User:Zeromanicus
Zhrina Imperial Consortium
National Infrastructure & History Paths
80 Transgene 420 Population 800 Wealth 400 PIP 800 CIP 350 Delta Dust 400 Theta 22,500 Military +Sneaky Stuff +Relations 33SP +4 Global tech +300 Apps
Colony Base:
Early National (+ 100 CIP)
Cyphe-55 was settled under the banner of Japanese government, though it was mostly a corporate venture.
Initial Pop:
Dominantly Transgene (+ 40 transgene)
A robust augmentation programme was implemented to ensure a continued high tech workforce as well as to
test the latest models of genetic and cybernetic augmentation.
Planet:
Fascinating Pharmaceuticals (+ 100 Wealth, + 1 SP)
Cyphe-55 is home to biota that offers to revolutionise neurological sciences and man-machine interfaces.
History 1:
Transgene Migration (+ 20 transgene, + 60 population, + 1 SP)
The open-door policy towards transgene migration and a high tech jobs market encouraged settlers from many areas of the world to
settle on Cyphe-55.
History 2:
Transgene Migration (+ 20 transgene, + 60 population, + 1 SP)
Further migration waves also occured as the industries of the planet continued to focus on a demand for the best minds and 'test'
subjects.
Breakdown:
Broken-down (+30 SP, +100 Dust, Go to D3)
Contact with the outside world become patchy during the breakdown, Cyphel was fortunate to have access to a small amount of Theta dust from a deep jungle posthuman site which it used to keep contact with the outside world.
Breakdown Response:
Theta Hub (+ 200 theta, + 100 wealth, - 100 dust)
While posthuman research was restricted to a few minor subsidiaries, it proved a boon during the breakdown and the Black Cube expanded
operations considerably.
Politics:
Phezzan (+ Intelligence, + Secrets, + Infiltration, + all relations, - military)
The Consortium isn't above bribery and industrial espionage to gain an advantage in foreign markets.
Economy:
Center for Research (+ 4 Global Techlevel, + 100 applications, + 100 CIP, - 100 PIP)
Military:
Supertech Bullshit (+100 Dust, + 200 theta, + 200 applications)
The Black Cube Research Corporation has vigourously pursued similiar avenues to ZOCU in it's research.
Government:
Corporate Direction (+ 100 Wealth, + 100 CIP, + Tech or +100 Dust, + 1 SP)
History and Overview
The Zhinra Consortium is a colony on the world of Jechtan. Initially founded as a Japanese national colony, subsequent waves of immigration have erased the majority of any national identity. The world was sponsered by a powerful transnational interested in the unique ecology of the planet.
Jechtan is one of the few worlds to have a original ecology, the planet receives an abundance of solar insurance, resulting in white pigment plants forced to bounce much of it back to space, the landscape is dominated by radiation resistance trees that rise hundreds of meters skyward, with huge stiff leaves that leave much of the forest in permanent shade.
This canopy consumes the vast majority of light, leaving the underbrush reliant on parasitic species feeding off the trees and their biological waste. The harsh climate which while moisture laden, eventually kills off even the hardiest leaves and they are frequently replaced, the old leaves falling to the ground where they provide much of the decaying matter that fuels the undergrowth as well as temporarily allowing light to reach down into the under-canopy. Bioluminscence is common in the under-canopy, the animals and plants constantly evolving forms of it in response to selective pressures, prey using it as communication, plants using it to attract predators who will spread their pollen and eventually predators to attract prey, mimic prey or communicate in the darkness.
With a wide temperature range, rainfall levels are considerable, during the night rains are quite common as cooling air leads to cooling water.
The City of Zhrina itself is located over a saline sea devoid of any indigenous life, anoxic conditions persist and appear to of originated due to algae blooms occuring several hundred years ago. Protected by a enormous solar shade of ultra-thin refraction sheets, a bustling mega-metropolis has arisen that has all but consumed the visible surface of the sea, under successive waves of urbanisation. Home to roughly 40 million permanent residents, is it one of the larger concentrations of humanity in the galaxy, the majority of whom find employment in one of the multitude of corporations based on the planet, scientific and engineering are the primary employers, as the Consortium is geared towards the exploitation of the forest resources for use in genetic and cybernetic augmentation and in robotic development.
Despite being a hive of corporate activity, many of the corporations are not publicly traded and appear to of been slowly bought out by a group of secretive investors, insulating the planet from foreign political influence. Coincident to this, has be the rise of the Imperial aspects of the Consortium, Executive Positions within corporations were made into noble titles, conferring political influence and power. Corporations were slowly bound to the will of the Zhrina Bio-Electric Company, who handpicked members of the divisions or subsidaries to serve within it's Executive. This prevalence of Space monarchies is an unusual feature of the colonisation effort in deep space. The Zhinra Imperial Consortium is yet another in a line of transgenic 'Imperial' systems. Zhrina is more akin to Londonium than Kanon, Noble titles are earned through appointments based on meritious conduct. At the heart of the system are the constituent divisional corporations under Imperial Charter that make up the Governing body known as the Zhrina Imperial Consortium.
Zhrina Imperial Consortium Structure
====Head Company====
Zhrina Bio-Electric
Function: Government
Areas of Responsibility: Provision of Government Welfare Functions, including but not limited to, Healthcare, Public Safety, Military,
Diplomacy, Scientific Research
Overview:
Zhrina Bio-Electric is known for it's harvesting operations, carefully exploiting the vast natural resources of the unique ecology of the planets extensive jungle. Bio-electric refers to the extensive work done in the field of man-machine interfaces, utilising the structures of local nervous systems in advanced cybernetics and genetic augmentation.
====Divisions====
Bellicose Omni-Mechanical
Function: Primary Military Contractor
Areas of Responsibility: Provision of Military and Civilian Law Enforcement hardware.
Overview:
Bellicose-OM is the primary research and development company for the Consortium, manufacturing military mobile suits.
Zaibachi Beyond
Function: Transgenic Technological Research and Development
Areas of Responsibility: Provision of transgenic augmentation for military and civilian applicants.
Overview:
Zaibachi is the key provider of transhuman augmentation to citizens of Z-I-C and one of the more powerful divisions of the Consortium, being a key player in the development of the natural resources of the planet.
Black Cube Solutions
Function: Post-human technological Research and Development
Area of Responsibility: Research and production of Theta Dust and associated applications.
Overview:
Secretive and mistrusted, Black Cube Solutions are responsible for developing posthuman technologies and is primarily known for it's theta drive technology.
ECHELON
Function: Elite Military Forces
Area of Responsibility: Provision of Special and Elite Military Units to Zhrina Imperial Consortium, including mecha pilots, black ops and marine units.
Overview:
ECHELON is prestigious force within the ZIC, every member Is known as a Chevalier, a minor military noble. Within the Organisation, SENTINEL are an elite mercenary force of Mecha pilots, almost all girls implanted with specialised man-machine interfaces.