Pray forgive me the use of some star trek shipsets and a few of their species, you may notice mention of the Dominion, the Bajorns and sure enough my pointy eared aliens have Vulcan ships and my Worf looking aliens fly Klingon warbirds........... I may also be abit of Warhammer 40k fan, has the Tor are shaped like the Tau and the Kroot are a free and independant empire..... not a geek at all. I may also draw a few bits from other AAR's i have had to give up due to modding issues causing crashing.
The United Nations of Earth
Earth:
Located in the Sol system, with a single moon commonly referred to as Luna, Earth is a beautiful green and blue jewel floating amid the gentle light of Solaris star. A continental world, the planet is criss-crossed by multiple biomes, with exquisite diversity of flora and fauna, varying widely in temperature from the frozen poles too the searing heat and humidity of the tropical zones and equatorial deserts. Having in the last two centuries undergone severe climatic shifts, the population has put great efforts into repairing the damage their forefathers had done, conservation and the reintroduction of species to the natural world have been key in this process.
The human species has claimed dominance over the planet for the better part of 20,000 years, rising up from out of the continent of Africa, spreading across the “Fertile Crescent” and outward. They have undergone exceptional cultural and technological growth in the years between their genesis and now; from the discovery of fire to breakthroughs in interstellar flight has taken 10,000 years at best, which compared to many species is an extraordinary sprint. But it has not been an easy journey, wars have proliferated the planet, killing millions in the first two global conflicts and costing hundreds of millions in the Third World War, when use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons decimated the population and planet, climate change too caused horrific damage, with sea’s rising, extreme weather front and mass migrations of people. To add to it all, the ensuing global economic crash that followed on the back of the WW3, alongside a considerable wave of pandemics, left humanity reeling on its knees for nearly a half century.
To this day the planet still bares the scars of humanities long struggle toward unity. A gigantic garbage island floats out in the Pacific, nuclear radiation still causes problems in Scandinavia, Alberta wears the scars of war were a great crater caused by detonations during the last war is visible from space, across the planet slum districts and poverty are still endemic, despite the United Nations extensive efforts to stamp out inequality and injustice.
The current planetary government, has much to do, but it is hoped mining and energy extraction facilities spread out across the Sol system will help extinguish some of these problems and adventures in the surrounding systems may even bring fresh opportunities and prosperity to all off earths citizens to ensure everlasting peace. Physical money is now essentially a thing of the past, abolished along with the notion of profit morphing humanity into a cashless society. Such as it is citizens are awarded a monthly payment of credits, a form of currency perhaps for their work at varying scales, but every citizen receives an essential goods and food allowance, which they can feed themselves, buy furniture, clothing, equipment, miscellaneous items. Healthcare, education, and housing are also now controlled by the planetary government and all citizens have a right to them.
Based in the America’s, the United Nations has taken the place of Earths former political structures, a united global parliament drawing its members from global elections. Elections are held every four to five years, with delegates allocated based on population size from across the world. Political parties are no longer minor national things, they now form huge sweeping coalitions of minor, more national level groups that former together to make global election teams.
Based in New York, the United Nations mission has finally brought peace. Many of the nation states who formerly claimed dominance over the earth have now ceded their military, economic and legal structures to the UN’s control following extensive conflict, thus allowing for a single legal code, army, navy, and economic plan to drive progress forwarded. Whilst some nations are still reluctant to surrender their sovereignty completely, they have nevertheless accepted the authority of the UN’s elected, President and Cabinet Ministers and it is hoped in time the whole planet will accept total centralization of political authority.
The Sol system and its neighbouring stars:
For nearly five centuries now the Human species has gazed up at the stars and planets within the Sol system and beyond, from the basic assumptions of ancient astrologers, to the observations of Galileo, humanity managed early on to map and follow the movements of their neighbouring planets and in recent years space stations have been erected to harness the resources of many of the planetary bodies; mining stations and energy extraction facilities now float gently over Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the rest, solar capture points hover around the Sun, feeding their resources back to earth and a near constant stream of transporters move around the system laden with minerals, metal alloys and chemicals.
Even in ancient times the stars surrounding Solaris were known to mankind and legends even arose as to their origins, like the beautiful Cassiopeia, the bright Sirius and promising Alpha Centauri, later in their history with the deployment of the James Webb telescope, these systems were more clearly mapped, the number of planets and moons held within them, and others, becoming a feature of scientific certainty, although without actually visiting these worlds much was mere theory.
But now the UNS Valiant and the soon to be completed, UNS Discovery will venture out, travelling the hyper-lanes to study these worlds and their potential up close and in details. Not only thanks to incredibly advances in space flight and high-speed travel, but improvements in environmental suits, long range sensors, transport ships and scientific studies will allow teams of scientists to deploy on these worlds and map them in exquisite detail. It is even hoped, some of these worlds will be found to support life, or at the least show the capacity to sustain life with some effort, and currently several worlds are marked for immediate observation, where the conditions appear promising. Sirius and Alpha Centauri already offering a few potential candidates.
The Government of Howard Austin:
Elected via a resounding majority of nearly 73%, Howard Austin of San Francisco is a relatively young and ambitious man to be made First Minister of the United Nations of Earth. With somewhat capitalist leaning views, his election campaign was fought on the grounds of freedom, prosperity, and security for all. Promising to ramp up efforts to clean up the planet whilst boosting economic output, he has presented a positive vision for the future together with his team of Cabinet Ministers. Unfortunately, whilst his own vote share was significant, his actual party received only 56% of the total delegates within the United Nations Council, which may mean at times his more controversial reforms may take some considerable work to pass. Although he has stated he is a true believer and defender of democracy, he has during his election campaign made a number of proposals that may infringe on the current rights of citizens in the name of greater progress, the most controversial of which being the enforcement of eviction laws on slum housing across the planet as work progresses on modernising the housing stock and bringing it up to an accepted standard.
Whilst it is clear the old economic environment is in decline and profit driven business models have now given way to much more philanthropic teams and projects, nevertheless, with a man like Howard Austin, who has firm roots in the world of business it may take a little longer for the economic narrative of Earth to change. The oil giants and hydro-carbon companies have long since been put out of business, and the media whilst not censored, must follow strict lines of verification (no longer is truth allowed to come second to profit), in the America’s private weapons licenses are a thing of the past and the gun-lobby taken into complete government ownership, an international healthcare system controlled by the UN has also seen the fall of mega-pharma industries, the Banking market has also been practically abolished with the death of former currencies.. If Howard Austin, is to get the economy rebooting properly it will no doubt come from opening new forms of industry, new technological advances and perhaps even from new worlds and extra-terrestrial markets.
The United Nations of Earth
Earth:
Located in the Sol system, with a single moon commonly referred to as Luna, Earth is a beautiful green and blue jewel floating amid the gentle light of Solaris star. A continental world, the planet is criss-crossed by multiple biomes, with exquisite diversity of flora and fauna, varying widely in temperature from the frozen poles too the searing heat and humidity of the tropical zones and equatorial deserts. Having in the last two centuries undergone severe climatic shifts, the population has put great efforts into repairing the damage their forefathers had done, conservation and the reintroduction of species to the natural world have been key in this process.
The human species has claimed dominance over the planet for the better part of 20,000 years, rising up from out of the continent of Africa, spreading across the “Fertile Crescent” and outward. They have undergone exceptional cultural and technological growth in the years between their genesis and now; from the discovery of fire to breakthroughs in interstellar flight has taken 10,000 years at best, which compared to many species is an extraordinary sprint. But it has not been an easy journey, wars have proliferated the planet, killing millions in the first two global conflicts and costing hundreds of millions in the Third World War, when use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons decimated the population and planet, climate change too caused horrific damage, with sea’s rising, extreme weather front and mass migrations of people. To add to it all, the ensuing global economic crash that followed on the back of the WW3, alongside a considerable wave of pandemics, left humanity reeling on its knees for nearly a half century.
To this day the planet still bares the scars of humanities long struggle toward unity. A gigantic garbage island floats out in the Pacific, nuclear radiation still causes problems in Scandinavia, Alberta wears the scars of war were a great crater caused by detonations during the last war is visible from space, across the planet slum districts and poverty are still endemic, despite the United Nations extensive efforts to stamp out inequality and injustice.
The current planetary government, has much to do, but it is hoped mining and energy extraction facilities spread out across the Sol system will help extinguish some of these problems and adventures in the surrounding systems may even bring fresh opportunities and prosperity to all off earths citizens to ensure everlasting peace. Physical money is now essentially a thing of the past, abolished along with the notion of profit morphing humanity into a cashless society. Such as it is citizens are awarded a monthly payment of credits, a form of currency perhaps for their work at varying scales, but every citizen receives an essential goods and food allowance, which they can feed themselves, buy furniture, clothing, equipment, miscellaneous items. Healthcare, education, and housing are also now controlled by the planetary government and all citizens have a right to them.
Based in the America’s, the United Nations has taken the place of Earths former political structures, a united global parliament drawing its members from global elections. Elections are held every four to five years, with delegates allocated based on population size from across the world. Political parties are no longer minor national things, they now form huge sweeping coalitions of minor, more national level groups that former together to make global election teams.
Based in New York, the United Nations mission has finally brought peace. Many of the nation states who formerly claimed dominance over the earth have now ceded their military, economic and legal structures to the UN’s control following extensive conflict, thus allowing for a single legal code, army, navy, and economic plan to drive progress forwarded. Whilst some nations are still reluctant to surrender their sovereignty completely, they have nevertheless accepted the authority of the UN’s elected, President and Cabinet Ministers and it is hoped in time the whole planet will accept total centralization of political authority.
The Sol system and its neighbouring stars:
For nearly five centuries now the Human species has gazed up at the stars and planets within the Sol system and beyond, from the basic assumptions of ancient astrologers, to the observations of Galileo, humanity managed early on to map and follow the movements of their neighbouring planets and in recent years space stations have been erected to harness the resources of many of the planetary bodies; mining stations and energy extraction facilities now float gently over Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the rest, solar capture points hover around the Sun, feeding their resources back to earth and a near constant stream of transporters move around the system laden with minerals, metal alloys and chemicals.
Even in ancient times the stars surrounding Solaris were known to mankind and legends even arose as to their origins, like the beautiful Cassiopeia, the bright Sirius and promising Alpha Centauri, later in their history with the deployment of the James Webb telescope, these systems were more clearly mapped, the number of planets and moons held within them, and others, becoming a feature of scientific certainty, although without actually visiting these worlds much was mere theory.
But now the UNS Valiant and the soon to be completed, UNS Discovery will venture out, travelling the hyper-lanes to study these worlds and their potential up close and in details. Not only thanks to incredibly advances in space flight and high-speed travel, but improvements in environmental suits, long range sensors, transport ships and scientific studies will allow teams of scientists to deploy on these worlds and map them in exquisite detail. It is even hoped, some of these worlds will be found to support life, or at the least show the capacity to sustain life with some effort, and currently several worlds are marked for immediate observation, where the conditions appear promising. Sirius and Alpha Centauri already offering a few potential candidates.
The Government of Howard Austin:
Elected via a resounding majority of nearly 73%, Howard Austin of San Francisco is a relatively young and ambitious man to be made First Minister of the United Nations of Earth. With somewhat capitalist leaning views, his election campaign was fought on the grounds of freedom, prosperity, and security for all. Promising to ramp up efforts to clean up the planet whilst boosting economic output, he has presented a positive vision for the future together with his team of Cabinet Ministers. Unfortunately, whilst his own vote share was significant, his actual party received only 56% of the total delegates within the United Nations Council, which may mean at times his more controversial reforms may take some considerable work to pass. Although he has stated he is a true believer and defender of democracy, he has during his election campaign made a number of proposals that may infringe on the current rights of citizens in the name of greater progress, the most controversial of which being the enforcement of eviction laws on slum housing across the planet as work progresses on modernising the housing stock and bringing it up to an accepted standard.
Whilst it is clear the old economic environment is in decline and profit driven business models have now given way to much more philanthropic teams and projects, nevertheless, with a man like Howard Austin, who has firm roots in the world of business it may take a little longer for the economic narrative of Earth to change. The oil giants and hydro-carbon companies have long since been put out of business, and the media whilst not censored, must follow strict lines of verification (no longer is truth allowed to come second to profit), in the America’s private weapons licenses are a thing of the past and the gun-lobby taken into complete government ownership, an international healthcare system controlled by the UN has also seen the fall of mega-pharma industries, the Banking market has also been practically abolished with the death of former currencies.. If Howard Austin, is to get the economy rebooting properly it will no doubt come from opening new forms of industry, new technological advances and perhaps even from new worlds and extra-terrestrial markets.
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