and populist factions. Currently, the absolute majority of seats in the senate and chamber of deputies is controlled by two major parties: the Worker's Party(Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT), the successor to the Partido Trabalhista para a Liberdade and the head of the Liberal Bloc; and the Christian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Cristão, PSC), the head of the centrist-bloc. Whilst the PT advocate a softer approach to international relations, generally pushing to have the SAFE expand its commitments to protect ASEAN worlds and outreach to independent powers (namely Valera) in order to render the threat of the Libertadors and ZOCU nonexistant; the PSC prefers a far more aggressive approach, namely using the military might and advanced technology of Esperança, along with SAFE's considerable operational capacity, to strong-arm independents into siding with PACT in the case of a conflict with ZOCU. While both parties advocate for Esperança taking a leadership role in the region, the PT pushes for a Pax Esperança achieved through using war as a last resort, the PSC pushes for a Pax through way of becoming the unchallengeable dominant military force in the region, similar to the United States of America on Earth in the 1990's.
Society
Unlike the populations of some other worlds, Esperança's population is primarily rural, with an estimated 25% of
Networks and Media
Lifestyle
Major Settlements
Primeira Aterragem: First Landing
Population: High
Main Language (s): Portugese, Spanish, English
Esperançan Federal Armed Services
(Serviços com Armas Federais da Esperança, SAFE)
Formed in 2153 as a merger between the armed wing of the PTL and the Colonial Defense Force(Força da Defesa da Colônia), SAFE barely saw any use during the breakdown, merely acting to disarm rebel groups who did not comply with the ceasefire agreement and deal with the occasional pirate. Following recontact in 2178, SAFE was soon given a much needed shot in the arm, with the threat of both ZOCU and the libertadors necessitating a build up in case of hostilities. With its central location, Esperança played host to large concentrations of PACT naval vessels who resupplied in system, as well as numerous defense contractors who were interesting in gaining a technological edge. The Naval wing of the Armed Services, the Espaça Federal da Esperança(Esperança Federal Spacy, EFE), saw combat all throughout the war. SAFE was one of the first PACT military forces to adopt the use of mobile suits, and rapidly deployed them on all fronts.
In modern times, SAFE considers itself to be the most well-trained and well-equipped non-earthbased military in the Pacific Arm. Still riding high off their successes during the Zodiac and Libertador campaigns, as well as on the average man on the street's distaste for certain elements within ZOCU, SAFEs has a high degree of popular support, and is well funded by the government and private citizens.
Resources
Ship Listings, Corps Listings, Etc...
Statistics
Technology
Global Technology Level: 21 [Datacore]
Technologies
- Shipbuilding: +2 [23]
- Carrier: +12 [33]
- Aircraft: +5 [26]
- Power: +5 [26]
- Electronics: +5 [26]
- Particle Weapons: +5 [26]
- Propulsion: +5 [26]
- Stealth: +5 [26]
- Transgenics: -5 [16]
- [Garden World] +3 Civilian tech [24]
- [Economy|Arms Production Center] Particle Weapons +3 [29], Mass Production +2 [24]
- [Eridanus|Front Line State] +2 Particle weapons [31]
- [Military|Zoom and Boom] Propulsion +5 [31]
- Mecha +3 [24], Shipbuilding +1[24]
Applications
800 Apps
- Shipbuilding VI
- Aerospace Construction III
- Mecha Construction II
- Ground Construction IV
- Craft Power III
- Ship Power V
History Path
Final Stats
- SP: 8
- SP Limit: 10
- Population: 420 Base bonus: 210
- Trangene: 0
- Morale: 8
- Wealth: 910
- PIP: 910
- CIP: 1110
- Fabbers: 0
- Delta Dust: 350
- Theta Dust: 0
- Military: 50000
- Doctrines: 40
- Logistics: 70
- Global Tech Level: 21
- Applications: 800
- Stockpiles: 0
- Debt: 0
SP Expenditures
- Additional Limit: 0
- Wealth: 0
- PIP: 0
- CIP: 0
- Dust: 0
- Theta: 0
- Pop: 0
- Mil: 0
- Tech Indices: 2
- Apps: 5
- Transgene: 0
- Doctrine: 0
- Logistics: 0
Exploration Era
- Garden World: Population Boom (+ 120 pop, +100 wealth)
- Precursor Relics: Extensive (+ 250 dust, - 50 PIP)
- Drones: None (+ 60 population, + 100 Wealth)
- Posthuman Footsteps: Data Core (+ 150 applications, +1 Global Tech Level)
- Location: Hub (+60 Population)
Colonization Era
- PACT Arm (+ 5,000 military, + 100 Wealth, + 100 CIP, + 100 Dust)
- Second Stage (+ 120 Population, + 150 PIP, + 100 CIP, + 100 Wealth, + 1 logistics, + 10 Transgene)
- Our Blue And Pure World (+ 60 Pop, + 5 SP, -10 Transgene)
- Warring Economy (+ 200 PIP, + 200 CIP, +100 Wealth, + 2 logistics)
- Front Line State (+ 7,500 fleet)
- Warfare!: Full Scale War (+5,000 military, + doctrines)
Breakdown Era
- Economic Upsets: Communist Manifesto (+ 100 PIP, - 100 Wealth)
- Cut Off: Stand Alone Complex (+ 100 PIP, + 100 CIP, + 100 Wealth, + 4 Logistics, +10,000 Military)
War Era and Aftermath
- Sign The PACT (+ 200 CIP, +200 Wealth, +10,000 military, +5 Morale, +1 SP)
- New American Millenium (+ 2,500 Military, + 200 Applications, + Morale, - Rim relations, +1 SP)
- Arms Production Center (+ 100 PIP, + 100 CIP, + weapon application)
- Zoom and Boom (+ 2,500 military, +10 air doctrines, +200 aircraft application)
Government
- Multiparty Democracy (+ Morale, + 100 application (common), + 100 wealth)
Covert
- Skunkworks (++ Secrecy, +75 Applications, 20% Secrets, + 0% secret project cost)
Chaos
- Bombed Flat And Angry About It (+ Morale, - 100 CIP)
Spheresday
- +5000 military, +100 PIP and +100 CIP