Kanon

Konan Principality
System Info
Star Name: Konata (G4) World Name: Konan Map ID: Surface Gravity: 0.955 g Climate: temperate-subtropical Garden World Atmosphere: nitrogen-oxygen-argon 122.9 kPa (MSL) Other Bodies: Shana (I) Saki (IIb) Sola (III) Kanon (IV) Saint's Ring (debris disk) many large disk objects
Demographics
Population: Population Breakdown: 91.0% transgene (EU standards) Demonym: Konanian Government: electoral oligarchy Capital: Syene Alignment: ZOCU
Infrastructure
Wealth: Industry: He3 Deliveries: Domestic He3: Strategic Resources: Military: Primary Doctrine: Effective GRT:

The Konan Principality is a ZOCU power founded in the 2090's by a number of foundations owned by extraordinarily powerful and wealthy transgene dynasties. It was and continues to be well known for being a high technology center and for its longstanding practice of fighting tooth and nail to reduce undesireable immigration, giving it quite a low population compared to other states of its influence.

History

Established in the late 2090's by an alliance of corporate foundations ruled and owned by a class of newly established, enormously powerful and wealthy class of transgene dynasties. Though envisioned (and successful) as a long term economic venture, it was primarily a place of retreat against increasing anti-transgene backlash and restrictions being put in place on Earth. As an escape put in place by the richest of the rich primarily for themselves, control of the colony was heavily centralised, and remains tightly in the grip of a steadily growing but still relatively small number of prominent and extremely wealthy transgene families who heavily succeeded at business and finance during the decades of lax control on Earth. Though not openly nobility at first, they did fashion a political system wherein the paramount leader of the planet was selected in terms by "electors" on the Council of Guidance. Some time during the Breakdown, the constitution was quietly amended to official create the Konan Principality.

Thanks to its founders, Konan's economy is primarily high-tech and its population is overwhelmingly transgene to at least some degree. By the legal standards of the EU, the rate of "significant" genetic modification in the general population is about 91%. Above and beyond even most ZOCU members, Konan has become known for tis stringent immigration policies - a product of the ruling class's desire to keep the planet to themselves, balanced only by the necessity. With plenty of room still for settlement on the planet, the principality essentially operates a pyramid scheme, allowing generations of immigrants and making sure they earn enough to move their descendents up the ladder.

Stats

A1) Early National (+CIP)
A2) Dominantly Transgene (+transgene)
A3) Garden World (A8)
A8) Cash Crops (+wealth)
B1) Artifact Find (+dust -> B4)
B4) Active Machinery (+theta, -dust)
C1) Artifact Find (+dust -> B4)
B4) Reverse-Engineerable (+tech)
D1) Broken Down (+PIP -> D3)
D3) Theta Hub (+theta +wealth, -dust)
E1) Solidarity! (-Treaty of Sirius)
G1) Guiding Star (+ZOCU relations +morale)
G2) Center for Research (++RP +tech +CIP -PIP)
G3) Midseason Uglies (+theta +CIP +tech)

+transgene
+++CIP
++wealth
++RP
+++tech
+++theta
+morale
+ZOCU relations
-Treaty of Sirius

+mecha
+mega-particles
+shields
+hangarize
+propulsion
-shipbuilding

Military

Mobile Weapons

One of the problems ZOCU had was that they had a zillion variants of everything. No one was ultimately guiltier than Konan itself.

OMF-06KK2/KMF-065d Knightress

Despite being the primary originators of the OMF-06, it quickly became clear that while the Hoplite was a vital base system that could be produced easily on even undeveloped worlds, its basic, no frills design made it unsuited for Konan's low volume but highly sophisticated industrial infrastructure. Before the first suit had even entered production offworld, a number of Kojima-Saitama's rivals had already licensed up and were retooling the design into something more suited to their own world's capabilities. The eventual winner of that short but incredibly vicious contest was the Knightress, which became Konan's local variant of its own flagship mobile suit.

The Knightress shared over 80% parts commonality with the standard Hoplite Alpha but had uprated electronics, homegrown systems and a dizzying surfeit of gadgetry that made it a difficult but ultimately rewarding variant to pilot.

Origin: Ginte Group
Primary Operator: Konan Principality; exports to ZOCU and friendly Rim/Expanse governments
Alternate Names: Hoplite Kappa, Hoplite 2k, Hoplite 2000, Hoplite Knightress
Date Of Introduction: 2185
Role: 3rd generation mass production mobile suit; local variant
Control System: linear frame; pilot only
Height: 16.0 meters
Weight: 53.2 tons (standard combat loadout)
Powerplant: 2 x K-0N forced fusion
Main Thrusters: 4
Apogee Motors: 14
Fixed Armament:
Options:
Defensive Systems: laminate armour

OMF-21/KMF-219 Valkyria

Origin: Konan Principality
Primary Operator: Konan Principality
Date Of Introduction: 2190
Role: 4th generation mass production mobile suit
Control System: 1080 panoramic/linear-seat; pilot only
Height: 16.0 meters
Weight: 55.0 tons (standard combat loadout)
Powerplant: 2 x dc Reactor
Main Thrusters: Mercurion furnace
Apogee Motors: 18
Fixed Armament:
Options:
Defensive Systems: