New Silesia
"It was supreme irony that Union had become the pro-space side of this war and the founding Company fought against; irony that they who most believed in the Beyond ended up fighting against what it was becoming"
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New Silesia, officially the Republic of New Silesia, is a member state of the European Union on the colony world from which it derives its name. It is located at the far terminus of the EU's original catapult line, making it the most distant EU member as well as one of the most remote colonies still firmly connected to Sol both politically and economically. Planetside New Silesia has a mild temperate climate and a lush earth-like biosphere, and the planet's extensive orbital facilities are some of the largest outside the Sol System.
Originally charted and settled in the 2080s, New Silesia was the endpoint of the EU's original axis of advance out onto the frontier. While it was originally a major center of the EU's colonial development, New Silesia found itself increasingly sidelined by the diversion of resources to projects and systems championed by increasingly powerful rival factions in Prague. Exploration and colonization of the once seemingly promising systems of the region now known as the Silesian Corridor slowed to a crawl and then came to an abrupt end in 2138 with the loss of the Deepsky Altair in Epsilon Aquilae and the opening of the Aquila Rift War.
Although the Deep Space Fleet was largely successful in its efforts to clear the corridor, the Breakdown brought a complete end to any further expansion of the EU's borders and left the once bustling New Silesia largely bereft of purpose as both money and population drifted back toward an increasingly introspective Sol. Months turned into years with no sign of a cure for the Breakdown Virus in sight. The newly formed Silesian Government was left to grapple with its problems almost entirely on its own, attempting to salvage something of the planetary economy while holding out hope that a return to the Golden Age was just around the corner.
With the resumption of regular FTL traffic in 2179, it quickly became apparent that a return to the Golden Age would not be coming. The Breakdown had left the frontier beyond the catapult lines a markedly changed place, with new and strange powers having risen in the dark. As the Silesians attempted to rebuild something of their now lost fortunes, other factions scrambled to regain the worlds and riches they had left in the dark. The Zodiac War that followed quickly turned Silesian Space, with its extensive military facilities, into a battlefield. Silesian ships and soldiers, some veterans of Aquila, would fight in nearly every major space action on the European Arm and were there when Anton Zweiker shattered the Zodiac Main Fleet over Haraway's World.
The end of the war has brought an end to the temporary boom that briefly revitalized New Silesia, with shipyards and factories falling silent yet again. Times are tough, and the Beyond is still a very dangerous place. With the continued threat of dangerous militant forces within the neighboring Zodiac Worlds and now renewed worries about the threat still posed by Epsilon Aquilae, the current government has maintained the fleet as best it can and together with the population once more looks far afield in hopes that somewhere out there are the opportunities that will allow their once prosperous world to return to its rightful place.
System
New Silesia
- New Silesia is a largely temperate world, with several mostly forested continents. The majority of human settlement has taken place along the western coast of Thula, the planet's largest continent located in the northern hemisphere. The planet's orbital elevator is located on an island just off the southern coast of Thula, and is linked to the capital of St. Reinhold and other northern cities coastal cities by both road and high speed rail.
New Modlin
- A huge asteroid in orbit of New Silesia, believed to have originally been brought into orbit by the Posthumans. While it initially served as a useful mining satellite, it was converted into a military garrison during the 2130s and repelled a number of major Zodiac raids during the war. It currently serves as headquarters for the Silesian Fleet.
Silesia Station
- During the Golden Age, this huge Stanford Torus type space station was one of the busiest ports in the European Arm. Now a shadow of its former self, it is an unhappy mirror of the Silesia System as a whole. Although it is no longer the hub it once was, it is still the center of most in-system traffic as well as the gateway to New Silesia for most visitors.
Stats
History Paths
Exp-1) World Type
- Garden World (Go to Exp-5)
Exp-5) Garden World
- A New Old World (+ 50 CIP, + 100 PIP, + 50 Wealth, + 60 Population)
Exp-6) Precursor Relics
- Limited (+ 150 dust, + 5 SP)
Exp-7) Feral Drones
- None (+ 60 population, + 100 Wealth)
Exp-8) Posthuman Footsteps
- Observation Posts (+ 100 CIP, + 10 SP, SP limit for options increased by +5)
Exp-9) Location
- Hub (+ 60 Population)
Col-1) Axis Of Colonization
- EU Arm (+5,000 military, + 100 CIP, + 100 PIP, + 100 Dust, go to Col-3)
Col-3) EU Department Of Planetary Development
- Second Stage (+ 120 Population, + 200 PIP, + 100 CIP, + 100 Wealth, + 1 logistics)
Col-3B) EU Transgenic Relations
- Headcount Increase Exercise (+ 60 Pop)
Col-3C) EU Colonial Economics
- Liberal Market Capitalism (+ 100 CIP, + 200 PIP, + 300 Wealth, + 60 Population)
Col-3D) EU's Project PRISM
- Beyond The Aquila Rift (+ 7,500 fleet, +1 Logistics, - 100 Wealth)
Col-7A) Local Affairs
- Warfare! (+2,500 military, go to Col-7C)
Col-7C) Warfare!
- Training Ground (++ doctrines, + 1 logistics )
Break-1) Economic Upsets
- Reaganomics (+ 100 Wealth, - Debt)
Break-3) Broken EU
- Connection Never Dropped! (Go to Break-3B)
Break-3B) Catapulted EU Policies
- Capital Flight (+ 200 PIP, +5 Logistics, + 15,000 Military, - 100 Wealth, - 100 CIP)
War-1) Choose Your Side
- The EU Includes Us (+ 200 PIP, +200 Wealth, +10,000 military, +5 morale, EU Tech Paradigm, Go to War-3)
War-3A) EU World Politics
- Outstretched Hand (+ 100 applications, +100 Wealth, + Morale, + Rim relations, + Intelligence, - 100 PIP)
War-3B) EU World Economics
- Postwar Depression (+1 logistics, + 2,500 military, + 100 CIP, + 200 PIP, -200
War-3C) EU World Military
- NELSON Uplink (+++ Fleet Doctrines, ++ Secrecy, +1,250 Fleet)
Cur-1) The Business of Government
- Single Party Governance (+ 100 PIP, + 100 Wealth, +60 Population)
Totals
- SP: 15
- SP Limit: 15
- Population: 480 + 70
- Morale: 6
- PIP: 1200 + 275
- Wealth: 650 + 275
- CIP: 550 + 275
- Delta Dust: 250 + 50
- Military: 43,750
- Doctrines: 50
- Logistics: 90
- 100 Applications
- -1 Debt