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REFORMATION COALITION WORLDS

by

Lewis Roberts

The McDermont family from Aurora has set up a minimal starport at the site of a pre-war airport. They offer unrefined fuel, berthing sites, and operate a small general store which sells just about everything. They buy relics from the prospectors and resell them to the crew of the Free Trader Anarchist which makes regular stops at the starport.

The Aubaine is also site of the Hiver Technical Accademy, and the Aubani are very close to the Hivers. The Aubani have a vision for the future, that has the Coalition expanding across the wreckage of the Imperium. Other Coalition members feel that the Aubani are arrogant, but the Aubani deny this saying that only they can see how the Coalition is a small island of sanity in the vast oceans of space, and that it could easily be swept away by the rising tide of chaos. Aubaine is the center of the Federalist movement.

Aubiane was orignally ruled by a monarchy, but in the last few centuries, it has been replaced by a civil service bureacracy. The monarchy still exists, but has no power beyond ceremonial. The nobility has is still rather powerful socially, and a noble title helps opens doors. In recent years it has become quite fashionable to buy noble titles from destitute noble families.

The effects of the Collapse were severe, but the Aurorans banded togethor and by making a concerted effort were able to rebuild. By 1170 Aurora had regained her old Tech Level, and had begun to advance past it. It didn't have the capacity to build jump drives, so it was forced to remain isolated. In 1192, the Hivers made contact, and Aurora was able to purchase jump drives. It was a charter member of the Dawn Leage, and an early proponent of the Reformation Coalition.

Aurora has become a staunch supporter of the Federalists, feeling that a strong extraplanetary government would take away the freedoms that individual worlds now possess.

The Collapse threatend all of these. The Virus crashed the orbital habitats into the sea, threatened to open the airlocks on the subsurface cities, and tried to capsize the floating islands. It was only through relentless effort, and great technical skill, that all life on the planet was saved from destruction. The Balduri know that life hangs by a thread, and the only thing between the RC and screaming chaos is the will to survive.

During fighting between the Solomani Confederation and Lucan's Imperium, the planet's infrastructure was damaged beyond repair. The five corporations banded togethor to evacuate the planet. Unfortunately five million people is beyond the scope of anyone to evacuate, the corporations managed to get a mere thirty thousand to saftey, before the planet died.

The survivors fled to Hite (now known as Nike Nimbus), where they kept alive the dream of someday returning to their homes. The first generation of refugees died without fufilling their dream. Today their grandchildren are finally able to return home. The five corporations were able to stay intact on Hite, and on the founding of the Dawn League, began making plans to return home.

On 17-IV-1199 the first expatriarts returned home. They renamed the planet Enkidu, to symbolize the hope they felt for the future. Right now life is difficult; its not easy rebuilding a world, but by working together the residents will build a new future.

Eos is a moderate Centralist planet. The Grand Council tends to ignore extraplanetary affairs, they are more interested in expanding the planet's industrial base.

Most residents feel that the RC has not gone far enough, too much is still left to chance. Without careful planning, many efforts will be wasted and lives will be thrown away for little gain. If the Coalition would restructure itself, it could apply precious resources for maximum gain.

The governing of Fija is divided up into small bureaus each charged with a specific task. Each bureau is run by a different group of technocrats. The bureaus come under review each ten years. At this time any group can bid for control of the bureau. The selection is decided by an impartial group of judges. A great deal of political intrigue surrounds the selection process.

The RCES quickly contacted the village. The village welcomed the visitors from the stars and after a few short months, asked to be admitted to the Coalition. Since then the residents of Helios have become a fervent supporter of the Federalists in the Assembly. They have also tried to be a burr in the side of the Oriflamme technarchs. Often voting against a bill, simply because Oriflamme supports it.

The people of Helios are very simple folk. They have achieved a low level of technology, but are happy with it. Most other worlds in the Coalition are trying to raise their Tech Level as high as possible as fast as possible. Thr residents of Helios would rather go out into the Wilds and help uplift the people who are suffering under the heels of TEDs and religious dictatorships.

Kruytercorp has rebuilt the starport and it is a a major stopover for ships travelling from Aubaine subsector to Oriflamme subsector. It also has many prospectors searching the asteroid belt for valuable minerals and for relic technology. So far the search has gone badly. Kruytercorp has spent a great deal of capital on rebuilding the starport, so far this has not shown a profit, and the prospecting division is hemoraging red ink badly.

The prospectors are a very eclectic group of individuals. They were drawn from every Coalition world, and possess a vast array of beliefs, values and ideas on how the future should unfold. There has been some talk of what to do if Kruytercorp goes under, but so far the prospectors are undecided.

The residents of Lucifer, who are still called Luhtalans, have a wild streak. They are still reluctant to follow orders from governments or anyone for that matter. There are still thousands of cults and mystic religons active on the planet. Now that interstellare travel has been restarted many of these have started to recruit members across the Coalition and beyond.

In 1195 Hivers came to the planet and found a planet still struggling with the rebuilding effort. The planet became a member of the new Dawn League and after a planet wide contest changed its name to Nike Nimbus, after an ancient Terran goddess of victory.

The Nimbians feel strongly that the most important thing about the Coalition is that it is rebuilding civilization. The petty political arguments of the Assembly of Worlds don't help anyone. Even though their planet is still trying to rebuild, the Nimbians have formed several corporations to go out into the Wilds and help rebuild civilization.

The situation on Oriflamme began to turn around, in late 1165, when the first of the Technarchs emerged. They promised to feed those who would swear alliegence to them. They than began to secure other basic industries, until they controlled the entire planet.

The scars of the collapse are still on the psyche of the residents of Oriflamme. Life is cheap on Oriflamme, and only those who are strong survive. Oriflamme is very interested in expanding the Coalition, but under Oriflamme control.

Upon being admitted to the RC, Fuetz like many other worlds, changed its name to symbolize the hope that the RC brings. The planet is ruled by the Council of Citizens. The Council is elected from all citizens, but only 10% of the population are citizens. Citizenship is given to children of Citizens, but both parents must be citizens. The Council can also nominate indiviudals for citizenship, but this is rarely done. Usually only for those noncitizens who do the Council a great service. Most non-citizens don't mind this setup, life is difficult, and they don't have time to bother with politics. Also the Council doesn't actually do that much.

Since the refugees were from so many different worlds, they brought different customs, religions and tastes to their adopted world. This heritage is still present on Ra. Ra has dozens of different holidays, festivals and other ceremonies, that a fraction of the population follows. The blending of culture has given Ra a very exotic air, as dozens of cultures merge into something unique.

The government is the only Feudal Technocracy in the Federalist camp. The people like their government, but don't believe that it is would be best for everyone. Every world is different and should come up with a system that works for that world.

The Collapse crippled Trybecorp, cutting it off from its suppliers and markets. Also large elements of the corporation were destroyed in the Final War and during the collapse. Since the founding of the Dawn League, Trybecorp has been very interested in expanding civilization. It funded the construction of Dawn Base, funded half of the Dawn League Scouts and urged the creation and expansion of the RCES. When the Twelve were lost, it was a terrible blow to the citizens of Trybec, but they have resolved to struggle on.

The RC has placed a group of RCSA officials in charge of the planet Several bootstrap missions are in place, and a great deal of relic technology is being recovered. The people of Vezina are generally happy with the conquest, the TEDs were not popular, and the RC is improving living conditions immensly. A few primitive neo-tribal societies are resisting the Coalition, they are proving more a nuisance, than a threat.